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Machinery Maintenance Technician

Lancaster Container, Inc.
Washington, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/8/2025 CLOSED ON 1/25/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Machinery Maintenance Technician position at Lancaster Container, Inc.?

Job: Maintenance

Lancaster Container is seeking an enthusiastic, responsible, and customer-oriented individual that has a positive attitude and shares the values of our company culture, which is built around teamwork, family, honest communication, and producing desirable results for our Washington Boro, PA manufacturing facility.

Shift:

Mon-Thursday 7:00am- 4:30pm & Friday 7:00 am - 11:00 am

Function:

Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of an establishment in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; boiler making; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

· Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.

· Dismantle machines, equipment, or devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, or power tools.

· Perform routine maintenance, such as inspecting drives, motors, or belts, checking fluid levels, replacing filters, or doing other preventive maintenance actions.

· Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.

· Repair machines, equipment, or structures, using tools such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, wrenches, or equipment such as precision measuring instruments or electrical or electronic testing devices.

· Adjust functional parts of devices or control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, or straightedges.

· Plan and lay out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, or schematic diagrams.

· Paint or repair roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, or other parts of building structures.

· Operate cutting torches or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.

· Inspect used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, or other measuring instruments.

Qualifications and Skills:

· High School Diploma or equivalent

· 3 years of experience in machine maintenance is needed

· Building maintenance experience is a plus.

· Experience in a trade school is a plus.

· Knowledge and proficiency in trades of masonry, electrical, plumbing, and carpentry

· Ability to lift and handle 50 pounds for certain positions.

· Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

Lancaster Container was founded in 1976 to provide customers with a dependable steel pail. In the beginning, Richard Pflumm saw a need locally in the marketplace for pail production. The company started by servicing Armstrong. Since that time they have expanded to a much larger and broader customer base. Currently, they provide pails and containers to customers all over North America. Currently, we have two locations in Pennsylvania that support customers throughout the United States. Our goal is to continuously provide our customers with quality pails through excellent service at an outstanding value.

Lancaster Container offers competitive compensation based on commensurate experience and a comprehensive benefits program that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid holidays, attendance bonuses, and production bonuses.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $28.00 - $35.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $28 - $35

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