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Maintenance Mechanic--1st Shift

United Plastics Corporation
Mount Airy, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 7/31/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/25/2026

**Urgent hire**

**Great benefits package**

**We pay overtime (anything over 8 hours) by the day**

**Pay Based on Experience**

--Verifiable industrial maintenance and electrical experience is a must. Previous Industrial Experience a plus.

JOB DUTIES:

  • Install, dismantle, maintain, set up and adjust machinery.
  • Mechanically service equipment, including ventilation, heating systems, facility repairs, various types of pipelines and plumbing, fittings and hydraulics as needed.
  • Perform preventative maintenance on equipment, machinery, and facility systems.
  • Analyze, troubleshoot, and correct mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical problems (both low and high voltage) as well as controls.
  • Analyze circuits, wiring diagrams and drawings to install, troubleshoot, repair, calibrate, service or replace electronic devices and systems.
  • Perform varied mechanical, electrical, and plumbing duties on equipment and throughout the facility.
  • Conduct preventive maintenance checks on mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment.
  • Use various testing devices on equipment after repairs or adjustments.
  • Perform weekly start-ups and/or shutdowns of equipment in accordance with company safety procedures.
  • Practice safe de-energization of equipment (including multiple energy sources and machine specific lockout tag out methods).
  • Demonstrate the ability to use industrial maintenance tools and/or willing to train to obtain skills to perform duties such as multiple welding applications, use of cutting torch, plasma cutter, testing devices, various industrial shop, power, and hand tools.
  • Contribute to team projects by accurately completing individual assignments.
  • Perform on-the-job training to new employees.
  • Participate in required training.
  • Operate various PIV equipment safely and efficiently.
  • Perform other duties as assigned, including assisting production in emergency situations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Perform the duties of the job, including the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
  • Demonstrate regular and predictable attendance.
  • Work up to 12 consecutive hours, which hours may fluctuate based on the production needs of the business.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos.
  • Ability to effectively present information to other employees of the organization.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Strong ability to use measurement tools.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to execute instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
  • Good understanding of production procedures and best practices.
  • Must perform duties while observing all OSHA compliant and company safe work practices and procedures.
  • Ability to troubleshoot equipment from blueprints, schematics, or digital devices.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The employee is required to sit, climb, balance, carry, push, pull, reach, and adjust body position to bend, stoop, walk, turn, pivot, and stand for long periods of time. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 65 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Hearing and vision required to be within normal ranges. Read at, above, and below shoulder height. Sufficient manual dexterity required to operate equipment. Ability to communicate orally in a clear, concise and effective manner with the co-workers, company representatives, management, and staff in face-to-face, one-on-one and group settings. Ability to maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes, chemicals and/or airborne particles, high pressure fluids, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment may be loud.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

We are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin ancestry, military status, veteran status, marital status, gender identity or expression, transgender status, citizenship, sexual orientation, age (40 and older), disability (except where the disability prevents the individual from being able to perform the essential functions of the job and cannot be reasonably accommodated), protected veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

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