Maintenance Mechanic Night Shift- Payette

Production Mechanic, Night Shift

Location: Payette, ID

Work Arrangement: On-site manufacturing plant role

Employment Type: Full-time

Pay Range: $24.00 to $32.00 per hour, depending on experience

Shift: 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM

Schedule: 2x2x3 rotating schedule

Job Overview

Seeking a skilled Production Mechanic to support night-shift manufacturing operations at its Payette, Idaho facility. This plant supports client's integrated supply chain through dry beans, soup, and can manufacturing, with the broader company producing billions of steel food cans annually across its can-making operations.

This is a hands-on industrial maintenance role for someone who can keep high-speed production equipment running safely and efficiently. The Production Mechanic will perform preventive maintenance, troubleshoot breakdowns, repair and adjust mechanical systems, support fabrication needs, and work closely with production teams to reduce downtime.

The best fit will have strong mechanical aptitude, practical manufacturing maintenance experience, and comfort working around fast-moving equipment, loud machinery, hot surfaces, wet or cold areas, fumes, dust, and night-shift plant demands. Experience with packaging equipment, can manufacturing, food manufacturing, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical troubleshooting, welding, fabrication, lockout/tagout, confined spaces, and hot work is especially valuable.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform routine preventive maintenance on production machinery, packaging equipment, can-making equipment, conveyors, and related plant systems.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic issues on the production floor.
• Respond quickly to equipment problems to minimize downtime and keep production moving.
• Repair, adjust, replace, or modify faulty machine components.
• Inspect equipment for wear, damage, misalignment, poor performance, or safety concerns.
• Replace worn or damaged parts proactively to prevent breakdowns.
• Use hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, torches, and fabrication tools to repair or modify equipment and components.
• Read and interpret technical drawings, blueprints, manuals, diagrams, and equipment documentation.
• Follow preventive maintenance schedules and complete assigned maintenance work orders.
• Maintain detailed records of maintenance, repairs, parts replacement, fabrication work, and equipment issues.
• Report equipment concerns, recurring failures, and maintenance needs to supervisors.
• Collaborate with production operators, supervisors, and maintenance teammates to prioritize urgent equipment issues.
• Provide practical technical support to operators and maintenance staff when equipment issues arise.
• Follow all safety protocols, including lockout/tagout, confined-space procedures, hot-work procedures, GMPs, OSHA requirements, and plant safety standards.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area.
• Use computers and technology as needed for work orders, maintenance records, communication, and equipment documentation.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Proven mechanical experience in a manufacturing, production, industrial, food processing, packaging, can manufacturing, or similar plant environment.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot production equipment.
• Proficiency using hand tools and power tools.
• Working knowledge of mechanical systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, and basic electrical systems.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, blueprints, equipment manuals, and diagrams.
• Ability to work safely around high-speed production equipment.
• Ability to follow safety procedures, GMPs, OSHA standards, lockout/tagout, hot-work rules, and confined-space protocols.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to respond under production pressure.
• Good communication skills and ability to work with production and maintenance teams.
• Physical stamina to lift heavy objects when necessary and work in varied plant conditions.
• Ability to work 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM on a 2x2x3 schedule.
• Ability to effectively use computers and technology for maintenance records and work orders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical certification, vocational training, apprenticeship, or trade-school background in industrial maintenance, mechanical systems, welding, machining, electrical, mechatronics, or a related discipline.
• Maintenance experience in food manufacturing, can manufacturing, packaging, metal forming, beverage, dairy, frozen food, produce processing, agricultural processing, or other high-speed production environments.
• Welding and fabrication skills.
• Experience maintaining conveyors, fillers, seamers, palletizers, packaging lines, presses, motors, pumps, gearboxes, bearings, sensors, valves, and plant utility equipment.
• Experience with preventive maintenance programs, CMMS/work-order systems, and maintenance documentation.
• Experience working nights, 12-hour shifts, rotating schedules, or continuous production operations.
• Forklift, scissor lift, confined-space, hot-work, or lockout/tagout training, if applicable.

Success Measures

• Reduced equipment downtime during night-shift production.
• Fast, accurate troubleshooting of mechanical and production-line issues.
• Preventive maintenance completed on schedule.
• Fewer repeat equipment failures.
• Strong documentation of repairs, PM work, parts replacement, and equipment issues.
• Safe execution of lockout/tagout, hot work, confined-space, and plant safety procedures.
• Strong communication with operators, supervisors, and maintenance teammates.
• Ability to support continuous production without cutting corners on safety or quality.
• Reliable attendance and schedule commitment for 12-hour night shifts.

Benefits

Offers a competitive benefits package that may include:

• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k).
• Short-term disability.
• Long-term disability.
• Paid time off.
• Additional company benefits, worth confirming during intake or offer stage.

Work Environment

This role works primarily inside a manufacturing and production facility. The Production Mechanic should expect exposure to loud machinery, high-speed production equipment, hot surfaces, temperature variation, wet or cold areas, fumes, dust, and active production-floor conditions.

Proper PPE, safety discipline, lockout/tagout compliance, confined-space awareness, and hot-work compliance are essential. This is a night-shift role, so candidates must be comfortable working 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM on a 2x2x3 schedule in a plant environment where equipment uptime, safety, and production flow matter every shift.