Industrial Maintenance Technician

Description

Industrial Maintenance Technician – Electrical Controls

Shift: Wednesday - Friday and every other Saturday 4pm - 4:30am

Wage Range: $32/r - $40/hr, plus shift differential

At Sweet Candy Company, our mission is to Make Life Sweet. In Maintenance, that means keeping our lines safe, reliable, and running at their best. As an Industrial Maintenance Technician, you’ll keep all our production equipment running, with a focus on the electrical controls and automation behind it.

We’re one of the oldest family-owned candy companies in the U.S., making taffy, chocolate sticks, cinnamon bears, and other favorites. We keep investing in automation and reliability, and we need technicians who can keep up with it and help push it forward.

If you’re a maintenance pro who’s strongest when the problem is in the panel, we want to hear from you.

What You’ll Do

• Troubleshoot and repair electrical controls and automation: PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, servo drives, sensors, relays, contactors, and safety circuits
• Diagnose problems that cross systems: electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic
• Read and work from schematics, wiring diagrams, ladder logic, and one-lines
• Maintain and repair motors, gearboxes, conveyors, pumps, bearings, belts, and chains
• Install, modify, and wire control panels and production equipment
• Perform preventive and predictive maintenance, and document work in our maintenance system
• Find root causes and recommend improvements that reduce downtime
• Partner with production, quality, sanitation, and leadership to keep lines running
• Follow all safety, LOTO, NFPA 70E, GMP, and food safety requirements

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing, with a strong electrical and controls background
• Hands-on PLC and I/O troubleshooting (online monitoring, reading logic, tracing faults)
• Experience with VFDs, motor controls, and 480V three-phase power
• Working mechanical skills: power transmission, pneumatics, and hydraulics
• Able to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings
• Strong commitment to safety and compliance
• Clear communicator and team player in a multicultural workplace
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office

Preferred

• Allen-Bradley (Studio 5000/RSLogix) or Siemens PLC experience
• Food or other regulated manufacturing experience
• CMMS experience and predictive maintenance tools (thermography, vibration analysis)
• Arc-flash, NFPA 70E, or LOTO training
• Welding/fabrication or a technical degree or certificate in industrial maintenance or automation

Why Join Sweet Candy

Sweet Candy offers a competitive total rewards package, including:

• Health insurance starting the 1st of the month after hire
• Domestic partner health coverage
• Paid vacation
• Up to 40 hours per year of paid Life Happens Time
• 10 paid holidays
• Bonus program
• 401(k) with 3% company contribution plus up to an additional 3% match
• Tuition sponsorship and tuition assistance
• Shift differential
• Professional development opportunities
• Supplemental insurance benefits
• Employee product discounts and giveaways

Equal Opportunity and Accommodations

The qualifications listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.