Senior Maintenance Technician

Senior Maintenance Technician

FullTime

Plainfield, IN

Schedule: First Shift

Meet your Talent Advisor Jim Henegar

Ready to lead technical excellence in a fastpaced manufacturing environment? Our client in Plainfield, IN, is seeking a Senior Maintenance Technician to keep highspeed production equipment running at peak performance while serving as a subject matter expert and mentor on the maintenance team.

Senior Maintenance Technician Responsibilities:

• Uphold and enforce the highest standards of safety and GMP practices across the facility.
• Train and mentor Operators, Mechanics, and Supervisors on technical procedures for highspeed bottle manufacturing and packaging.
• Collaborate with plant leadership on continuous improvement projects, equipment upgrades, and solutions to recurring issues.
• Quickly identify root causes of mechanical issues to minimize downtime and prevent reoccurrence.
• Partner with fellow Senior Technicians on crossfunctional problem-solving initiatives.
• Use software tools to analyze equipment performance and identify areas for throughput improvement.
• Define requirements and lead equipment overhaul efforts during scheduled downtimes.
• Train team members in operating and troubleshooting equipment within bottling production, including:
• Blow molding: PET processing, machine setup, mold changes, quality systems
• Filling/Capping: beverage processing, cap feeding, vision systems, laser coders, sanitation standards
• Labeling: rollfed or cutandstack systems, hot melt glue systems
• Dry-end packaging: case packers, conveyors, palletizers (conventional/robotic), stretch wrappers
• Common OEMs: Krones, Sidel, KHS, Sacmi, Tech Long
• Train team members in injection molding technologies, including:
• Husky injection systems (hydraulic, pneumatic, electromechanical)
• Resin handling, drying, dehumidification, vision inspection, conveying, cooling
• Mold maintenance and troubleshooting of wear components
• Highspeed plastics processing with tight tolerances and AA control
• Create and upload SOPs; support machine reliability and improvement of MTBF metrics.
• Maintain regular, predictable attendance and participate in oncall rotations.
• Perform physical tasks required in a manufacturing setting (standing/walking for long periods, lifting up to 50 lbs).
• Must provide own toolbox and basic tools.
• Other duties may be assigned as business needs evolve.

Senior Maintenance Technician Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements:

• 6 years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
• 6 years in a directly related maintenance role
• 4 years leading people or managing projects
• Demonstrated crossdepartment communication and problem resolution skills
• Profici