Maintenance Mechanic

About the role

Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose. At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed. As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together. In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®. At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Position Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic supports the plant departments by responding in a timely manner to service and/or repair plant equipment and facility. The Reed City Plant operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Shift Information

2nd Shift (3pm to 11pm). Shift is scheduled for 40 hours (5-day work week), Sunday - Thursday. Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends and for emergency events.

Pay

Wages $30.73 per hour with opportunity to advance in skill level up to $39.40 per hour. Shift differential of $.35 per hour for hours worked on 2nd or 3rd shift.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• 401k
• Paid Time Off from day one
• Education Reimbursement

We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options.

Main Responsibilities

• Follow all company safety policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
• Install, maintain, trouble-shoot, and repair industrial yogurt processing and packaging machinery, work tools and equipment
• Provide technical support and plant leadership for equipment troubleshooting and equipment modifications
• Perform both uptime and down time preventative maintenance in adherence to the master PM schedule
• Perform corrective maintenance work order
• Repair and maintain building utilities
• Ability to learn and perform minor machining and welding tasks
• Design and layout circuits, install fixtures, wiring conduits, motors, and other electrical equipment/components
• Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
• Assist with training new employees as needed
• Attend meetings and trainings as required
• Perform additional related tasks as assigned

Requirements

• 3 years of experience in manufacturing maintenance or related experience
• Experience with PLC
• Working knowledge and demonstrated skills in the installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of piping systems
• Working knowledge and demonstrated skills in arc welding, gas welding and solder practices
• Mechanical, math, troubleshooting and problem-solving and basic computer skills
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Proficiency in basic computer skills
• Must be able to