Maintenance Mechanic

Job Title: Maintenance Mechanic - Day Shift

Location: Red Oak, IA

Reports to: Maintenance Manager

About Grain Craft Corn Milling (Previously Bunge):* Grain Craft is a company that is committed to our team members. We offer generous benefits with a focus on three guiding pillars: Driven With Purpose* (We Make Every Day Count), Relationships Are Everything (Meaningful Connections Fuel Our Success), and Right Always Wins (We Never Compromise on Safety, Quality, and Commitment). These pillars are the bedrock of Grain Craft's high-performance culture. We champion an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and continuous learning and development opportunities for professional growth. Our pillars are real and lived out every day in action, and our mission has never changed.

Grain Craft Corn Milling' offers competitive pay and great benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Bonuses, 401K with up to 6% matching (vested on Day 1), Employee and Family Assistance Programs, and several Supplemental Benefit offerings.

Job Description:

The Maintenance Mechanic ensures the safe, efficient operation of production equipment and facility systems through expert troubleshooting, repair, and preventative maintenance. Working across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems, this role supports plant reliability while upholding safety, food safety, and regulatory compliance. Ideal candidates bring strong technical skills, attention to detail, and the flexibility to work in a dynamic, team-oriented manufacturing environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Must actively participate in Grain Craft's safety program
• Maintain a safe work environment for self and all employees
• Complete emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment as needed.
• Troubleshoot and repair equipment using mechanical skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic.
• Responsible for maintaining all automation throughout the facility (electric circuits of 480VAC or less)
• Troubleshoot and repair high voltage lighting, variable frequency drive (VFD) and alternating current / direct current (AC/DC) systems
• Read and interpret equipment manuals, blue prints, and work orders to perform required maintenance and service of equipment.
• Troubleshoot, locate, test, identify, or diagnose electrical malfunction and then adjust, repair, or replace.
• Perform regular preventative maintenance on machines, equipment, and plant facility.
• Calibrate and/or troubleshoot process instrumentation
• Use a variety of hand and power tools and material handling equipment in performing duties
• Inspect for conformity to industry standards or specifications
• Perform welding including light fabrication of equipment and parts
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area and remove material and equipment from job site
• Perform miscellaneous job related duties as assigned
• Perform movement of materials while using mobile equipment to company safety standards
• Commitment to supply safe food, maintain a food safety culture within the site, continually improve the site's food safety management system; and comply with customer and regulatory requirements.
• All other duties as assigned
• Perform work per the assigned on site schedule

Qualifications

Required:

• High School Diploma/GED is required.
• Proficiently read and write in English for the purposes of record keeping and safety and quality training and processes.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a safety conscious environment.
• Good written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to work overtime as needed.
• Ability to work on-call as needed.
• Ability to work an overnight shift

Preferred:

• Millwright experience is preferred.
• Familiar with scales, augers, cooking mill, and other like equipment related to the milling processes is preferred.
• Previous work in a milling facility is a plus.
• Experience with SAP maintenance software a plus.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT:

• Physically able to work outside, climb ladders and lift 100 lbs., tolerate dust and high or low temperature.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds regularly
• Frequent standing, walking, bending, squatting, and kneeling
• Comfortable working at heights and on ladders or scaffolding
• Manual dexterity and fine motor skills for operating tools and machinery
• Tolerance for noisy, dusty, or hot/cold environments
• Ability to wear required PPE such as safety glasses, gloves, ear protection, and respirators
• Visual acuity and hearing sufficient to identify mechanical or safety issues
• Stamina to work 12-hour shifts or rotating schedules as needed\

This position is contingent upon successfully passing Grain Craft's background screening, physical (if applicable) and drug-screening. Grain Craft maintains that we are a drug-free company on all levels.

EEO STATEMENT:

Grain Craft provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

By applying for this job at Grain Craft, you acknowledge and agree to receive communications via text, email, and phone.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $33.51 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $34