**Maintenance Technician - Immediately Hiring - Career Opportunity - Escondido** **Job Description** + Diagnose, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production and facilities machinery and equipment in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals. + This includes mechanical equipment such as engines, electrical motors, natural gas burners, conveyor systems, and mechanical, electronic, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems to meet production schedules. **Responsibilities** + Observe electronic, electrical, mechanical, and gas devices in operation and listen to their sounds to diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair cause of trouble or breakdown. + Test new or repaired parts or equipment to assure operational service. + Diagnose programmable logic controllers up to initializing a new program. + Dismantle devices and/or equipment to gain access to remove, replace, or repair defective or worn parts using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools. + Examine parts to detect imperfections and inspect used and/or new parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements using rulers, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring devices. + Measure equipment compliance with its electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical operating design parameters and know how to obtain those parameters. + Adjust or align functional parts of devices and control instruments using necessary hand tools, power tools, meters, or related equipment to resolve mechanical or electrical problems or malfunctions. + Repair or replace defective parts using appropriate tools. Install special functional structural parts in equipment. Maintain air conditioning and refrigeration equipment to meet production runs. + Perform preventative maintenance on equipment and/or production systems following written job orders. + Assist production personnel in setting up equipment to prepare for a product run. + Perform routine welding repair as required. + Perform duties of a related nature as may be assigned by supervisor. + Be trained and aware of SQF requirements, including but not limited to the reporting of all food safety, quality, and defense issues. **Essential Skills** + Equipment maintenance + Electrical troubleshooting + Pneumatic systems + Mechanical systems + Hydraulic systems + Control panels + Repair and troubleshooting + Preventive maintenance + Industrial electrical maintenance + 3-phase electrical systems + Conveyor systems **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + 5-10 years of maintenance technician experience + A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant repair experience in a manufacturing environment. **Work Environment** + Large baking manufacturing company with a very hot environment due to ovens running 24/7. + There is a strong smell of baked goods. + The schedule is Sunday-Friday with hours from 1 pm-10 pm and 9 pm-5 am. Overtime on weekends will be required as needed. **Job Type & Location** + This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Escondido, California. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $35.00 • 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 Escondido,CA. **Application Deadline** This position will be accepting applications until Dec 31, 2024. **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.