Maintenance Technician

About the role

At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available, everywhere; and we protect what's good – protecting food, protecting people, and protecting the planet. By doing so we touch millions of people's lives every day. Tetra Pak Tubex Inc. is looking for a Maintenance Technician to be based out of our Louisa, VA factory. This position will perform all maintenance tasks involved in the production of straws, by following standard work methods to ensure quality and safe work practices.

Responsibilities

• Perform basic maintenance, repair and troubleshoot on U straw machines, extruders and Telescopic straw production line
• Clean, inspect, lubricate and identify general machine anomalies
• Report on all maintenance tasks
• Participate on Autonomous Maintenance Teams; lead teams as needed
• Train other employees as needed
• Problem solving
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Maintain machines as per AM/PM logs
• Ensure proper equipment works during the shift and correct anomalies in case of breakdown
• Perform preventive and corrective activities on equipment according to maintenance plans under the supervision of a Maintenance Engineer
• Follow production safety rules and work according to existing procedures/standards and maintenance process
• Receive and sort spare parts, consumables/supplies as per SOP and 5S standards
• Participate in regular preventive maintenance
• Maintain MDM requests and update equipment tree in SAP based on requests
• Attend to breakdowns onsite ensuring a rapid response and minimizing plant equipment and machine breakdown time
• Participate as a member in maintenance improvement teams
• Monitor measurables: short stops/breakdowns, mean down time targets, red tag numbers, SAP activities, spare parts storage, time‑based maintenance, compliance ratio and targets, 5S in all maintenance areas

Requirements

• 2+ years of basic machine maintenance experience
• Problem solving skills
• Embrace change
• Collaboration
• Intermediate computer skills
• Basic math skills
• Reading comprehension
• WCM basic methodology preferred

Benefits

• 401k company match
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Health, dental, vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Annual performance bonus
• Work‑related allowances

Pay

Hourly range: $23 – $28 (full‑time schedule)

Schedule

Full‑time