Job Title: Maintenance Mechanic

Job Description

As a Maintenance Mechanic, you will be responsible for operating, optimizing, and maintaining assigned production equipment. Your role is crucial in meeting and exceeding production standards while maintaining product quality. You will focus on minimizing and preventing equipment downtime, sustaining budgeted waste levels, and ensuring accurate equipment logs and downtime records. Additionally, you will perform preventative maintenance, start up equipment, monitor component inventories and safety guards, and maintain a neat and orderly production environment. Addressing in-process quality issues and supporting upstream and downstream operations are also key aspects of your role.

Responsibilities

• Operate, optimize, and maintain assigned production equipment.

• Meet and exceed production standards while maintaining product quality.

• Minimize and prevent equipment downtime and sustain budgeted waste levels.

• Maintain accurate equipment logs and record downtime and maintenance problems.

• Perform preventative maintenance on equipment.

• Start up equipment and ensure accurate functioning.

• Monitor component inventories and safety guards.

• Maintain a neat and orderly production environment.

• Monitor in-process quality and address issues as needed.

• Perform required checks and process challenges.

• Follow safety and environmental procedures and Quality System Requirements.

• Support upstream and downstream operations.

• Perform rework as required.

• Work optimally in a team environment.

Essential Skills

• Mechanical background (mechanic, maintenance mechanic, auto mechanic, etc.).

• Experience with hand tools, mechanical, pneumatics, hydraulics, preventive maintenance, conveyor systems, motors, valves, and cams.

• Repair and troubleshooting skills.

• Experience with mechanical PM on machines.

• Pneumatics experience.

• Basic understanding of mechanics and troubleshooting.

• Experience with CAM drives, pneumatic driven cycles, pneumatic cylinders, conveyors, sprockets, valves, and motors.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Mechanical experience or proficiency required with 2 years of experience preferred.

• Knowledge of automated processes.

• 6-12 months of manufacturing experience desired.

• Experience working with hydraulics and pneumatics required.

• Proficiency with basic hand tools.

• Familiarity with mechanical components such as bushings, chain drives, conveyors, gearboxes, and ball valves.

• Familiarity with electrical components such as photo-eyes, scales, reed switches, VFDs.

• Ability to work autonomously and be self-motivated.

Why Work Here?

Join one of the largest employers in Sumter and enjoy competitive pay and shift differentials. Be part of a dedicated team in a supportive and extensive training environment.

Work Environment

This is a direct placement position with a night shift schedule (3-2-2-3 from 8pm-8am). Extensive training will be provided during the first shift before transitioning to the night shift. The plant operates 24/7 with approximately 900 employees, offering a large and dynamic work environment.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Sumter, South Carolina.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $52000.00 - $56160.00/yr.

Benefits that are provided immediately to employees:

401K

Sign on bonus

OT

Medical and Dental provided

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Bishopville,SC.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 4, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.