MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN (4670)

What IF you started your career with a company set on excellence through building relationships and delivering results? Joining Innovation Foods is just that! A career here means you are joining a rapidly growing organization, known for its community outreach, diversity, inclusivity, and premier production facilities.

In addition to being a great place to work, Innovation Foods strives to offer its employees a holistic career experience that incorporates learning and development, wellness, and exceptional benefits.
Our benefits include:

• Competitive Pay Rates
• Medical, dental, vision and prescription plans with wellness incentives
• Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account (on applicable plans)
• 401k Plan – with a company match
• Company funded Long-Term and Short-Term Disability
• Company funded Life Insurance Policy
• Paid Vacation and Sick Days

Job Description – Maintenance Technician
Location: Millville, NJ
Shift: Shift: 6P-6A, 12 hours shift on 2-2-3 schedule
Payrate: $36.00-$42.00
Reports to: Maintenance Manager

Job Summary

Troubleshooting equipment and programming related problems, while performing immediate repairs. Performing preventative maintenance on the equipment – including controls, filling machines, conveyors, processing, and packaging equipment.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Assists with performing preventive and corrective maintenance on production equipment and facility systems.
• Supports troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues to restore equipment functionality.
• Follows established maintenance procedures, safety guidelines, and lockout/tagout requirements.
• Assists with equipment installations, upgrades, and modifications.
• Supports production by responding to equipment issues and helping minimize downtime.
• Assists with inspections, lubrication, adjustments, and component replacements.
• Follows documentation requirements by completing work orders and updating equipment history in the CMMS.
• Supports reliability efforts by identifying recurring issues and recommending improvements.
• Follows all OSHA, GMP, and company safety standards, including proper PPE use.
• Assists with maintaining spare parts inventory and reporting low‑stock items.
• Supports housekeeping and 5S activities in maintenance and production areas.
• Assists with shutdown activities, special projects, and cross‑functional tasks as assigned.
• Supports off‑shift or downtime maintenance needs when required.
• Respond quickly to line-down and equipment-fault events, diagnosing root cause and restoring production as fast as safely possible.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, pneumatic, and low-voltage electrical faults using drawings, PLC diagnostics, and hands-on inspection.
• Repair and maintain motor control centers (MCC).
• Install and repair electrical fixtures, apparatus, and control equipment.
• Repair and maintain major equipment such as motors, generators, and electrical control systems.
• Test defective equipment to determine the cause of malfunction or failure using standard electrical test equipment.
• Observe functioning of installed facility equipment to detect hazards and need for adjustment, relocation, or replacement.
• Inspect circuits and wiring for specified shielding and grounding, and repair or rewire plant equipment systems according to state building codes and safety regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.