Maintenance Technician

About Tilray Brands, Inc.

Tilray Brands, Inc.  (“Tilray”) (Nasdaq: TLRY; TSX: TLRY), is  leading global lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company with operations in Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and Latin America that is leading as a transformative force at the nexus of cannabis, beverage, wellness, and entertainment, elevating lives through moments of connection. Tilray’s mission is to be a leading premium lifestyle company with a house of brands and innovative products that inspire joy, wellness and create memorable experiences. Tilray’s unprecedented platform supports over 40 brands in over 20 countries, including comprehensive cannabis offerings, hemp-based foods, and craft beverages.

Here at  Blue Point , we care about the important stuff. Our team is inspired by the spirit of Long Island and the people in our community. Our priority is brewing beer, but it’s just as important to us that we have deep local roots, take care of our environment, and create a space that our employees enjoy coming into day-in and day-out, just like we do for our customers. We celebrate bringing friends and families together over beer and food at our pub, supporting local art and music at our festivals and on our stages, and partnering with businesses in our backyard. We look for people who are original, gritty, hardworking, and take pride in supporting who and what’s around them. And of course, people who like to have fun (it is beer after all). Plain and simple, we brew beer we want to drink and we hire people we want to work with. We hope that you can be part of the Blue Point Family!

Job summary:

Blue Point Brewing Company is seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician to support brewery operations during second shift. This position serves as the primary maintenance and technical resource for the brewery during second shift operations and is responsible for troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining, and improving equipment across packaging, brewing, utilities, and facility systems.

The primary responsibility of this role is supporting packaging and brewing operations by responding to equipment failures, troubleshooting production issues, and restoring equipment to service safely and efficiently. Secondary responsibilities include supporting utility systems, and facility infrastructure.

The successful candidate must be capable of working independently, managing competing priorities, and making sound decisions with minimal supervision in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This role requires a strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting background, confidence working on industrial manufacturing equipment, and the ability to identify root causes rather than simply treating symptoms.

Our ideal candidate is curious, self-motivated, technically capable, and eager to learn. They are comfortable diving into unfamiliar problems, gathering information, developing solutions, and driving issues through to resolution. Strong communication, documentation, and collaboration skills are essential, as this position serves as the primary maintenance contact for production teams during second shift operations.

Experience troubleshooting PLC-controlled equipment, HMIs, VFDs, sensors, and industrial control systems is preferred. Experience with reliability-focused maintenance programs such as TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), RCM (Reliability-Centered Maintenance), preventive maintenance, or continuous improvement initiatives is a plus.

Candidates must be flexible on hours and shifts.  Overtime hours will be scheduled during periods of increased maintenance or project needs, or to cover absences and vacations.

This opening is for 2nd shift:

- Monday through Thursday, 12:00PM-10:00PM 1st shift 8am-4pm training period of 8-12 weeks

- Hourly Rate: $29-31.50/hour DOE
- 6% Shift Differential for hours worked between 10 PM – 6AM
- Occasional overtime and weekend work will be required

What Success Looks Like:

- Production-impacting issues are prioritized appropriately and resources are deployed effectively to support brewery operations.
- Packaging and brewing equipment downtime is minimized through effective troubleshooting and rapid response to production issues.
- Equipment failures are diagnosed correctly and resolved safely with minimal supervision.
- Preventive maintenance activities are completed on schedule and documented accurately.
- Root causes are identified and recurring failures are reduced over time.
- Brewing, Packaging, and Operations teams view Maintenance as a trusted technical partner.
- Maintenance documentation, work orders, and inventory transactions are completed accurately and thoroughly.
- Equipment reliability, maintainability, and operational performance continuously improve through proactive maintenance and problem solving.
- Strong communication and detailed shift documentation support continuity between maintenance personnel and operating teams.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Equipment Troubleshooting and Repair

- Respond to equipment failures and production issues across brewery operations, prioritizing packaging, brewing, and utilities systems, and production support.
- Troubleshoot and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and control-system failures.

- Install, test, and repair electrical components such as plugs, outlets, breakers, contactors, switches, solenoids, sensors, VFDs, motors, meters, and more.

- Diagnose equipment issues using observation, testing, schematics, manuals, historical data, and root-cause-analysis techniques.
- Restore equipment to service safely and efficiently while minimizing operational downtime.
- Support facility maintenance needs as required, including building systems and brewery infrastructure.
- Perform facility and brewpub maintenance tasks when necessary; however, industrial manufacturing equipment support remains the primary focus of the role.

Production Support

- Provide technical support for packaging equipment including fillers, seamers, packers, conveyors, depalletizers, palletizers, date coders, and associated production systems.
- Provide technical support for brewing equipment including grain silos, malt mills, CIP systems, and brewing vessels.

- Work closely with hazardous chemicals and gases when repairing CIP systems and gas devices such as regulators and PRVs.

