2nd Shift Industrial Maintenance Mechanic

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Job Title: 2nd Shift Industrial Maintenance Mechanic
Location: Souderton, PA, USA

Company: The Wenger Group
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Who are we:

We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement.

Leidy's is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Wenger Group since 2022. Leidy's is a 130-year-old pork company still located on the family farm in Pennsylvania, where Jacob Leidy was deeded the original land grant by William Penn in 1753.

We're a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 1000 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector - agriculture!

Learn more here: https://www.thewengergroup.com

What your day looks like : Leidy's is a meat manufacturing company in Southeastern Pennsylvania is seeking an experienced maintenance mechanic for second shift in their busy operations. Maintain a positive work relationship with all employees and in particular members of your staff in a management role. Complete necessary paperwork as required by your Manager. Perform all other duties as assigned in accordance with Leidy's, LLC employee handbook and safety rules and regulations and all applicable laws and standards.

Specific Responsibilities:

Effectively and efficiently repair breakdowns to support and keep production running in all areas of the facility.
Perform preventative maintenance tasks to support production operations in a fast-paced environment.
Diagnose and repair electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic/hydraulic problems on all plant equipment.
Complete work orders in a timely manner to the highest quality standards.
Effectively communicate between shifts when work is passed along and detailed logbook entries.
Troubleshoot equipment problems accurately and efficiently.
Perform all tasks in accordance with company safety and GMP policies/guidelines.
Support plant's Continuous Improvement Program.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor.

Who Are You : You have a high school diploma or the equivalent. Preferably successful completion of industrial technologies certificate program. 3-5 years progressive technical experience in an industrial manufacturing environment, preferably in the meat industry. Knowledge of policies, standards and specifications including safety policies and procedures for safe equipment operation. You have good oral and written communication skills, as well as the ability to work effectively with key coworkers, including department managers, line operators, quality assurance personnel and contractors. TIG welding on stainless steel a plus. Competent with arc and gas welding. Experience with high-speed packaging and processing equipment. Knowledgeable and experience in electrical and PLC a plus.

In addition to our more traditional benefits, we also offer great perks and numerous resources for professional development and team building:

Promotional opportunities
Rewards and recognition programs
Robust onboarding and training program
Employee Discount Programs (Perks at Work) Employee referral program Encouraging and collaborative culture

What our benefits are:

Paid Time Off
Carebridge Employee Assistance Program

For all full-time members:

Medical
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Medical Flexible Spending Account
Dependent Care
Flexible Spending
Account Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Pet Insurance

Each team member has the potential to earn a yearly bonus based on the achievement of company goals.

The Wenger Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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Job Post Date: 03/27/25