Frederick Fox

Lead Maintenance Technician – Food Manufacturing Lehigh Valley, PA | On-site | Full-time Why this role<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Monday–Friday day shift with a flexible start time. No overtime or on-call expected.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Own the maintenance function and build the preventive maintenance program your way.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Hold a seat at the table working directly with operations leadership at a family-run company with no red tape.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Potential to build a small team as the business grows.</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">401(k) with employer match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance and paid time off.</li>
</ul> Overview Our client, a growing small-to-mid-sized food manufacturer, needs a hands-on maintenance expert to be the go-to for three production lines. You’ll repair processing and packaging equipment, run preventive maintenance, order parts, and keep building utilities like boilers and compressors running. The work is roughly 80% hands-on and 20% admin (documentation and parts ordering). If you have a strong understanding of motors, gearboxes, conveyors, pneumatics, and ideally basic PLC (programmable logic controllers), you’re what we’re looking for. --The current team will teach you the specific machines, so you don’t need to know them already. Required Qualifications<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Hands-on troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical and pneumatic equipment, including motors, pumps, bearings, gearboxes and conveyors</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Industrial, manufacturing or facility maintenance experience</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Ability to read schematics, mechanical drawings, parts diagrams and OEM manuals</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Independent worker with strong root-cause problem solving</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Organized, with solid recordkeeping and clear communication with operators, management and vendors</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Willingness to handle both production-equipment repairs and general building maintenance</li>
</ul> Preferred Qualifications<ul style="margin:0px;padding-left:40px;">
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Food, beverage or pharmaceutical manufacturing experience (GMP, HACCP, FDA/USDA, SQF)</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">PLC troubleshooting and industrial electrical work (24V–480V)</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience with boilers, HVAC/refrigeration and compressed air</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Sanitary welding and fabrication</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Experience building a PM program or working in a CMMS</li>
<li style="line-height:1.2;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);margin:0px;">Knowledge of Lockout/Tagout and OSHA requirements</li>
</ul>

Lead Maintenance Technician – Food Manufacturing

Lehigh Valley, PA | On-site | Full-time

Why this role

* Monday–Friday day shift with a flexible start time. No overtime
or on-call expected.
* Own the maintenance function and build the preventive
maintenance program your way.
* Hold a seat at the table working directly with operations
leadership at a family-run company with no red tape.
* Potential to build a small team as the business grows.
* 401(k) with employer match, medical, dental, vision, life
insurance and paid time off.

Overview

Our client, a growing small-to-mid-sized food manufacturer,
needs a hands-on maintenance expert to be the go-to for three
production lines. You’ll repair processing and packaging
equipment, run preventive maintenance, order parts, and keep
building utilities like boilers and compressors running. The work
is roughly 80% hands-on and 20% admin (documentation and parts
ordering).

If you have a strong understanding of motors, gearboxes,
conveyors, pneumatics, and ideally basic PLC (programmable logic
controllers), you’re what we’re looking for.

--The current team will teach you the specific machines, so you
don’t need to know them already.

Required Qualifications

* Hands-on troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical and
pneumatic equipment, including motors, pumps, bearings, gearboxes
and conveyors
* Industrial, manufacturing or facility maintenance experience
* Ability to read schematics, mechanical drawings, parts diagrams
and OEM manuals
* Independent worker with strong root-cause problem solving
* Organized, with solid recordkeeping and clear communication
with operators, management and vendors
* Willingness to handle both production-equipment repairs and
general building maintenance

Preferred Qualifications

* Food, beverage or pharmaceutical manufacturing experience (GMP,
HACCP, FDA/USDA, SQF)
* PLC troubleshooting and industrial electrical work (24V–480V)
* Experience with boilers, HVAC/refrigeration and compressed air
* Sanitary welding and fabrication
* Experience building a PM program or working in a CMMS
* Knowledge of Lockout/Tagout and OSHA requirements

Lead Maintenance Technician

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