**Job Title: Maintenance Mechanic** **Job Description** We are seeking a dedicated Maintenance Mechanic to perform mechanical repairs on conveyor, bottling, and packaging systems. This role involves motor changes, troubleshooting and diagnosing faults, changing drives and belts, gearboxes, and preventative maintenance. The primary responsibility is fielding service calls to diagnose and troubleshoot issues such as machine stoppages, changing bad cylinders, fixing photo eyes, and replacing chains. Preventative maintenance is performed during a 2-3 hour 'cleaning window' every 1-2 days. **Responsibilities** + Perform mechanical repairs on conveyor, bottling, and packaging systems. + Conduct motor changes, troubleshooting, and diagnose faults. + Change drives and belts, gearboxes, and perform preventative maintenance. + Field service calls throughout the facility to diagnose and troubleshoot issues. + Fix stoppages of machines/conveyors, change bad cylinders, fix photo eyes, and replace chains. + Perform preventative maintenance during the 2-3 hour 'cleaning window' every 1-2 days. **Essential Skills** + Preventive maintenance + Hydraulics + Pneumatics + Troubleshooting + Gearboxes + Three-phase motors + Switches + Conveyor system maintenance + Welding + Electrical + Ability to read and interpret schematics **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Own a basic set of tools + Ability to work one weekend day with the option to have two days off + Electrical experience is a plus + Experience in food manufacturing maintenance is a plus + Experience with pumps and hydraulics is a plus **Why Work Here?** Enjoy optional and unlimited overtime with flexible working hours. Start at a competitive hourly rate with the potential for a pay raise as soon as one month into the job. Benefit from a Thrift Plan similar to a pension plan, with company contributions ranging from 10-15% based on performance. Receive up to 75% paid education towards a related field. No steel toes required; you can wear tennis shoes. Affordable family insurance plans with free generic prescriptions and low co-pays. **Work Environment** Work in a standard food environment with cold conditions throughout most of the facility, but not unbearable. Enjoy working in a very organized facility with significant investments in new conveyor systems, blow molding lines, packaging lines, and more over the last five years. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Little Rock, Arkansas. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $28.00 • 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 Little Rock,AR. **Application Deadline** This position will be accepting applications until Feb 5, 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.