Maintenance Technician-Injection

Essential Functions 

• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain high-speed beverage production equipment including blow molders, fillers, cappers, labelers, case packers, conveyors, palletizers, stretch wrappers, and related automation. 

• Respond quickly to line breakdowns, support startups, SKU changeovers, mechanical setups, and equipment adjustments to reduce downtime, waste, and repeat failures. 

• Complete preventive, predictive, corrective, and reliability-focused maintenance on production equipment, packaging equipment, and beverage process support systems in accordance with Niagara standards and OEM guidance. 

• Maintain and troubleshoot plant utility and support systems such as air compressors, chillers, reverse osmosis/water filtration, pumps, valves, piping, and related facility equipment. 

• Support beverage sanitation and food safety requirements by assisting with Clean-In-Place (CIP), equipment cleaning, allergen/contamination prevention where applicable, and sanitary equipment condition. 

• Partner with operations and quality teams to support line checks, fill-level performance, cap torque, label alignment, package integrity, coding/traceability, and defect reduction. 

• Document work orders, downtime details, parts usage, follow-up needs, and shift handoff information accurately in the maintenance system. 

• Follow all safety, lockout/tagout, GMP, food safety, quality, sanitation, environmental, housekeeping, and plant operating requirements. 

• Communicate clearly with operators, production leadership, maintenance teammates, and leadership to support safe and reliable operations. 

This job description summarizes the primary responsibilities and may change based on business, operational, safety, or production needs. 

Qualifications 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• 4 years of industrial, food/beverage, bottling, packaging, or manufacturing maintenance experience preferred; equivalent technical training, military experience, apprenticeship, or education may be considered. 

• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, controls, PLC/HMI, sensors, VFDs, servo systems, utility, and automated beverage production equipment. 

• Familiarity with fillers, cappers, blow molders, labelers, conveyors, case packers, palletizers, stretch wrappers, CIP systems, and beverage plant utilities is strongly preferred.