Citrus Springs Group

CS Group's Beverage Production Mechanic is a skilled maintenance technician who keeps beverage manufacturing equipment operating safely and efficiently. In this role, you will be responsible for the installation, troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance of high-speed beverage processing and packaging equipment. Your primary goal is to minimize production downtime while ensuring strict compliance with safety, quality, and food safety standards (SQF/HACCP).

CS Group is a national beverage manufacturer of premium juice, juice mixers, lemonade and more. CS Group is the only beverage manufacturer that does business like we do, and we do it well with prestigious customers across the country.

Why join the CS Group Team? We win with Culture and look for team members that embody our Core Values:

• Positivity
• Respect
• Toughness
• Honesty
• Hustle

If those values sound like you, keep reading!

This position works from 2:30 PM - 1 AM, Monday - Thursday, with overtime opportunities!

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic components of high-speed beverage production machinery
• Perform routine Preventive Maintenance (PM) and predictive maintenance tasks according to established schedules
• Maintain filling, bottling, canning, labeling, packaging, and conveyor systems
• Replace worn parts such as bearings, belts, motors, pumps, and valves
• Log all maintenance activities, parts used, and downtime metrics
• Support production teams to minimize downtime
• Maintain a clean and sanitary work environment in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), OSHA, and food safety regulations
• Ensure all repairs meet high-quality standards to prevent product contamination or packaging defects

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Exposure:

• Air conveyors, table-top chain conveyors, and sorting systems
• Familiarity with PLCs-troubleshoot inputs/outputs (I/O) is a major plus
• Bottling and canning lines
• Skilled in repairing and maintaining positive displacement pumps, centrifugal pumps, and diaphragm pumps used to transport raw juices, syrups, or concentrates to the fillers
• Proficiency using hand tools, power tools, precision measuring instruments, and basic shop equipment.
• Cardboard case/tray erectors, drop packers, wraparound case packers, hot-melt glue systems, film shrink-wrappers
• Air compressors, steam boilers, CO2 systems, and industrial refrigeration
• Strong mechanical aptitude (gearboxes, pumps, bearings, valving, pneumatics, and hydraulics)
• Solid electrical troubleshooting skills (reading schematics, replacing motors, and swapping proximity sensors)
• Basic to intermediate welding skills (MIG or Stick preferred)

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required; Technical degree, apprenticeship, or mechanical certification preferred
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs regularly and stand, bend, or crawl for extended periods
• Comfortably working in an industrial environment can be loud, wet, hot, or cold depending on the production zone
• Willingness to work flexible hours, weekends, or overtime as production demands dictate

Let's get to the good stuff. Benefits of working for us!

• Medical, Vision, Dental, and Company-Paid Life insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401K with company match
• Positive culture
• Maternity/Paternity/Family Leave
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Personal Time Off
• Vacation Time
  
• Discounted Gym Membership
  
• Free coffee, drink mixers, juice products
• ...And more!