The General Mechanic is a skilled fully qualified machinist & pipefitter mechanic or an advance skill industrial mechanic with an advance skill. The General Mechanic role maintains production and quality by ensuring safe operation of machinery and mechanical equipment. The General Mechanic role aligns, replaces and repairs defective parts, adjusts machines and control instruments, dismantles machines to remove or repair parts, troubleshoots packaging equipment failures, and weld as needed. The General Mechanic is expected to safely use basic hand and power tools and possess a basic understanding of belts, belt drives, chain drives, gear boxes and conveyors. This role will be required to read and interpret written description or engineering drawing relative to the maintenance function planned or performed.