**Job Title: Maintenance Technician** **Job Description** Join a leading fish oil manufacturer in northwest Houston as a Maintenance Technician. This role involves performing routine preventative maintenance on shop machinery to ensure smooth operations. You will diagnose mechanical issues and utilize hand tools and control instruments to repair equipment. Collaboration is key, as you'll assist in overhauls and conduct mechanical maintenance on motors, conveyors, gearboxes, bearings, valves, and other production equipment. The position also requires facility infrastructure and utility repairs as needed. **Responsibilities** + Perform routine preventative maintenance on shop machinery. + Diagnose mechanical problems and repair machinery using hand tools and control instruments. + Assist in overhauls with the team. + Conduct mechanical maintenance on motors, conveyors, gearboxes, bearings, valves, and production equipment. + Perform facility infrastructure and utility repairs as necessary. **Essential Skills** + 3+ years of mechanical maintenance experience in an industrial manufacturing environment. + Experience with pumps, valves, gearboxes, bearings, and conveyors. + Ability to perform facility repairs. + Mechanical aptitude. + Possession of basic tools. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Experience in the oil & gas or food industry. **Why Work Here?** Enjoy a stable work environment unrelated to oil and gas, offering consistent workflow. Experience a friendly culture and team atmosphere where technicians have long tenures, reflecting a positive and enduring work environment. **Work Environment** Work in a large plant producing krill oil, featuring a significant refrigeration unit, which may involve working in cold conditions for up to an hour daily. Candidates should be comfortable with the plant's fish oil smell. The facility requires wearing hair nets and beard nets. The environment is akin to an oil and gas industrial shop, with equipment such as skids and evaporators. Initial training occurs during the day for 2-3 weeks before transitioning to night shifts. The work schedule is 10-hour days from Monday to Friday, with occasional Saturday shifts from 6 pm to 4:30 am or 6 am. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Houston, Texas. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $28.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Houston,TX. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on May 16, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.