Kettle Cuisine

Maintenance Mechanic (Night Shift)

  • Location:   Everett, WA
  • Position Type:   Full-time

Delicious Food and Meaningful Careers

At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking—using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients—complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.

But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.

We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.

If you're looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team, offering career paths in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, California, Washington, and Maryland.

Job Summary

Shift: Sunday-Tuesday, 6pm - 6:30am

Responsible for troubleshooting, repair work and preventative maintenance on all production machinery, equipment, and instrumentation to sustain plant operations at highly efficient levels. Equipment includes mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and fluid handling systems.  

This role is part of an essential team that ensures production equipment is proactively maintained. Maintenance Mechanics respond to urgent calls to fix industrial equipment and they must troubleshoot accordingly and collaborate with operators and supervisors.  

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Efficiently operate equipment in a safe manner in accordance with OEM guidelines.
  • Completes scheduled Preventative Maintenance Tasks as assigned.
  • Maintains equipment records and inspections.
  • Troubleshoots and repairs malfunctioning and non-functioning equipment.
  • Maintains Maintenance Shop, Electrical Room, Parts Room, and Production Floor as it relates to maintenance in a clean and organized manner.
  • Maintains neat and orderly personal appearance.
  • Installs new equipment and moves existing equipment.
  • Plans own work by organizing job site, specifying OEM parts, communicating plan to effected personnel, and staging appropriate tools.
  • Maintain effective line of communication between maintenance and operations. Provide current and correct information to the operation's team on maintenance issues that relate to floor production.
  • Assures that Employee Job Safety Accountabilities are completed. Identifies compliance issues promptly and reports to appropriate individual.
  • With QA, Safety, and others as appropriate, assists in execution of action plans related to health/safety to ensure the highest level of compliance.
  • Assist in the completion of GSTD investigations
  • Performs lubrication rounds in accordance with OEM guidelines.
  • Performs other maintenance tasks as assigned.

Required Skills

Qualifications and Experience

  • Ability to obtain Full-face respirator certification (we will provide certification program)
  • Proficient in - Microsoft Word and Excel, CMMS, Control System
  • Able to read electrical and mechanical plans
  • Ability to obtain forklift/ scissor lift/ and boom lift certification
  • 5+years of maintenance experience and advanced troubleshooting abilities
  • 2+ years of manufacturing experience; Food manufacturing experience preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • We ask for mechanics to have a basic tool set. Combo wrenches, screwdrivers, basic socket set, channel locks, adjustable wrenches, small sledgehammer. We supply electrical screwdrivers and are going to provide meters.

 Required Attributes

  • Self-starter able to conceptualize and drive initiatives forward
  • Positive attitude and motivated by contributing to the overall success of the team
  • Able to develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Creative problem-solving skills
  • Obsessive attention to detail, well organized and able to juggle many projects at once
  • Comfortable moving at a fast pace and in ambiguous environments
  • Passionate about food
  • Willing to address difficult situations head on with patience and respect

Desired Skills

  • Sanitary welding (Tig)
  • Vibrational Analysis
  • PLC/Control experience
  • Fabrication experience
  • Equipment Center lining

Responsibility

  • Works with little supervision, but work is reviewed. Exercises discretion within areas of responsibility.
  • Recommends actions and alternatives to supervisor and others.
  • Position has little to no contact with customers.
  • Position makes indirect contribution to efforts that generate moderate levels of revenue.
  • Decisions or actions may have a moderate impact on other departments and/or external relationships of the organization. Errors are usually detected after the fact and may result in moderate interruption and delays in work output.

Compensation: $28.00-$36.00/hr. (DOE)

Kettle Cuisine offers the following benefits at low cost or no cost:

  • Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
  • 401K
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • Life Insurance and Disability Insurance
  • Tuition Assistance

Americans with Disabilities Act

Kettle Cuisine complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship including application for employment, hiring, promotions and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training and any other conditions or privileges of employment.

Core Values

Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in its people, products and reputation. Each employee is expected to understand and live our Core Values every day.

Honor Food – We create and produce the best tasting, safest, all natural recipes that strive for perfection in every batch, from bench to kettle

Honor Each Other – We seek to develop trusting, respectful and mutually rewarding relationships with all our team members and business partners

Honor Development – We recognize and nurture each other’s talents, strengths and interests in order to further strengthen and grow our team

Honor Innovation – We continually strive for creative and sustainable ways to achieve excellence

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