Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift

**$2,000 Sign-On Bonus**

We Create Products and Brands That People Trust to Clean, Sanitize, and Protect Their Homes and Pools

When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team that cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families and the cleanliness of their homes and pools. We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision-making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics. As one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer products, KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life.

Your Role at KIK

Join our team as a 1st Shift Maintenance Technician (Monday – Friday with OT as needed 5:00am - 3:30pm), where you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring the optimal performance of machinery and equipment.  Responsibilities include inspecting, testing and monitoring equipment, conducting repairs and replacements.  You’ll be a key contributor to the success of our plant.  Bring your expertise and tools to a dynamic environment that values efficiency, safety, and continuous improvement. This role offers a competitive pay range of $30.00 to $40.00 per hour, based on experience and skills. Enjoy a $2,000 Sign-On Bonus! Apply now!

What You’ll Be Doing

• Independently identify and repair equipment issues within assigned areas with minimal supervision
• Diagnose and troubleshoot pneumatic and hydraulic systems
• Experience with troubleshooting blow mold, bottling, filling equipment and gantry palletizers
• Diagnose mechanical problems, provide quick & innovative solutions for mechanical equipment breakdowns by applying proven skills in the principles of mechanics, fitting, plumbing, basic welding, metal fabrication, machining, troubleshooting, and analytical problem solving
• Promptly respond to equipment related issues with customer-oriented manner
• Make tooling, die, choke manifold, toggle and clamp, and profile sequence setting adjustments to maintain quality bottles. Replacing molds.
• Troubleshooting extruders and heating bands.
• Experience with troubleshooting hydraulic systems, power packs and hose replacements, servo and control valves. 
• Perform general electrical repairs including wire connections, relays, photo-eyes, solenoids, working with 120v-480v, diagnose and wire up motors and troubleshoot variable speed drives. Must be able to properly use multimeter and read schematics

• Maintaining chillers, grinders, and regrind/resin reclaiming systems.

• Perform preventative maintenance blenders, and safety inspections
• Modify, repair, install and troubleshoot various conveyor systems including but not limited to roller, belt, intralox, gravity, chain plate types

• Diagnose, rebuild, troubleshoot and replace various pump types

• Experience with using CMMS and documenting emergencies and planned work and good communication skills
• Modify, repair, install, maintain, improve, and troubleshoot various types of machinery, equipment and facilities in the processing & packaging departments
• Setup, takedown, and relocation of Process and Packaging equipment
• Frequently modify packaging & process equipment for new products
• Provide solutions to routine or unique equipment problems.
• Experience with general shop tools and fabrication including use of grinders, saws, presses, lathes and mills

What You’ll Bring

• 3 or more years’ mechanical/maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
• A minimum of a high school education or its equivalent is preferred 
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to perform in a manufacturing environment- ability to lift a minimum of 50+ lbs.
• Excellent Interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Time Management and Organization; Ability to multi-task and react to changing priorities

What You Will Get

KIK offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. You can plan for your futu