Production Maintenance Tech - 3rd Shift

Job Details

Job Title: Production Maintenance Tech - 3rd Shift

Location: Chaska, MN

Duration: Contract to hire- 4 months

Shift: 3rd shift, Monday to Friday, 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

Job Description

Have strong experience in mechanical maintenance within manufacturing environments and a proven ability to maximize equipment uptime, execute preventive maintenance, and support rapid changeovers to meet production goals.

Responsibilities:

• Respond to maintenance requests and perform routine maintenance to ensure production equipment achieves uptime and output goals.
• Execute changeovers and equipment start-ups quickly to meet or exceed production standards.
• Test equipment after repairs, changeovers, or downtime to confirm readiness at start-up without unplanned stops.
• Minimize temporary fixes and implement durable corrective actions to sustain operations.
• Order parts proactively and request work orders to maintain uptime and reduce emergency maintenance.
• Measure downtime, debrief stakeholders, and drive improvements for future performance.
• Support internal customers with urgency, with production as the primary customer of maintenance.
• Execute preventive maintenance on schedule and contribute to continuous improvement to achieve production goals.
• Follow up on PM findings to improve equipment reliability and feed learnings into PM planning.
• Ensure changing schedules, materials, or line operations do not prevent PM completion.
• Recommend and support equipment design improvements to maximize throughput and reduce non-value-added labor.
• Administer CMMS activities including entering completed work orders, parts usage, ordering, and restocking.
• Maintain safety, cleanliness, and organization in maintenance and production areas, including LOTO and GMP compliance.
• Identify and correct safety issues and uphold a lean culture using standards that eliminate waste.
• Apply lean tools and institutionalize 5S across the department.
• Perform other related duties as assigned. This role is self-directed.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 3 years of mechanical maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to multitask, organize, and act with urgency while following GMP and established procedures.
• Proficiency with CMMS usage for work orders and parts management.
• Working knowledge of PCs and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) on Windows environments.
• Ability to read and follow English-language specifications.
• Basic math including fractions and decimals.
• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.

Preferred Skills:

• Two or more years of formal packaging or industrial training.
• Class C Boiler license.

Work Requirements and Physical Demands:

• May require additional hours beyond a standard 40-hour week based on business demand and tight deadlines. No overnight or day travel required.
• Frequent workflow interruptions due to production requirements.
• Continuous standing, walking, bending, pushing, pulling, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, grasping, talking, teaching, and repetitive hand/wrist motion, up to 6 hours per day.
• Occasional computers work up to 2 hours per day.
• Ability to lift to 50 lbs frequently.
• Good eyesight and normal hearing required. Work is indoors and may be seasonally hot and humid with exposure to various fragrances.