Maintenance Technician

Safety First. Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.

Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate, full-time opportunity for a Maintenance Technician, located at the Toledo, Ohio facility, 3332 St. Lawrence Drive, Toledo, OH 43605.

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Maintenance Technician to join our team at our sugar packaging facility in Toledo, Ohio. The ideal candidate will be a versatile professional with expertise in mechanical, electrical, fabrication, and welding tasks. This role is critical to ensuring the smooth operation of our production equipment and facility systems, minimizing downtime, and maintaining high safety and quality standards.

Primary Responsibilities

• Preventive and corrective maintenance on production machinery, conveyors, packaging equipment, and systems.
• Troubleshoot and repair electrical systems, including motors, control panels, and PLCs, etc.
• Execute mechanical repairs on equipment, such as pumps, gearboxes, and hydraulic/pneumatic systems.
• Fabricate and modify components as needed to improve equipment performance or replace worn parts
• Perform welding tasks (MIG, TIG, or stick) to repair or construct metal structures and equipment
• Read and interpret technical drawings, schematics, and manuals to diagnose and resolve issues
• Ensure compliance with all safety regulations and requirements (GMP and OSHA)
• Collaborate with production teams to minimize downtime and optimize equipment performance
• Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, including work orders and inventory of spare parts
• Maintain existing equipment along with facility upgrades and installation of new equipment as needed
  
  

Position Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years industrial electrical and mechanical experience, preferably packaging / production
• Industrial experience, including knowledge in motor control, relay logic, PLC logic and computer based motor and process control system
• Demonstrated skills in fabrication and welding (MIG, TIG, or stick).
• Ability to perform physically demanding work in hot and cold environments
  
  

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Availability for overtime, and on-call duties as needed
• Demonstrated personal leadership and positive can-do attitude
• Familiarity with food safety standards (e.g., HACCP, GMP)
• Use of internet to research, order and track parts for delivery
• Communicate issues and solutions with every shift to ensure smooth hand off
• Provides model behavior to demonstrate corporate value
• Leading the self by demonstrating ethics and integrity, displaying drive and purpose, demonstrated capability to learn, managing self, increasing self-awareness
  
  

NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this position. The above statements are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required. All staff may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed.

Michigan Sugar Company offers competitive market wages for both hourly and salaried employees, opportunity for professional growth and development, and comprehensive benefit packages that may include medical, dental, 401(k) and paid time off. To learn more visit www.michigansugar.com .

Michigan Sugar Company was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.

Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugar beet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 140,000 acres of sugar beets each year in 17 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.

That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial, and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.

Michigan Sugar Company has approximately 1,000 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company’s annual payroll is more than $90 million and its annual local economic impact is about $700 million.

Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of eight sugar beet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugar beets are grown in the country.

Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer