Mechanic

Company: Gruma Corporation

Location: New Brighton, MN

Position: Maintenance Mechanic

Salary: $83,325

Our plant in New Brighton, MN is looking for an experienced Maintenance Mechanic. The Maintenance Mechanic performs day-to-day maintenance support to plant production activities. They apply engineering principles to design, develop, troubleshoot, and test complex electromechanical systems. This role is critical for ensuring the optimal operation, reliability, and safety of automated production machinery, integrating electrical, mechanical, and control system expertise to maintain continuous manufacturing processes

Essential duties include the following:

• Install and integrate complex electrical equipment, mechanical systems, and control components within the production environment.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair issues across integrated electrical, mechanical, and electronic equipment to minimize downtime.
• Inspect machines, conduct required tests and analyze performance data to identify areas for optimization.
• Perform preventive maintenance and repair work to ensure consistent product quality and operational reliability.
• Machine parts using lathes and mills when necessary for repairs or system modifications.
• Dismantle, repair, and re-assemble electromechanical components ensuring precise re-integration into complex systems.
• Troubleshoot and repair oven combustion setups and safety devices.
• Install and repair electrical conduit, cables, piping, tubing, controls, and grounding.
• Ensure strict adherence to all plant safety rules.
• Read and interpret complex wiring diagrams.
• Complete all required reports and paperwork for company records.
• Assist in the training of new personnel.
• Help maintain spare parts inventory for the plant.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or mechatronics engineering or a related field plus two years of experience in the job offered or a related industrial maintenance role in a manufacturing environment. Requires two years of experience in the following:

• Coordinating preventative maintenance;
• Performing industrial maintenance ;
• Installing industrial equipment;
• Analyzing industrial processes and implementing improvements;
• Managing spare parts inventory.

Email resume to [email protected].

Full Benefit Packet including Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, Life insurance and AD&D Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance, and Flexible Spending Accounts. Additionally, we offer a 401(k) plan with matching. Vacation Pay and 8 Paid Holidays.

Gruma Corporation and its affiliates, including but not limited to Azteca Milling, L.P., are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely for the purposes of determining suitability for employment, verifying your identity, and maintaining employment statistics on applicants. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as state and local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity with-out imposing undue hardship on Gruma. Please inform the company's personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process. #LI-DNI