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MAINTENANCE MECHANIC at Greco and Sons

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Job Description

  • Sign-On Bonus for New Hires: up to $1,500
  • Pay: up to $35 per hour based on experience
  • 1st Shift
  • Outstanding benefits -
  • Excellent full time career with a stable and growing company
  • Move your Career FORWARD with SYSCO FOODS!

JOB SUMMARY

This is an Operations position responsible for performing/managing routine and high-level maintenance duties and other jobs assigned. Assists with material handling equipment and facility repairs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Each employee is responsible for the food safety and quality of our products.

  • Independently perform semi-skilled preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance on various types of equipment and machinery within the facility, as noted in the equipment manufacturer's guidelines

  • Perform complex troubleshooting and repairs on low/high voltage electrical power and control systems, bearings, sprockets, motors, belts and other moving parts

  • Respond to emergency maintenance requests; troubleshoot to determine root cause and solution

  • Inspect equipment and perform preventive maintenance

  • Assemble, install, replace, repair, modify and adjust all types of small operating equipment

  • Disassemble equipment, replace parts, relocate and reassemble equipment

  • Direct work of Tech I and Tech II Crew Members; instruct on equipment repair/maintenance

  • Able to work night shift and occasional weekends

  • Complete other duties as assigned.


Other Functions and Responsibilities:

  • Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written and oral form.

  • Know and understand the company's safety and health goals and its objectives.

  • Assist the company in achieving goals by participating in the safety program.

  • Demonstrate proper operation of equipment and tools as needed to ensure employee safety and compliance with all OSHA guidelines.

  • Provide management with written reports of unsafe conditions or unsafe acts as needed.

  • Report all accidents, injuries, or illnesses immediately.

  • Troubleshooting: Able to determine causes of operating errors and decide on the most effective and efficient course of action to repair

  • Mechanical Ability: Must be able to read and understand all electrical and mechanical schematics and diagrams.

  • Repairing: Ability to work on equipment or systems using various types of hand tools, measuring, and testing instruments, etc.

  • Equipment Maintenance: Able to perform routine preventative maintenance on equipment and determine the proper type of corrective maintenance needed.

  • Tool Use and Organization: Maintain tools and maintenance equipment in working order and maintenance room and work areas in neat condition.


QUALIFICATIONS

Education

  • High school diploma or GED

  • Must have knowledge of single and three phases electric, AC, DC high and low voltages.

Experience

  • 8+ years of experience in facility maintenance/preventative equipment maintenance Food Processing Equipment: Experience with Food Processing Equipment is a plus.

  • Vacuum Packaging: Experience with RollStock and Repack machines is a plus.


Skills

  • Possess the ability to learn various software programs associated with the facility.

  • Possess strong technical, mechanical, and analytical skills.

  • Possess the ability to interact and communicate with all staff and management in English.

  • Able to deal with difficult situations, resolve issues and concerns in a professional manner.


Physical Requirements

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel crouch, climb, use ladders, and perform various types of manual labor.

  • Occasionally, the employee may be required to lift to 70 pounds sometimes.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to extreme heat and cold temperatures and sometimes wet conditions.

Typical mid-level pay: $61k for Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists nationally

National salary averages
Expected mid-level
$61k
Entry
Mid
Senior
Expected
$42k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $86k

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Employers are hiring actively, but pay hasn't caught up with demand. Focus on competing offers and non-salary benefits.

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Mobility
Good mobility
Durability
Somewhat fragile

Why this market feels harder than it looks

This market is hiring aggressively, but compensation hasn't caught up and most openings are backfilling churn, not expansion. Employers are filling roles, but not bidding wages up.

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: Senior candidates with options
Weaker for: Entry-level candidates, Career switchers

Where to negotiate

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Title / level
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Scope & responsibility
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Does this path compound?

Job Growth →
High churn
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Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
Stable but flat

Steady work, but limited growth in both jobs and pay.

+2%
10yr growth
Most openings come from retirements and turnover, not new positions.
Typical: High school diploma or equivalent

Openings come from turnover, not new growth. Differentiate to advance.

Labor data: BLS 2024