From our home in Janesville, Wisconsin, Impact Confections has been delighting candy lovers with bold flavors and timeless favorites for generations. We’re proud to be the makers of WARHEADS®, the iconic sour candy that dares taste buds everywhere, and the classic Melster® Candies, known for nostalgic treats like Circus Peanuts and seasonal delights that families have cherished for decades.
SUMMARY
The Maintenance Packaging Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and improving packaging equipment and machinery used in a fast-paced candy manufacturing environment. This position plays a critical role in keeping production lines operating safely and efficiently while minimizing equipment downtime.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
High-Speed Equipment Maintenance: Perform complex mechanical troubleshooting, routine repairs, and preventive maintenance on high-speed processing and packaging machinery.
Conveyor & Drive Care: Maintain, align, and repair high-throughput belt, roller, and chain conveyor systems, gearboxes, bearings, and power transmission components.
GMP & Sanitary Compliance: Ensure all mechanical maintenance work meets strict sanitary food manufacturing standards, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and facility safety protocols.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with 2nd shift production operators and sanitation teams to minimize line downtime and resolve equipment issues quickly.
QUALIFICATIONS
Industrial Maintenance Depth: 3+ years of hands-on industrial mechanical maintenance experience in a high-speed manufacturing environment (sanitary food manufacturing / GMP background preferred).
- Conveyors & Power Transmission: 3+ years of experience maintaining industrial conveyor systems, drive assemblies, gearboxes, and high-speed mechanical drives. Sanitary Food Standards: Prior experience working directly under SQF, HACCP, or FDA sanitary food processing guidelines.
- Operating in a clean, sanitary food production environment, you will take ownership of maintaining high-speed processing/ packaging equipment, troubleshooting mechanical systems, and executing PMs across active packaging and filling lines.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
There are no supervisory responsibilities with this role.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
High-speed industrial mechanical maintenance and preventive maintenance with 3+ years of mechanical maintenance experience in a sanitary food/GMP environment with a concentration in stand-up baggers, scales.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to communicate with co-workers and/or read instructions or written standards for production in English
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to perform or learn basic mathematic skills as needed.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out basic step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or limited variables.
COMPUTER SKILLS, CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with proficiency in Word and Excel. Ability to learn other application software is essential to performing job tasks.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Ability to push and/or pull up to 1,500 lbs on pallet jacks.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Impact Confections is an equal opportunity employer and a Drug Free workplace.
To apply for this job email your details to Hr@impactconfections.com