Maintenance Technician
No salary listed
Junior, Mid
Associate's
Grand Prairie, TX, USA
In Person
General Maintenance & RepairEquipment Maintenance
About the job
Requirements
- Ability to write work orders, parts requests, shift logs, routine reports, and correspondence.
- Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating manuals, and maintenance manuals.
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, crouch, stoop, reach, stretch, step, climb, and/or sit frequently or throughout the shift.
- Ability to reach with hands and arms, climb, and maintain balance.
- Ability to use ladders and/or climb stairs.
- Appropriate eye, hand, and foot coordination to execute tasks.
- Competency using a PC or tablet and handheld devices.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds regularly and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds with or without assistance.
- A high school diploma is required.
- At least two years of experience in an industrial setting is required.
- For mid-level and above, two to six years of experience in an industrial setting in a similar role is required.
- Experience with electrical controls.
- For advanced level, seven years of experience in an industrial setting in a similar role is required.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain equipment using electrical diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, and manufacturer specifications while following safety procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices to preserve product integrity and customer specifications.
- Document completed work orders using an electronic computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), including on a mobile device.
- Perform routine preventive maintenance, including inspecting drives and belts, checking fluid levels, replacing filters, and lubricating shafts, bearings, gears, and other machinery parts.
- Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain mechanical and electrical equipment, including motors, pneumatic systems, electronic boards, programmable logic controllers, touch screens, displays, contactors, conveyors, blending, scaling, filling, cartoning, coding and printing, electrical systems, compressed air, vacuum, hydraulic, and bulk-filling systems, using appropriate tools and instruments.
- Work on production and plant-support electrical systems ranging from single-phase to three-phase equipment and from 5 VDC to 480 VAC.
- Work on electrical wiring, relay logic, control circuits, and safety circuits.
- Consult blueprints, repair manuals, and parts catalogs as needed.
- Tear down and rebuild gearboxes, clutches, actuators, and other assemblies related to equipment repairs.
- Record and report damaged, worn, or broken parts.
- Clean machines and machine parts, removing and reinstalling parts as necessary.
- Use hand tools, power tools, and shop equipment, including drill presses, surface grinders, torches, plasma cutters, pipe threaders, presses, calipers, micrometers, measuring instruments, and test equipment.
- Fabricate parts and guarding, and modify parts for equipment repairs and improvements.
- Weld different grades of metal for repairs and fabrication using plant techniques such as MIG, TIG, and arc welding.
- Troubleshoot HVAC systems as needed.
- Follow company policies, including manufacturing and safety practices.
- Report food-safety and quality problems promptly to personnel with authority to act on them.
- Train junior or new technicians on equipment, procedures, and troubleshooting practices.
- Train operators and other support staff in equipment best practices, operation, and setup.
- Complete preventive maintenance, product changeovers, corrective maintenance, and breakdown maintenance as requested.
- Perform other assigned duties.
Desired Qualifications
- Industrial-setting experience, preferably in food manufacturing.
- A two-year technical or community college degree.
- Experience maintaining and troubleshooting electrical and electronic systems.
- Basic to intermediate knowledge of programmable logic controller troubleshooting.
- A two-year Associate of Applied Science degree.
- Advanced programmable logic controller troubleshooting skills.
- An electrician’s license.
- Welding experience or certification.
- Metal fabrication experience.
About the company
MSI Express is a contract manufacturing and packaging partner for the food and beverage industry in the U.S., offering blending, filling, packaging, and private-label production across 15 facilities. Its services cover dry and liquid blending, bottle and stick-pack filling, pouching, secondary packaging, and manufacturing for vitamins, supplements, and dry pet food, providing turnkey, single-source solutions. It differentiates itself through scale, diverse packaging formats (including aseptic filling via Power Packaging) and large-scale blending capabilities from PacMoore Hammond, plus growth from strategic acquisitions and private-equity backing, all backed by SQF Level 3 food safety. Its goal is to be a trusted, end-to-end supplier in the CPG supply chain, helping brands bring products to market efficiently and safely.
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Newcomerstown, Ohio
Founded
1998
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Nonantum closed MSI Express on March 24, 2025, adding fresh growth capital.
- Portage approved a 2024 expansion, adding a line and 15 jobs.
- Acquisitions since 2020 expanded capacity to over 2.5 million square feet.
What critics are saying
- MSI Express faces a February 2026 federal lawsuit, signaling customer-payment or contract friction.
- The 2024 NLRB charge in West Chicago exposed labor conflict and workplace-management risk.
- One allergen recall proved labeling failures can trigger customer losses and regulator scrutiny.
What makes MSI Express unique
- MSI Express runs 15 plants across six states for national food co-manufacturing.
- It combines aseptic filling, dry blending, pouching, stick packs, and secondary packaging.
- Power Packaging, PacMoore, and Express Packaging built a broad one-stop CPG platform.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Company Match