Kettle Cuisine
Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift
- Location: Green Bay, WI
- Position Type: Full Time - Hourly
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
Attention candidates: This is a first shift position, Monday-Friday, 5:30am to 2:00pm with intermittent overtime on weekends.
Job Description Summary
The Maintenance Technician is responsible for the upkeep of the Green Bay facility and mechanical and electrical systems. The Maintenance Technician is expected to perform emergency repairs, preventive maintenance, troubleshoot, and repair general electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical equipment with minimal downtime.
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for performing 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.
- Ability to read and understand blueprints, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic prints and diagrams and ladder logic programs.
- Proficient in using hand, power, shop, and diagnostic tools.
- Ability to coordinate multiple jobs effectively, and to handle detailed and broad range projects.
- Ability to meet deadlines and be detail oriented.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and to work flexible hours.
- Ability to communicate effectively (read, write, comprehension) and follow complicated verbal and/or written instructions.
- Install and modify production equipment and machinery.
- Document project activities and prepare appropriate operating standards and/or maintenance procedures for all equipment and processes.
- Complete documentation process for machinery usage, equipment maintenance.
- Maintain cleanliness of maintenance equipment shop.
- PC literate, email, and calendar outlook use.
- Skilled in electrical power/control, mechanical and fluid handling systems.
- Knowledge of production line packaging and filling equipment.
- Follows all Good Manufacturing Practices as stated within the policy.
- Follows all Safety rules & procedures by working safely and ensuring safety of others.
- Follow all food safety procedures.
- Follows all environmental protocols as applicable.
- Follows all sanitation procedures and work instructions.
- Any additional duties as assigned.
Required Skills
Knowledge/Education:
- Associate degree or higher in electro-mechanical technology or similar
- High school diploma or GED certificate.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in packaging and process equipment line maintenance of machinery in food or beverage manufacturing facility.
Competencies and Abilities:
- Demonstrates a high level of professionalism while promoting a friendly work environment.
- Must be dependable, trustworthy, able to bring energy to the performance of a task and able to show consideration for and maintain good relations with others.
- Ability to exhibit a professional and collaborative demeanor toward others; able to work productively with a variety of personalities and individuals.
- 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.
- Comfortable moving at a fast pace and in ambiguous environments.
- Willing to address difficult situations head on with patience and respect.
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
Pay Range for Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift
The Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift base pay range $30.00 to $38.00/hourly. The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum for new hire salaries for the Green Bay, WI location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’s rate of pay within the range is determined by their qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated performance over time. In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth. The Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift position is eligible for our comprehensive benefits package. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws.