Maintenance Technician ($26.50-35.50/Hour)

Ready to be part of something special? Join our Family! This is a 2nd shift position working Monday through Thursday 4:00pm to 2:30am, with overtime as needed. This position is responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, and stabilizing equipment that utilizes hydraulics, pneumatics, robotics, programmable controllers, microprocessors, AC/DC motor theory. Essential Duties: 1. Possess proven troubleshooting skills 2. Preventive maintenance background 3. Proven mechanical and hands on maintenance experience 4. Programmable logic controls knowledge 5. Experience in high speed food processing/packaging equipment 6. Understand robotic manufacturing control 7. Knowledge and work experience in fields of manufacturing 8. Electrical and mechanical work experience Minimum Experience: 1. H.S. Diploma or Equivalent 2. Associate’s Degree in a technical or related field or equivalent direct work experience a plus 3. Previous manufacturing experience preferred 4. Eligible to work in the United States Skills & Abilities: 1. Computer skills specifically MS Word/Excel 2. Ability to work independently and as a team 3. Programming basic skills 4. Maintain a positive attitude 5. Attention to detail 6. Ability to operate a fork truck, boom lift, scissor lift Physical Demands: – Lifts 25 lbs. or less frequently; lifts 50 lbs. occasionally. Walks and/or stands most of the day. Bends and stoops frequently. Reaches over head and stoops frequently. May push/pull. These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the above job. While performing the responsibilities of the above job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Equal Employment Opportunity: B&G Foods is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please see www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf. With our headquarters based in Parsippany, New Jersey, B&G Foods and our subsidiaries manufacture, sell and distribute high-quality, branded shelf-stable and frozen foods across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. With B&G Foods’ diverse portfolio of more than 50 brands you know and love, including B&G, B&M, Cream of Wheat, Clabber Girl, Crisco, Dash, Green Giant, Las Palmas, Le Sueur, Mama Mary’s, Maple Grove Farms, New York Style, Ortega, Polaner, Spice Islands and Victoria, there’s a little something for everyone. For more information about B&G Foods and our brands, please visit www.bgfoods.com.