Are you a knowledgeable, hard-working mechanical technician looking for a full-time job with steady work and benefits? Do you enjoy the challenge of repairing and even rebuilding machinery? Villari Foods is currently seeking a Maintenance Technician for our Villari Foods location with a minimum of one year’s experience. The right candidate will be responsible for maintaining, repairing, and troubleshooting our industrial equipment and systems. If this sounds like the kind of position you’re interested in, keep reading and apply today!

Job duties:

• Ensure operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by completing preventative maintenance requirements on equipment, motors, pneumatic tools, converter systems, and production machines by following diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer’s instructions, and engineering specifications; troubleshooting malfunctions.
• Locates sources of problems by observing mechanical devices in operation; listening for problems; using precision measuring and testing instruments.
• Controls downtime by informing production workers of routine preventive maintenance techniques; monitoring compliance.
• Fabricates repair parts by using machine shop instrumentation and equipment.
• Maintains equipment, parts, and supplies inventories by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed equipment, parts, and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt.
• Conserves maintenance resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Provides mechanical maintenance information by answering questions and requests.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

To qualify for this job you must have:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum one-year experience as a technician 

We’d also love it if you:

• Are a licensed mechanic (preferred but not required)
• Have experience in the Food Industry (preferred but not required)

What Villari Food Group offers you:

• Competitive compensation
• Opportunity to earn overtime hours
• Medical Insurance
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• 401K
• Paid Vacation Days and Holidays
• Employee Discounts on Villari Meat Products
• Opportunities for employee recognition
• Opportunities for promotion from within; more than 80% of our leaders started in an entry-level position at Villari Foods Group!
• Employment with a great team and a highly experienced supervisor

How Villari Foods is different:

• As a family-owned and operated business, we’re more connected with our team members and truly consider each employee a member of the Villari family.
• We’re a people-focused culture. Team members are not only known but also cared for by peers, leaders, and owners. You aren’t just a number.
• The experience each employee has working at Villari is important to us. That’s why we strive for a better quality of work-life with a slower pace that avoids eventual burnout.

Physical requirements and work environment:
The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The work environment will include cold temperatures between 50℉ to 10℉ (non-weather related), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, and chemicals Villari does provide cold-weather gear!
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud

• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, occasionally up to 100 pounds
• Able to drive a registered motor vehicle to satisfy daily requirements
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Able to speak and hear for safety and productivity
• Use scanners, tablets, radios, phones, and other warehouse machinery
• Frequently required to stand, use hands and/or fingers to grasp, handle, feel, reach and pull
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

More about Villari Foods: Founded in 1925 by Sam Villari, Villari Foods is still a family-owned business with a rich history. As a teenager, Sam came to America from Italy, instilled with the value his native culture placed on pure, good food as an integral part of the family and social life. Today, at Villari Foods, we combine our unwavering commitment to Old World quality with our capacity to keep pace with evolving customer demands – and exceed expectations for great taste, good health, variety, value, convenience, and creativity in the kitchen. With the fourth Villari generation now entering the business, our family remains dedicated to ensuring an exceptional experience for all who enjoy our products.

We offer a wide variety of quality pork and other meat products for retail, food service, and export markets. We understand and are responding to consumer preferences for meat products that are locally sourced, humanely raised, antibiotic/hormone/steroid-free, and organic. And we’re well known for our smoked products.

As part of Villari Foods, we also have our own livestock and trucking operations, which allows for greater quality control and extraordinary customer service, including superior delivery options. We partner with local farms and are committed to environmental sustainability.

EEO Statement:

Villari Food Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual, or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.