About this role
Position Summary
Creative Employment Solutions is seeking a hands-on Industrial Maintenance Mechanic to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair production machinery and related mechanical systems. The ideal candidate will have experience diagnosing equipment failures, performing preventive maintenance, replacing worn components, and safely returning equipment to production.
This position supports manufacturing operations producing flexible HVAC duct and fiberglass-related products. Experience with continuous-production equipment, material handling, rotating machinery, and mechanical drive systems is especially valuable.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot and repair mechanical problems on production machinery and material-handling equipment.
- Inspect, repair, and replace bearings, belts, chains, pulleys, sprockets, shafts, couplings, and gearboxes.
- Diagnose issues involving conveyors, rollers, feed systems, and other moving production components.
- Perform preventive maintenance, lubrication, inspections, adjustments, and component replacement.
- Troubleshoot pneumatic cylinders, valves, air lines, and other pneumatic systems.
- Assist with hydraulic equipment and pump repairs where applicable.
- Identify the causes of unusual noise, vibration, overheating, misalignment, or repeated equipment failures.
- Use hand tools, power tools, and appropriate measuring tools to complete repairs.
- Assist electrical maintenance personnel with equipment repairs that require coordinated mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.
- Maintain accurate repair records and communicate equipment conditions to the maintenance supervisor.
- Follow lockout/tagout procedures and safely release stored mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic energy before working on equipment.
Relevant Equipment Experience
Candidates with experience maintaining any of the following equipment are encouraged to apply:
- Industrial production and material-processing machinery
- Conveyors, rollers, belt drives, chains, and gearboxes
- Motors, bearings, shafts, couplings, and rotating equipment
- Pneumatic cylinders, valves, and air-operated equipment
- Material feeding, cutting, winding, forming, or handling systems
- Automated or semi-automated manufacturing lines
Specific equipment and systems will vary by production line.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 2 years of hands-on industrial mechanical maintenance experience.
- Ability to diagnose mechanical failures and explain repairs performed.
- Experience with preventive maintenance and mechanical component replacement.
- Working knowledge of bearings, belts, chains, gearboxes, and drive systems.
- Basic understanding of pneumatic systems; hydraulic experience is a plus.
- Ability to use common maintenance tools safely and effectively.
- Understanding of lockout/tagout and industrial safety procedures.
- Ability to work the assigned shift in a manufacturing environment.
Ideal Candidate
A dependable, hands-on mechanic who can identify the root cause of equipment problems, make effective repairs, and help keep production running with minimal downtime.