Maintenance Technician

Key Responsibilities

• As a Maintenance Technician, you will ensure our high-speed manufacturing lines run safely, efficiently, and at peak reliability.
• Preventative Maintenance (PMs): Perform routine mechanical and electrical PMs on packaging equipment, processing systems, and electrical panels, documenting all activities in our Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Technical Troubleshooting: Diagnose and repair routine mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical component failures (e.g., motor starters, switches, sensors, sorting systems, and palletizing robots).
• Continuous Improvement (MSE): Participate on Mars Supply Excellence (MSE) teams, train production operators on Autonomous Maintenance (AM) activities, and conduct breakdown analyses.
• System Ownership: Own preventative maintenance systems for your assigned line, focusing on Maintenance Planning, Scheduling, and Breakdown Elimination.
• Loss Elimination: Analyze quantitative and qualitative data to make smart business decisions and help develop the line's 90-day loss-elimination plans.
• FMOS Representation: Represent the maintenance team in daily FMOS (Daily Management System) meetings, presenting machine performance data and communicating action plans.
• Position Requirements
• Minimum Qualifications:
• Education: High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent civilian/military education.
• Experience & Certifications: A technical degree, trade school certification, OR 2+ years of equivalent technical maintenance experience (such as mechanical or electrical repairs).
• Technical Troubleshooting: Ability to troubleshoot AC/DC electrical components using multi-meters, amp probes, and basic electrical testing gear.
• Schematics Literacy: Fundamental understanding of electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics and mechanical drawings to solve problems in a timely manner.
• Pneumatics & Drive Systems: Ability to diagnose and repair basic pneumatic and mechanical drive systems at the component level.
• Attributes & Schedule: Ability to work a flexible night-shift schedule as needed, work in a fast-paced environment, and a willingness to develop technical skills in welding, basic machining, and fabrication.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate degree in Industrial Maintenance, Mechatronics, or equivalent technical discipline.
• Advanced understanding of AC/DC electrical systems (up to 480-volt 3-phase).
• Strong PLC and instrumentation troubleshooting skills.
• Physical Requirements:
• Frequent lifting/carrying (10-50 lbs.) and pushing/pulling (50-200 lbs.).
• Frequent handling, gripping, bending, and stooping.
• Ability to work at elevated heights off a ladder or platform, climb stairs, and lean over equipment.
• Ability to stand and work on your feet for extended periods (minimum eight hours in one shift).
• Military & Veteran Technical Equivalency Guide
• At Mars, your technical training and hands-on maintenance experience are highly respected. If you served in any of the following fields (or a related occupational specialty), your military background is a direct match:
• U.S. Army: Allied Trade Specialist (91E), Wheeled Vehicle Repairer (91B), Track Vehicle Repairer (91H), Bradley Fighting Vehicle System Maintainer (91M), Artillery/Missile System Maintainer (94-series), Utilities Equipment Repairer (91C). Your experience with PMCS, safety tags, and complex electrical/hydraulic schematics maps perfectly to our operations.
• U.S. Navy: Machinist's Mate (MM), Machinery Repairman (MR), Engineman (EN), Electrician's Mate (EM), Gas Turbine System Technician (GSM/GSE), Aviation Structural Mechanic (AM). Your training in shipboard auxiliary, electrical distribution, or propulsion systems is an outstanding match.
• U.S. Air Force: Aerospace Propulsion Specialist (2A6X1), Aircraft Metals Technology (2A7X1), Electrical Systems (3E0X1), Electrical Power Production (3E0X2), Aerospace Ground Equipment (2A6X2). Your strict adherence to safety standards and diagnostic multi-meters fits our high-speed automation lines.
• U.S. Marine Corps: Machinist (2161), Ground Ordnance Vehicle Maintainer (2147/2149), Engineer Equipment Mechanic (1341), Mobile Facility Technician (6499).
• U.S. Coast Guard: Machinery Technician (MK), Damage Controlman (DC).
• About Mars, Incorporated
• Mars is a family-owned business with over a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5TM, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL®, and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet PartnersTM.
• The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, and Freedom – inspire our more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

About Mars, Incorporated

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent civilian/military education.
• Experience & Certifications: A technical degree, trade school certification, OR 2+ years of equivalent technical maintenance experience (such as mechanical or electrical repairs).
• Technical Troubleshooting: Ability to troubleshoot AC/DC electrical components using multi-meters, amp probes, and basic electrical testing gear.
• Schematics Literacy: Fundamental understanding of electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics and mechanical drawings to solve problems in a timely manner.
• Pneumatics & Drive Systems: Ability to diagnose and repair basic pneumatic and mechanical drive systems at the component level.
• Attributes & Schedule: Ability to work a flexible night-shift schedule as needed, work in a fast-paced environment, and a willingness to develop technical skills in welding, basic machining, and fabrication.