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Packaging Mechanic - Maintenance - 2nd shift

Lactalis American Group
Buffalo, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 1/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/6/2026
Job Type

Full-time

Description

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At Lactalis in the USA, we believe in promoting from within and giving our employees meaningful opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Whether you’re just starting out or bringing years of experience, we’ll provide the tools and support you need to succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

From Your Passion To Ours

Lactalis American Group , part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Packaging Mechanic based in Buffalo, NY.

Summary: Responsible for a variety of tasks that require knowledge and/or ability to learn packaging equipment and assist when needed on major utility systems. Ability to progress and desire to learn of high importance.

From Your EXPERTISE To Ours

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  • Maintains machines with respect to bearings, assembly, disassembly, power transmission, rigging, and lubrication.
  • Effectively completes bench work utilizing common hand tools.
  • Can work effectively with an upper-class mechanic to work on electrical systems and components.
  • Learns to do rudimentary pipefitting of water, steam, and air lines with steel, plastic, and copper pipe materials.
  • Performs routing preventative maintenance on designated equipment. Will assist upper class mechanic on major overhauls.
  • Learn to identify potential issues and report these to the necessary persons.
  • Trains and learns most shop equipment and machinery.
  • Works with upper classification mechanic on job layouts and ordering of materials necessary to complete job.
  • Assists in troubleshooting and diagnosing most machine failures.
  • Prepares for work daily with complete set of hand tools as mandated by the supervisor’s list.

Requirements

Qualifications:

  • Attention to detail and accuracy in work required.
  • Personal qualities of tact and dependability required.
  • Strong communication abilities, written and verbal.
  • Valid Driver’s License.

Education And/or Experience

  • High School Diploma Required
  • Trade School level of Electrical or Mechanical training preferred.
  • Dairy Experience Preferred

Salary Description

$29.192 - $39.05

Salary : $29 - $39

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