Mechanic

Company: Gruma Corporation

Location: New Brighton, MN

Position: Maintenance Mechanic

Salary: $83,325

Our plant in New Brighton, MN is looking for an experienced Maintenance Mechanic. The Maintenance Mechanic performs day-to-day maintenance support to plant production activities. They apply engineering principles to design, develop, troubleshoot, and test complex electromechanical systems. This role is critical for ensuring the optimal operation, reliability, and safety of automated production machinery, integrating electrical, mechanical, and control system expertise to maintain continuous manufacturing processes

Essential duties include the following:

- Install and integrate complex electrical equipment, mechanical systems, and control components within the production environment.

- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair issues across integrated electrical, mechanical, and electronic equipment to minimize downtime.

- Inspect machines, conduct required tests and analyze performance data to identify areas for optimization.

- Perform preventive maintenance and repair work to ensure consistent product quality and operational reliability.

- Machine parts using lathes and mills when necessary for repairs or system modifications.

- Dismantle, repair, and re-assemble electromechanical components ensuring precise re-integration into complex systems.

- Troubleshoot and repair oven combustion setups and safety devices.

- Install and repair electrical conduit, cables, piping, tubing, controls, and grounding.

- Ensure strict adherence to all plant safety rules.

- Read and interpret complex wiring diagrams.

- Complete all required reports and paperwork for company records.

- Assist in the training of new personnel.

- Help maintain spare parts inventory for the plant.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or mechatronics engineering or a related field plus two years of experience in the job offered or a related industrial maintenance role in a manufacturing environment. Requires two years of experience in the following:

- Coordinating preventative maintenance;

- Performing industrial maintenance ;

- Installing industrial equipment;

- Analyzing industrial processes and implementing improvements;

- Managing spare parts inventory.

Email resume to [email protected] .

Job Responsibilities

- Responsible for establishing and delivering against the hiring plan, building and maintaining pipelines of candidates aligned to the Company’s needs.

- Contribute to the development of overall sourcing channel strategy for the recruiting and selection.

- Utilize creative staffing/recruitment/sourcing strategies of active and passive candidates.

- Partner with HR Managers, Hiring Managers and Department Heads to determine requirements for open positions and identify qualified candidates.

- Work with Hiring Managers to determine interview work flow, interview questions and coach Managers as needed.

- Review and analyze resumes.

- Contact and prescreen candidates.

- Provide recommended applicants to Hiring Managers/HR Managers.

- Actively source job candidates utilizing various job search websites and social media platforms for potential recruits.

- Create and maintain candidate pipeline for key positions.

- Partner with management for on campus and career fair recruiting strategies.

- Introduce applicants to the company and explain the hiring process.

- Monitor the job market and prepare analysis as requested.

- Operate in compliance with all local, state and federal laws as well as Company policy and compliance standards.

- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.