**Job Title: Maintenance Technician** **Job Description** This role is responsible for maintaining and repairing production equipment and facility systems in a fast-paced, GMP-regulated food manufacturing environment. The Maintenance Technician will perform both mechanical and electrical troubleshooting, support preventive maintenance programs, assist with production line changeovers and startups, and ensure all work is properly documented and validated with engineering. This position also involves ordering parts, coordinating with vendors, and supporting outsourced service teams. **Responsibilities** + Perform mechanical and electrical troubleshooting. + Support preventive maintenance programs. + Assist with production line changeovers and startups. + Ensure all work is properly documented and validated with engineering. + Order parts and coordinate with vendors. + Support outsourced service teams. **Essential Skills** + Experience in industrial maintenance (5+ years). + Troubleshooting 3-phase power systems. + Working with motors, VFDs, and control panels. + Experience with conveyor systems, gearboxes, bearings, and line changeovers. + Proficiency in hydraulics and pneumatics, including reading pneumatic schematics and troubleshooting valves, cylinders, and air systems. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Experience in food manufacturing / GMP (1+ year). + TIG welding experience (1+ year). + EPA / HVAC certification. + Spanish language skills. **Why Work Here?** Join a 125+ year-old company with a strong union representation, offering excellent benefits including health, dental, medical, and pension plans. Enjoy quarterly bonuses and consistent contract renewals. Be part of a small, tight-knit maintenance team in a hands-on, high-impact role with real responsibility. Work in a GMP-compliant facility with modern equipment. **Work Environment** Work in a GMP environment with 3-4 production lines including herring, smoked salmon, fresh salmon, and ready-to-eat food lines. You will be joining a 2-man maintenance team, making it a total of three technicians. There is a fishy smell present, but you can wear a mask due to GMP regulations. The position is on the 1st shift from 6:00 AM to 3:30 PM. **Job Type & Location** This is a Permanent position based out of Chicago, Illinois. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $60000.00 - $79000.00/yr. Excellent benefits: health, dental, medical, and pension **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Chicago,IL. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Jun 27, 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.