Maintenance Technician - Berkeley Culinary

Precision, Performance, and Passion — We’re Hiring a Food Production Maintenance Technician!

Do you thrive on solving technical challenges and ensuring everything runs like a well-oiled machine? If you’re passionate about food safety, equipment reliability, and high standards, this is your chance to join a dynamic culinary production environment where your skills keep everything moving.

What You’ll Do:

• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain advanced food production equipment and machinery
• Work with PLCs, servo motors, sensors, pneumatic actuators, and other control systems
• Perform scheduled and emergency maintenance on conveyance systems, packaging lines, and culinary equipment
• Ensure that every system operates within food safety, sanitation, and quality compliance standards
• Keep accurate maintenance records and equipment logs
• Collaborate with internal teams to support continuous process improvement
• Monitor, test, and fine-tune electrical and electronic components — from prototype fabrication to field diagnostics
• Support facility operations while maintaining OSHA safety compliance and sanitation standards

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong experience with electrical/electronic maintenance in a production setting (food industry preferred)
• Proficiency with PLCs, sensors, control panels, and food manufacturing equipment
• Knowledge of HACCP, sanitation, and food safety protocols
• A problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced, high-quality production environment
• Ability to fabricate, analyze, and implement electrical test procedures and circuit board interfaces
• Excellent communication skills — both verbal and written
• Commitment to safety, accuracy, and continuous improvement

Why You’ll Love It Here:

• Competitive hourly pay + full benefits
• Paid time off and 401(k) with company match
• A collaborative team that values your expertise
• Growth opportunities in food manufacturing, engineering, and quality
• Clean, organized facility with top-tier tools and tech
• Mission-driven work with purpose — ensuring every meal is safely made and perfectly prepared

About Us:

At Whitsons Culinary Group, we believe great food starts with great people and precise execution. As a key member of our production team, your technical knowledge and attention to detail ensure the quality and safety of the meals we deliver. Join us in creating food that’s always safe, always consistent, and always made with care.

 

This position has direct responsibility to ensure that all work activities under its span of control are performed with attention to the highest standards of food quality, safe processes, compliance with all appropriate legal requirements and a focus on continuous process improvement. 

 

Apply today and help us power a production line that fuels excellence — Enhancing Life One Meal at a Time™.

 

Starting at $27.00 per hour

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES: 

Education: 

1. High school graduate or equivalent. 

1. Must complete all Whitsons and government required training as necessary 

 

Other Qualifications, Experience and Competencies:  

• Minimum 2 years facility maintenance experience 

• Ability to use electrical test equipment 

• Strong communication skills—must have sufficient computer skills and be comfortable operating computer to properly navigate company computer programs to perform tasks.  

• Ability to speak, read and write English to understand and perform job assignments. 

• Forklift experience or certifications are a plus 

• Always present an optimistic and professional image. 

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• Be standing on feet majority of t