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Maintenance Technician 1st Shift

Carolina Container
Laurinburg, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 8/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/19/2026
SUMMARY: The Maintenance Technician will be responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain production and facility equipment according to safety, predictive and productive maintenance systems.

SALARY: Pay commensurate with experience.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

  • Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and equipment.
  • Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
  • Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of equipment during production and perform scheduled maintenance repairs of equipment during machine service.
  • Maximize the utilization of equipment by maintaining the machinery to run at available capacity and speed.
  • Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and facilities.
  • Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
  • Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties.
  • Special projects as business dictate.
  • Duties may be expanded upon and additional duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • High School Diploma or equivalent and completion of a craft apprenticeship, or an equivalent number of years of education and production maintenance experience.
  • Must be 18 years of age.
  • Manufacturing experience; strong hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and industrial skills with some PLC experience and HVAC.
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule.
  • Prior work experience in the corrugated industry preferred.
  • Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
  • Team-oriented and self-directed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to handle or feel.
  • The employee frequently is required to talk or hear.
  • The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
  • The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
  • Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts.
  • Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
  • Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles; vibrations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck License and/or other appropriate certification to work in certain areas or on certain equipment.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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