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Job Title: Maintenance Mechanic
Location (On-site, Remote, or Hybrid?): Columbus, OH (onsite)
Contract Duration: until 09/14/2027
Working hours - 6:30am - 3pm
Description:

The Pilot Plant Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and continuous improvement of pilot plant processing and packaging equipment. This position supports product development, scale-up activities, and manufacturing operations by ensuring equipment reliability, safety, and compliance with food industry standards. The mechanic performs both preventive and corrective maintenance on a wide range of food processing systems and utility equipment while minimizing downtime and maintaining operational efficiency.

Maintain and repair food processing equipment including:

• Retorts
• Aseptic sterilizers
• Homogenizers
• High-shear mixers
• Processing vessels and tanks
• Heat exchangers
• Pumps and piping systems
• Conveyors
• Filling and packaging systems
• Support equipment startups, changeovers, and commissioning activities.

Core Competencies

• Mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting
• Preventive and predictive maintenance
• Problem solving and root cause analysis
• Safety awareness and regulatory compliance
• Communication and teamwork
• Adaptability in a dynamic pilot plant environment
• Continuous improvement mindset

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to stand, walk, climb ladders, work in confined spaces, and perform maintenance tasks in industrial environments.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).

TechLink Systems is a national provider of staffing services with offices all over the USA as well as development and support centers globally. We are a MBE (NMSDC), WBE (WBENC), and WOSB certified minority business that has been awarded 2017 TAPFIN Premier Partner, 2016 Manpower Excellence Award, 2016 TAPFIN Elite Partner, are a Known Tier Supplier for Agile 1, and have been ranked as a Top Women and Minority Owned Company since 2004 by several businesses including Philadelphia Business Journal, Diversity Business, Inc 5000, Inc 500, San Francisco Business Times, Diversity2000, and Los Angeles Business Journal.

We serve the contract staffing, direct hire, staff augmentation, recruitment, HR management, and project outsourcing needs of clients nationwide. Striving to create personal relationships with clients, TechLink Systems becomes a virtual extension of clients’ own in-house capabilities to help achieve new levels of growth, productivity, and competitiveness.