Industrial Facil. Engineering - Maintenance Mechanic

Warwick, RI, USA

Posted Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Position:
Maintenance Mechanic

Location: Warwick RI

Starting Pay: $26 per hour DOE

THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN CELEBRATING STUDENT MILESTONES – HERFF JONES

Herff Jones is the leading provider of graduation and educational products and services designed to inspire achievement and create memorable experiences for students. Herff Jones' products include class rings and jewelry, caps and gowns, diplomas, frames, announcements, and Greek accessories as well as motivation and recognition programs.

Since 1920, our team has worked alongside students, faculty, and staff on campuses nationwide to help build a stronger community and celebrate student milestones. Our continued success relies on hiring extraordinary talent, with a passion for making a difference and eagerness to roll up the sleeves, to help us write the story of our next 100 years.

The
Herff Jones
Operations team team is looking for a Maintenance Mechanic to join our HJ Family.

Here's How You Will Make an Impact:

Reporting to the Facilities Manager, you will be responsible for performing repairs and maintenance, in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, and manufacturer's specifications on machinery, equipment, electrical wiring, fixtures and the physical structure. This is a skilled position responsible for repairing and installing production/manufacturing equipment. A Maintenance Mechanic inspects equipment for proper functioning and performs preventative maintenance duties, per manufacturer's specifications.

What You Will Do On A Daily Basis:

At Herff Jones we may have been around for 100 years, but we still have the mentality of a scrappy startup. For you, that means your job may grow and change over time. Butdon’tworry, we would never ask an employee to take on an assignment theydidn’talready have the right skill sets they needed to succeed. As we see it for right now, however, here are the challenges that we want you to tackle:

• Diagnosescausesof electrical or mechanical malfunction or failure of operational equipment and performs preventative and corrective maintenance.
• Adjusts, calibrates,alignsandmodifiesequipment and components.
• Assembles and installs mechanical components and systems using a variety of tools common to the trade.
• May work on assembling,installing and Repairing pipes, fittings, and fixtures of heating, water and in opening clogged drains.
• May act as a carpenter in the alteration, repair and maintenance of buildings, floors, roofs, stairways, partitions, doors, windows, screens, scaffolding forms, woodfixturesand furniture.
• May operate all kinds of hand and power tools such as (but not limited to) hand saw, planer, joiner, shaper, table saw, wood lathe, drill press, sanding machine, router etc.
• Willmaintaintools and machinery in good condition and use all tools carefully.
  
  Must always wear the appropriate PPEfor the task that is being performed! Safety First!
• Will be an “on call” employee and will have to respond on nights, weekends (including Sundays) in the event ofan emergency for equipment malfunctions,snowstorms or other unforeseen happenings.

What You Will Bring the Table:

• Minimum of 3-4years of experience ina similar role in a manufacturing settingin addition tohavingthefollowinghelpful experience:
• Troubleshooting mechanical breakdowns (for example, pinpointing and repairing problems associated withhigh speed manufacturing line breakdowns)
• Working with hydraulic systems (for example, understanding high-pressure cylinders, pumps, or valves and reading schematics and using for troubleshooting in high-speed manufacturing)
• Working with pneumatics (for example, working with solenoids, cylinders, or motor brakes and reading schematics and using for troubleshooting inhigh speed manufacturing)
• Working with electrical systems (for example, working with frequency drives, motor testing, troubleshooting, or panels inhigh speed manufacturing)
• Working with Programmable Logic Controllers – PLC (for example, understanding instructions, editing documentation, and/or navigation for A-B PLC-5 and A-B SLC-500)
• Performing preventative maintenance (for example, conducting…