Maintenance Technician

At M&M Industries, we manufacture high-quality, sustainable plastic packaging used by customers around the world. Our team takes pride in innovation, safety, and doing what’s right — for our employees, our customers, and our community. We’re a family-owned company built on collaboration, integrity, and continuous improvement, and we’re always looking for dedicated people who want to grow with us.

The Maintenance Technician inspects and maintains the condition of all plastic injection machines, associated equipment, and infrastructure. Additional responsibilities include ensuring that all safety, equipment and facility specifications and standards are in technical compliance.

Schedules Available: 12-hour Shifts (days or nights), 6:45AM-7:00PM OR 6:45PM-7:00AM

Maintenance Technician Pay & Career Progression

Starting level is based on relevant experience and demonstrated technical skills:

• Maintenance Technician I: $31.37/hr
• Maintenance Technician II: $34.22/hr
• Maintenance Technician III: $36.00/hr
• Maintenance Technician IV: $41.00/hr

Technicians may earn pay increases within their level at established milestones, including 90 days and one, two, and three years, based on performance.

Shift Differential: An additional $1.35/hr for night shifts

Key Responsibilities:

• Follows safety policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment.
• Logs equipment usage, parts replacement, and scheduled maintenance to ensure maximum functionality.
• Diagnoses, analyzes, and repairs electro-mechanical and instrumentation equipment using meters, gauges, and other testing methods.
• Applies knowledge of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic devices and principles to install, repair, and/or replace defective equipment.
• Identifies root causes of downtime, poor production performance, non-conforming product, and scrap.
• Suggests changes to standard maintenance procedures by verifying applicability.
• Prepares work areas to ensure tools needed are available and in working order.
• Troubleshoots and resolves equipment problems while demonstrating proactive maintenance behaviors and best-practices.
• Performs required preventative maintenance job assignments and completes documentation in a timely manner.
• Communicates safety, quality, and production concerns to team leaders and supervisors.
• Performs daily preventative maintenance on production equipment.
• Maintains a clean and organized work environment in accordance with the 5S principles.
• Identifies when equipment needs to be replaced and informs supervisor.
• Works with other team members to foster a collaborative work environment.

Competencies (Knowledge/Skills/Abilities)

• Able to perform IML set-up and troubleshooting
• Basic knowledge of Heat Transfer Machine(s) set-up and troubleshooting
• Understanding of machines and tools, including their uses, repair, and maintenance
• Understanding of how electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic devices work
• Comprehensive understanding of Food safety, GMP, PRP, HACCP, awareness of food contact materials, as it relates to food safety packaging (in applicable facilities)

Education

• High school diploma or G.E.D. (required)

 Experience

• Minimum 3 years’ experience related to Industrial Maintenance (required)
• Less than 1 year of experience related to plastics set-up (preferred)

Physical Job Requirements

• Able to lift and carry 25-50 pounds frequently.
• Able to assist lifting more than 50 pounds occasionally.
• Able to perform work while bending, stooping, stretching, and climbing ladders.
• All work is performed in a manufacturing environment which may be hot/cold and requires the use of PPE at all times (safety glasses, hearing protection where necessary, etc.)

What We Offer

M&M Industries offers a competitive benefits package designed to support our employees and reward the work that drives our success. Full-time employees may elect medical, dental and vision coverage effective on their first day of employment. We also offer paid vacation and discretionary time off (DTO), with the amount and timing based on position and tenure; paid company holidays after 90 days; and a 401(k) with company match beginning on the first day of the month following 90 days of employment. Educational reimbursement is available after one year of employment. Eligible employees may also participate in quarterly profit sharing when company performance thresholds are met. Hourly employees who work on a recognized holiday receive time-and-a-half for all hours worked. Benefits and eligibility are subject to applicable plan documents and company policies.