- Maintain and repair utility systems including air compressors, steam boilers, chillers, RTU’s, pumps, water systems, and related infrastructure.
- Support production teams by responding quickly to operational issues and collaborating on effective solutions.
- Assist with equipment changeovers, startups, adjustments, and process improvements.
- Partner with production personnel to improve equipment reliability, efficiency, and uptime.

Preventive Maintenance and Reliability

- Perform routine preventive maintenance activities on production, utility, and facility equipment.
- Identify equipment conditions that could lead to future failures and proactively address them.
- Investigate recurring equipment issues, identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and document findings.

- Lubricates and calibrates mechanical components of machinery and equipment such as chains, sprockets, bearings, belts, gearboxes, pneumatics, valves, pumps, and more.
- Backup control programs and calibrate recipes, parameters, and setpoints.

- Support development and continuous improvement of preventive maintenance procedures, equipment standards, and reliability initiatives.
- Contribute to implementation of reliability-focused maintenance practices including TPM, RCM, operator care, and continuous improvement programs.

Maintenance Systems and Documentation

- Utilize maintenance management software (AMMS) to manage work orders, document labor and parts usage, and maintain detailed records of completed work.
- Maintain accurate maintenance inventory information and assist with spare-parts management.
- Create clear and detailed documentation to support knowledge sharing, troubleshooting, and shift handoffs.
- Coordinate with vendors, contractors, sister breweries, and internal resources when additional technical expertise is required.

Continuous Improvement

- Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, safety, efficiency, and maintainability.
- Participate in troubleshooting reviews, root cause analyses, and improvement projects.
- Support operational excellence initiatives through data-driven problem solving and structured improvement methods.
- Share technical knowledge and best practices with operators and fellow maintenance team members.

Job Qualifications:

Required

- High School Diploma or GED.
- Graduate of a 2-year Industrial Maintenance program OR 4 years of direct industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in food and beverage

- Experience supporting high-speed automated manufacturing or packaging equipment.

- Demonstrated troubleshooting and repair experience on industrial manufacturing equipment.
- Ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems with minimal supervision.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, equipment manuals, pneumatic diagrams, and mechanical drawings.
- Ability to prioritize work, manage competing demands, and make sound decisions independently in a production environment.
- Strong troubleshooting, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Basic computer proficiency including Microsoft Office and maintenance management software.
- Ability to accurately document work performed and communicate technical information to others.
- Abide by all Safety, Health, and Environmental policies.
- Basic math skills for precise equipment set points and sensor calibration.

Preferred

- Food, beverage, brewing, packaging, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing experience.
- Experience troubleshooting PLC-controlled equipment, HMIs, VFDs, sensors, and industrial control systems.
- Experience with welding, fabrication, machining, electrical troubleshooting, or controls systems.
- Experience working within TPM, RCM, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, or reliability-focused maintenance programs.

Physical Requirements:

- Stand for up to 8-hour shifts (with meal breaks).
- Climb stairs or ladders periodically.
- Frequent use of hands and fingers to handle, reach, lift, carry and lower objects up to 50 pounds.
- Frequent use of latches, hand tools, clamps, hoses, etc., requiring manipulative skills and hand-eye coordination.
- Bend, squat and move around production floor as needed.
- Climb up and drive forklift as necessary.
- Able to work at heights and in confined spaces.

Benefits:

- Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life insurance
- Brewery KPI bonus
- 401k with employer match
- Paid company holidays
- Paid vacation and sick time off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Free Beer!

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression – this really could be a move towards the exciting career you’ve always wanted!

Tilray Beer,  a division of Tilray Brands Inc., is seeking personable, reliable, organized, and driven lovers of the good life to increase sales of its beloved craft brews in several of its key markets. In this role you will be responsible for building strong relationships with our customers and forging indelible connections between brands and consumers by making our products available, visible, relevant, recommended, and perfectly enjoyed every time. Our ambition is to reinvigorate the craft beer sector, becoming the fastest growing craft beer suppliers in the U.S. To achieve this, we need the very best talent on our team. Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. If you are a self-starter who knows how to work and play hard, and you have an unwavering passion for independent, craft beer; grab your kayak and hop in the river with us!

Tilray welcomes applications from all qualified individuals and is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please advise when submitting your application.

Please note that Tilray does not authorize, engage, or sponsor any consultants, agencies or organizations that seek certain personal or financial information from you (e.g. passwords, login ids, credit card information). Tilray does not charge any application, processing or onboarding fee at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process.

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Tilray welcomes applications from all qualified individuals and is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please advise when submitting your application.

Please note that Tilray does not authorize, engage, or sponsor any consultants, agencies or organizations that seek certain personal or financial information from you (e.g. passwords, login ids, credit card information). Tilray does not charge any application, processing or onboarding fee at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process.

Tilray does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Tilray or any of its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, will be considered Tilray Brands, Inc. property. Tilray will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. A recruiting agency must first have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement contract for engaged services to submit resumes.