Mechanical Reliability Technician — Adhesives Manufacturing

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H.B. Fuller (NYSE: FUL) is the world’s largest pureplay adhesives company. Since 1887, our mission—to Connect What Matters—has guided more than 7,500 teammates in 140 countries as we partner across 30 markets to enable customers’ breakthrough products. Discover more at www.hbfuller.com.

Role: Mechanical Reliability Technician

Location: South Bend, Indiana

Shift: 2nd Shift, 2:00 PM – 10:30 PM

A Day in the Life

You arrive to a clean, well-organized maintenance shop—thanks in part to the care you and your team take with housekeeping. Before a wrench turns, you complete lockout/tagout and verify startup and shutdown safety steps. A call comes in over the plant radio: a pump on a blending line is vibrating. You diagnose the issue, inspect the gearbox, adjust alignment, lubricate the assembly, and return the line to service. Later, you review the preventive maintenance calendar with the Master Mechanic to sequence PMs and avoid production downtime. You capture your repair notes, parts purchases, and follow-ups—keeping documentation crisp and complete. Before the shift ends, you coach a newer technician through a chiller check and coordinate with the Maintenance Supervisor on tomorrow’s priorities.

What You’ll Do

• Perform installation, troubleshooting, and repair of mechanical equipment; support new equipment installs within your capabilities.
• Execute preventive and predictive maintenance in coordination with the Master Mechanic or designee to minimize downtime.
• Service plant systems: mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, and general facility utilities with limited supervision.
• Inspect systems to diagnose issues, prevent failures, and improve reliability; clean, lubricate, and adjust mechanical parts.
• Maintain the maintenance shop and plant areas to high housekeeping standards.
• Follow OSHA requirements; rigorously apply LOTO and safe startup/shutdown procedures.
• Operate forklifts/highboy lifts safely; train on all lifts used on site.
• Document repairs, purchases, and maintenance activities accurately.
• Collaborate with peers, Master Mechanics, and the Facility Engineer; consult with the Maintenance Supervisor on solutions and alternatives.
• Mentor maintenance technicians and helpers; model team-first behaviors.
• Work largely independently with work subject to inspection and checks; adapt quickly to changing “customer” (production) priorities.
• Communicate clearly, including professional radio etiquette.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• 5 years of industrial mechanical training and experience.
• Proficiency with hand and power tools and fundamentals across multiple trades for general repairs.
• Demonstrated capability to perform all listed duties both independently and in teams.
• Strong math, reading, communication, and organization skills; basic computer skills (MS Office, internet).
• Hands-on mechanical skill with pumps, gearboxes, and machinery repair; solid knowledge of basic hand tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication; strong presentation skills and documentation discipline.
• Experience with CMMS, preventive, and predictive maintenance programs.
• Certification to service refrigeration, chillers, and A/C units.
• Pipefitting and plumbing experience; machining skills.
• PLC programming and troubleshooting exposure.
• Understanding of instrumentation and calibration; ability to prioritize effectively.
• Comfort working with minimal supervision; strong mechanical aptitude and computer literacy.

Compensation & Benefits

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, and geographic location.

Hourly rate: $30.72/hr.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including comprehensive benefits, incentive and recognition programs, health and wellness benefits, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, and paid holidays. Eligibility may vary.

Equal Opportunity

H.B. Fuller is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and proud to have created a collaborative culture where employees around the world are seen, heard, and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or marital status or status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected classification.

Agency Notice

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