Maintenance Technician

AGI | Global Food Infrastructure•Marshall, IL

5h•$21 - $28•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician maintains manufacturing equipment and facility systems to support safe, reliable production at AGI’s Marshall, Illinois facility. The role is responsible for executing and documenting preventive maintenance, maintaining accurate equipment asset records, and working with production to improve equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and sustain equipment performance. The technician diagnoses and repairs equipment and facility systems, responds to breakdowns, verifies safe return to service, and documents failures and corrective actions. The role also develops and improves preventive maintenance plans, tracks work orders and reliability measures, supports TPM practices and operator training, conducts root cause analysis, coordinates spare parts and service providers, and follows all site safety requirements.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience maintaining and repairing industrial manufacturing equipment.
Working knowledge of industrial electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, pneumatics, hydraulics, motors, sensors, and controls.
Ability to read technical manuals, electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and OEM maintenance instructions.
Ability to work independently, communicate effectively with production, and respond to urgent maintenance needs, including overtime when required.
Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; this position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience in fabrication or metalworking operations.
Experience using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) or equivalent work order and asset tracking tools.
Working knowledge of TPM, preventive maintenance planning, root cause analysis, and basic equipment reliability measures.
Experience with welding/fabrication equipment, CNC equipment, laser cutting machines, overhead cranes/hoists, and PLC-controlled systems, where applicable.

Responsibilities

Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, motor, sensor, control, and PLC-related equipment issues within demonstrated qualifications.
Maintain fabrication, welding, assembly, material handling, and control panel production equipment, as well as facility utilities and supporting systems.
Respond to breakdowns, communicate equipment status and estimated recovery, verify safe return to service, and document failure causes and corrective actions.
Develop, execute, and continuously improve time-based and condition-based preventive maintenance tasks, checklists, frequencies, and standard work using OEM requirements, equipment history, and operating conditions.
Enter and close preventive and corrective maintenance work orders in the designated maintenance tracking system, recording labor, parts, findings, downtime, follow-up actions, and completion dates.
Create and maintain an accurate asset register, including asset ID, location, equipment description, criticality, OEM/model/serial number, maintenance history, and associated PM plans.
Track preventive maintenance compliance, overdue work, equipment downtime, repeat failures, and asset reliability; review trends with plant leadership and prioritize corrective actions.
Contribute to TPM principles, including autonomous maintenance, planned maintenance, focused improvement, and early equipment management, in partnership with operators and supervisors.
Train and support operators on daily inspection, cleaning, lubrication, basic checks, abnormality tagging, and escalation, while defining tasks reserved for qualified maintenance personnel.
Use root cause analysis for chronic breakdowns and implement sustainable countermeasures to improve availability, maintainability, and overall equipment effectiveness.
Maintain critical spare parts information and coordinate purchasing, vendors, and outside service providers to minimize production disruption.
Follow lockout/tagout, electrical safety, machine guarding, lifting, and all site safety requirements; identify and correct unsafe equipment conditions.