Maintenance Technician (Support Technician)

Refresco Careers•Greer, SC

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician performs repair and preventive maintenance, line changeovers, and troubleshooting on production machinery and supporting equipment. The role uses sound judgment to minimize production downtime while maintaining food safety, product quality, and personnel safety. The technician documents assigned work orders, records parts used, obtains final approvals, communicates maintenance and production information between shifts, works with production and adjacent teams to resolve issues, and assists with training other maintenance personnel. The position operates in a fast-paced, structured, and supervised production plant with moving equipment and potentially hot or cold temperatures. Hearing protection is required due to noise levels. The schedule may include weekdays, weekends, afternoons, evenings, and overnight work; overtime may be scheduled as needed. Minimal travel may be required for training.

Requirements

Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
Understanding of food safety requirements.
Ability to read, understand, and work with machinery blueprints and parts manuals.
Ability to work without supervision and make sound decisions and solve problems.
Ability to obtain and maintain forklift certification.
High school degree or equivalent.
Excellent hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity for precise control of equipment.
Ability to lift 50 pounds; the stated minimum lifting weight is 5 pounds.
Previous maintenance experience in manufacturing; minimum 2 years is preferred.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills; able to adapt to variable business demands, analyze data and identify trends, take initiative, and think through problems to solutions.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of previous maintenance experience in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Follow health and safety policies and procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and required personal protective equipment requirements in warehouse and production areas.
Adhere to food quality and food safety standards set by corporate, customers, and governing bodies, such as SQF; report Food Safety Management System problems to responsible managers to initiate corrective actions.
Perform repair maintenance, preventive maintenance, and line changeovers.
Troubleshoot machinery malfunctions involving electrical, hydraulic, mechanical, and pneumatic systems.
Maintain production-support equipment, including glycol, RO, compressed air, lubrication, and chemical distribution systems.
Use innovative troubleshooting to minimize production downtime and assure food safety, product quality, and personnel safety.
Complete and document assigned work orders, retrieve final approvals, and record part numbers used for inventory purposes.
Communicate relevant maintenance and production information to the relieving shift.
Assist in training other maintenance personnel.
Communicate with production during downtime and collaborate with adjacent teams to resolve issues and drive improvement.
Obtain and maintain forklift certification.