Maintenance Technician - Food Manufacturing
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| Verified Pay check_circle | Provided by the employer$25 - $29 per hour |
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| Hours | Full-time |
| Location | Monroe, Washington |
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Maintenance Technician
Jaspen’s Inc. – Monroe, WA
Full-Time | Monday - Friday
Full-Time | Monday - Friday
Jaspen’s is looking for a dependable, mechanically inclined Maintenance Technician to support our food manufacturing operation.
This is a hands-on position responsible for preventive maintenance, equipment troubleshooting and repairs, general facility maintenance, and daily production support. The goal of this position is simple: keep our equipment safe, reliable, and ready for production while minimizing downtime.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Support Production with daily startup activities to help ensure equipment is safe, operational, and ready for production.
- Respond promptly when Production needs maintenance assistance or equipment support.
- Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on production and packaging equipment.
- Inspect equipment and identify potential problems before breakdowns occur.
- Troubleshoot and repair mechanical equipment issues.
- Replace and repair common components such as bearings, belts, chains, sprockets, motors, sensors, pumps, valves, and pneumatic components.
- Perform basic electrical troubleshooting within training and qualifications.
- Respond promptly to equipment breakdowns during production.
- Assist with equipment adjustments, installations, and improvement projects.
- Perform general facility and warehouse maintenance.
- Maintain maintenance tools, spare parts, and supplies in an organized manner.
- Document preventive maintenance, repairs, and follow-up work.
- Follow Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), OSHA, GMP, SQF, food safety, and company safety requirements.
- Ensure maintenance work does not create a food safety or contamination risk.
Qualifications:
- Strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on troubleshooting skills.
- Experience maintaining and/or repairing machinery, equipment, vehicles, forklift or similar mechanical systems.
- Comfortable using hand and power tools.
- Basic knowledge of mechanical systems such as motors, bearings, belts, chains, pumps, and pneumatic components.
- Manufacturing experience preferred; food manufacturing experience is a plus.
- Basic electrical, welding, or fabrication experience is a plus.
- Dependable, organized, and able to work independently.
- Willing to learn and take ownership of preventive maintenance, equipment condition, and daily production support.
- Able to communicate effectively with Production and respond promptly when assistance is needed.
- Able to stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb ladders, and work in awkward positions for extended periods.
- Able to regularly lift and carry tools, parts, and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds, with assistance for heavier items.
- Able to safely use hand tools, power tools, ladders, lifts, and other maintenance equipment.
- Able to work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to noise, moving equipment, temperature changes, dust, moisture, cleaning chemicals, food-processing environments.
- Able to wear required personal protective equipment, including safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, safety footwear, and other task-specific PPE.
- Able to work scheduled shifts, overtime, weekends, holidays, and respond to occasional emergency maintenance needs as required.
We’re looking for someone who doesn't just wait for equipment to break. The right person supports Production during daily startup, responds promptly when help is needed, notices problems developing, takes care of preventive maintenance, communicates issues, and takes pride in keeping the plant running safely and efficiently. This is also an opportunity to grow with Jaspen’s, expand your technical skills, take on greater responsibility, and develop into a key member of our maintenance and operations team!
We look forward to welcoming a dependable, hands-on, and responsible Maintenance Technician to the Jaspen’s team.
About Jaspen’s Inc.
About Jaspen’s Inc.
Jaspen’s Inc. is a growing, family-owned snack food manufacturer based in Monroe, Washington. We manufacture a variety of snack products including popcorn, roasted nuts, chocolate-panned products, and specialty snacks for regional and national brands, private-label customers, and our own popcorn brand.
Our SQF certified facility is built around strong food safety programs, quality, teamwork, and continuous improvement. As we continue to grow, we are investing in our people, equipment, and operations and creating opportunities for team members who want to grow with us.
At Jaspen’s, we value people who take ownership of their work, support their teammates, solve problems, and take pride in producing safe, high-quality products.
We’re looking for people who want more than just a job - we want team members who are interested in learning, taking on greater responsibility, and building a career with a growing food manufacturing company.
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