Sr Maintenance Technician

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.

• Develop lasting relationships with great people.

• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

Sr. Maintenance Technician

The Sr. Maintenance Technician ensures equipment uptime through timely, in-depth troubleshooting and repair of all equipment failures. The role shares knowledge of all production equipment with the maintenance team and operators, acts as a subject‑matter expert in one or more equipment areas, and champions continuous improvement efforts.

• Adhere to and enforce the highest standards in safety and good manufacturing practices plant-wide.
• Train and lead operators, mechanics and supervisors on technical procedures related to high‑speed bottle manufacturing and packaging.
• Work directly with plant leadership to develop and execute projects involving continuous improvement, upgrades, and the resolution of re‑occurring problems.
• Rapidly identify machine problems to minimize equipment downtime and conduct root cause analysis to prevent re‑occurrence.
• Partner with other Sr. Maintenance Technicians to resolve cross‑functional problems.
• Use available software systems to analyze and identify issues to drive throughput performance.
• Define requirements and lead overhaul efforts to rebuild equipment to like‑new status during planned downtime.
• Transfer knowledge to Niagara team members to develop operating and troubleshooting procedures in the following areas of bottling production specialization:
  • Blow molding (incl. PET processing, machine set‑up, mold changes, and quality inspection systems)
  • Filling/capping (beverage processing methods, cap feeding systems, vision inspection and laser date coders)
  • Labeling technology (roll‑fed and/or cut‑and‑stack, machine set‑up, hot‑melt gluing systems)
  • Dry‑end packaging (case packers, conveyors, palletizers, stretch wrappers)
• Transfer knowledge to develop operating and troubleshooting procedures in injection technology:
  • Husky injection molding machines – hydraulic, pneumatic, electromechanical
  • Auxiliary systems – resin handling, drying, dehumidification, vision inspection, conveying, cooling
  • Mold systems – hot runner, cold half maintenance, component wear troubleshooting
  • Create SOPs for troubleshooting machines and upload to BDA system; responsibility for machine reliability and MTBF
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance with required on‑call availability to ensure equipment and facility uptime.
• Ability to stand or walk for extended periods, lift up to 50 lbs, and bring own toolbox and basic tools.