Maintenance Technician (2-2-3 Nights)

Job description

Maintenance Technician (2-2-3 Nights)

At Niagara, we're looking for team members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.

Develop lasting relationships with great people.

Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our team members.

The beverage maintenance technician supports Niagara bottling production by maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing high-speed beverage manufacturing equipment, packaging systems, plant utilities, and sanitation/CIP-related systems to maximize safety, food quality, reliability, OEE, and uptime.

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.

• Working knowledge of schematics, diagnostic tools, maintenance shop equipment, precision measuring tools, sanitation requirements, CMMS/work order systems, and basic computer applications.

• Strong communication, prioritization, safety awareness, and independent decision-making skills in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• 6 years of high-speed beverage, bottling, packaging, plastics, aseptic, automation, utility systems, or advanced equipment troubleshooting experience preferred.

Competencies:

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

Lead Like an Owner

Makes safety the number one priority

Keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately

Effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals

Shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly

Prioritizes resolution of customer issues effectively

Responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers

InnovACT

Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products

Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances

Increases performance through greater efficiency

Find a Way

Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts

Understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions

Seeks solutions rather than placing blame

Empowered to be Great

Consistently looks for ways to improve one's self through growth and development opportunities

Communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across

Communicates effectively to manage expectations

Education:

Minimum required:

• High school diploma or GED required; technical degree or certificate in industrial maintenance, mechatronics, electrical technology, automation, food/beverage manufacturing, or related field preferred.

Certification/License:

• Required: N/A

• Preferred: Technical, electrical, mechanical, welding, automation, PLC, food safety/GMP, forklift, or OEM equipment certifications.

Foreign language:

• Required: None.

• Preferred: Bilingual communication skills helpful in a diverse manufacturing environment.

Benefits:

Our total rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:

Paid time off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time

Paid parental and caregiver leaves

Medical, including virtual care options

Dental

Vision

401(k) with company match

Health savings account with company match

Flexible spending accounts

Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members

Family building benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursements

Income protection including life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan

Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.

Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities

And more!

Worksite address

jacksonville, FL, 32290, US

Who can apply

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