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Through large scale, efficient manufacturing plants. Tate & Lyle turns raw materials into distinctive, high-quality ingredients. The ingredients and solutions add taste, texture, nutrition, and increased functionality to products that millions of people around the world use or consume every day. We are the secret ingredient to make food extraordinary in some of the world’s best loved brands.\nROLE PURPOSE:\nThe Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for the troubleshooting and repair of the mechanical equipment throughout the site using personal decision-making to insure minimal disruption to the production process. This department is scheduled to provide services to the entire facility 7 days a week. A Mechanic may be required to work in one or more plant areas, doing one or multiple assignments during any given work-shift. Call-ins are a requirement of this position. This position requires a high level of self-management, punctuality, good attendance, and the ability to adjust to a variety of assignments.\nSAFETY ACCOUNTABILITIES - EHSQ CRITICAL ROLE LEVEL 2\nProtecting our people and the environment is foundational to our business.\nEach team member is expected to support the Tate & Lyle culture where Environment, Health, Food Safety and Quality, comply with all EHSQ policies, procedures, and regulations relevant to their work. Team members are expected to speak up and intervene to prevent unsafe conditions and to respect fellow workers.\nMAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:\nRepair, replacement and installation of equipment including pumps, screw conveyors, rotary valves, relief valves, motors, conveyors, and its auxiliaries like pipes, flanges, gaskets, mechanical seals, filters.\nAlign, disassemble and rebuild production equipment such as reciprocating compressors, steam turbines, bearing members, gearboxes and pumps.\nUtilization of micrometers and calipers to repair equipment; operation of drill press, hydraulic press, pedestal grinder, mill equipment and lathes.\nWork independently or in small groups to install, repair and replace equipment, including pumps, valves, motors, and other process equipment. \nWork independently or in pairs to repair equipment at workstation. Uses a variety of handheld tools which must be grasped manually, applying as much as 100 pounds of torque to disassemble mechanical units. Tools may be manual, electrical or pneumatic in nature, requiring adequate grip for safe operation.\nWalk/Stand upon a variety of surfaces to transport materials, equipment and tools between work areas. Required to stand approximately 5-6 hours per day. Standing/walking takes place upon concrete, asphalt, metal grated and diamond steel plated walkways and stairways. Required to climb as high as 5 flights of stairs 3-4 times a day to reach work area. Must be able to kneel, crouch, or crawl to reach restricted access work areas a minimum of 1-2 times daily.\nWork in varying environmental conditions. Required to work primarily outdoors in varying weather conditions. Outside temperatures may range from -32oF to an excess of 100oF. Indoor temperatures can be 110oF or higher. May be required to work 8-Hour shifts, 12- Hour shifts, rotating shifts, nights, weekends, holidays to maintain operation of a 24/7/365 plant operation.\nFOOD, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & SAFETY DUTY OF CARE:\nFood Safety:\nCarry out responsibilities/duties according to food safety, legal and quality requirements to ensure that our products are fit for human consumption\nEnvironment:\nComply with all environmental standards, procedures, and work instructions always.\nReport any environmental violation or near misses to prevent any impact upon the local environment, its inhabitants and Tate & Lyle\nHealth & Safety:\nAdhere to the safety policies, procedures, and site rules\nFully participate in the safety program, including reporting any incidents or near misses and auditing\nSKILLS, TRAINING and EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:\nHigh School diploma or equivalent with minimum 2 years of experience as mechanic on industry and/or technical education on industrial maintenance or mechanic.\nMinimum 2 years Maintenance experience in a manufacturing/industrial environment.\nMust be able to read and write and possess competency in basic mathematics.\nExperience in troubleshooting and repair of the mechanical and equipment throughout the site.\nKnowledgeable in types and uses of valves.\nThe ability to change/repair and align pumps.\nExperience in precision measuring instruments such as micrometers and calipers to repair equipment; and operating a drill press, hydraulic press, pedestal grinder, mill equipment and lathes.\nFamiliar with reading and working from blueprints and/or single line drawings.\nExperience with maintaining high speed rotating equipment, such as turbines and compressors (preferred).\nAbility to align, troubleshoot, disassemble and rebuild production equipment such as reciprocating compressors, steam turbines and centrifugal pumps (preferred).\nBasic welding skills (preferred).\nAbility to use computerized maintenance software.\nMust be able to understand and comply with GMP regulations.\nGood understanding of Electrical, Instrumentation and Hand Tools.\nKnowledge of how to work with Hart Communicator, a multi meter, basic computer skills. Knowledge on how to calibrate instruments (flow, pressure, level). Knowledge on how to read and troubleshoot electrical diagram.\nCalifornia Consumer Privacy Act (\"CCPA\")\nThe Company is committed to complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and all data privacy and laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. We collect the following categories of personal information for the purpose of hiring the best qualified applicants and to comply with applicable employment laws: Name and contact information; Job preference and work availability; Social Security Number and/or other identification information; Education and qualifications; Employment history and experience; Military service; Reference and background check information, including relevant criminal history and credit history; Social media information; Pre-employment test results; Post-offer medical examination information and results, including drug test results; Voluntary self-disclosure information regarding minority, veteran, and disability status; and Information provided by you during the hiring process.\nTate & Lyle is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of an inclusive workforce.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6633,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Process Manufacturing","Food Ingredients"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-30T00:27:30Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 12 · green card filings: 4","filings_12m":12,"filings_prev_12m":11,"green_card_filings_12m":4,"median_offered_wage_usd":115000,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-12T07:36:15+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":42,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.556,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":14,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:5","stale_co","win:late","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/tate-lyle-mechanic-i-1","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/tate-lyle-mechanic-i-1.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-13T17:11:23Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":34365,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1817011},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1817011"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ftate-lyle-mechanic-i-1"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ftate-lyle-mechanic-i-1"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ftate-lyle-mechanic-i-1"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/tate-lyle-mechanic-i-1\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftate-lyle-mechanic-i-1"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3493105}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"tateandlyle.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3493105},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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