MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

PRIMARY PURPOSE

Keep production equipment safe, reliable, food-safe, and running efficiently through troubleshooting, repairs, inspections, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement.

MAINTENANCE PRIORITY HIERARCHY

1. Food Safety: Eliminate contamination risks, damaged food-contact parts, leaking seals, loose hardware, improper temporary repairs, and other conditions that could compromise product safety.

2. Equipment / Employee Safety: Identify and correct issues involving guards, interlocks, bearings, electrical or mechanical hazards, and other unsafe equipment conditions.

3. Equipment Reliability & Efficiency: Reduce downtime, correct recurring failures, improve equipment performance, and complete mechanical adjustments needed to maintain consistent production.

4. Preventive Maintenance: Complete scheduled inspections, lubrication, wear-part replacement, equipment-condition checks, and accurate documentation of maintenance findings.

5. Continuous Improvement / Projects: Support equipment upgrades, stronger component designs, guarding improvements, changeover improvements, fabrication, and reliability-focused projects.

EQUIPMENT SETTING

The technician should be comfortable troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining production equipment including:

Mixers and blending equipment

Conveyors and material-handling systems

Ovens and baking equipment

Pumps and depositors





Packaging equipment

Gearboxes and motors

Pneumatic systems

PREFERRED MECHANICAL & TECHNICAL SKILLS

Bearings, shafts, sprockets, chains, belts, and mechanical power‑transmission components

Gearboxes and electric motors

Pneumatics and basic hydraulics

Pumps and mechanical seals

Stainless‑steel food equipment

Welding and fabrication

Troubleshooting recurring mechanical failures and identifying root causes

Preventive maintenance procedures and equipment inspections

Reading equipment manuals, schematics, and mechanical drawings

Basic electrical troubleshooting

Sensors, switches, and motors

Lockout/tagout (LOTO)

Food‑manufacturing sanitation, GMP, and hygienic repair requirements

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Equipment is repaired correctly and returned to service safely and efficiently.

Recurring failures are investigated to determine root cause rather than repeatedly replacing the same part.

Food‑safety and employee‑safety risks are identified and escalated immediately.

Preventive maintenance work is completed consistently and documented accurately.

Equipment condition, required parts, and outstanding maintenance needs are clearly communicated.

The technician contributes ideas that improve equipment reliability, maintainability, and production efficiency.

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📌 Centre Rider / Power Equipment Operators (Ontario)
🏢 Adecco Portugal
📍 Ontario