Maintenance Tech - St. Charles, MO

Riviana Foods•Saint Charles, MO

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About The Position

The Maintenance Tech maintains, troubleshoots, repairs, and improves production equipment and facility systems in Bertagni USA's high-speed filled-pasta operation. The role supports mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, controls, and automated systems, with an emphasis on safe operation, food safety, equipment reliability, rapid troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement. The technician performs preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance; supports production and packaging systems; documents work in the CMMS; and works with OEM technicians, contractors, Engineering, Production, and other resources on equipment installation, commissioning, startup, and modifications. The role also helps develop maintenance procedures, troubleshooting guides, spare-parts requirements, and maintenance standards for specialized equipment. The work environment may include moving equipment, wet conditions, refrigerated or warm areas, sanitation activities, ingredients and allergens, approved chemicals, and moderate-to-high noise. Required PPE must be worn. The position may be assigned to day, evening, night, or rotating shifts and may involve overtime, weekends, holidays, shutdowns, installations, or major maintenance.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing; 3+ years preferred.
Strong mechanical and industrial electrical troubleshooting skills, including motors, sensors, drives, relays, contactors, and pneumatic systems.
Ability to read schematics, drawings, and manuals and safely use industrial tools, meters, and diagnostic equipment.
Basic computer and CMMS skills.
Effective communication and teamwork.
With or without reasonable accommodation, ability to stand and walk for extended periods; bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, and climb stairs and ladders; use industrial tools; and lift/carry approximately 50 pounds independently.
Ability to wear required PPE.

Nice To Haves

Technical degree, certificate, apprenticeship, or equivalent training in industrial maintenance, mechatronics, electrical technology, or automation.
Food, beverage, CPG, or high-speed automated manufacturing experience.
PLC/HMI experience, especially Allen-Bradley/Rockwell or Siemens.
VFD, servo, refrigeration, packaging, welding, or fabrication experience.
Preventive/predictive maintenance, root-cause analysis, Lean, TPM, or 5S experience.
Pasta-manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

Perform preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance on production and facility equipment.
Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and automated systems; diagnose failures and complete safe repairs that minimize downtime.
Repair and maintain motors, gearboxes, bearings, pumps, conveyors, valves, cylinders, sensors, drives, relays, contactors, and related components.
Complete adjustments, alignment, lubrication, calibration, setup, and component replacement; verify operation after repair and communicate unresolved issues.
Read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, manuals, and technical documentation.
Support dough preparation, sheeting, filling, forming, cooking, cooling, chilling, conveying, and product-transfer systems.
Support packaging, sealing, labeling, coding, inspection, checkweighing, metal/X-ray detection, case-packing, and palletizing equipment.
Troubleshoot motors, sensors, VFDs, PLC-controlled equipment, and HMI systems.
Complete preventive maintenance accurately and on schedule; inspect for wear, leaks, vibration, temperature, and alignment concerns.
Identify repeat failures, participate in root-cause analysis, and recommend improvements to safety, reliability, maintainability, efficiency, and throughput.
Support OEE, TPM, Lean, 5S, and other continuous-improvement activities as implemented.
Follow GMP, sanitation, allergen, HACCP/food-safety-plan, and foreign-material-control requirements.
Protect product and food-contact surfaces; control tools, hardware, lubricants, chemicals, and maintenance materials to prevent contamination.
Use approved food-grade lubricants where required and ensure equipment is cleaned, reassembled, guarded, and released before production.
Immediately report conditions that may affect employee safety, food safety, or product quality.
Follow Lockout/Tagout, electrical safety, machine guarding, PPE, hot-work, confined-space, and elevated-work requirements as applicable.
Never bypass guards, interlocks, or safety devices; report unsafe conditions, incidents, near misses, and damaged safety equipment.
Support installation, commissioning, startup, and modification of equipment with OEM technicians, contractors, Engineering, Production, and other resources.
Learn specialized European/OEM equipment; help develop PM procedures, troubleshooting guides, spare-parts requirements, and maintenance standards.
Complete CMMS work orders and document failures, repairs, parts used, corrective actions, and follow-up needs.
Maintain organized tools, parts, manuals, drawings, and shop areas; transfer technical knowledge to technicians and operators.