Maintenance Mechanic (Night Shift)
Kelly Services | Affton, MO
Kelly Services is currently hiring a Maintenance Mechanic for a leading food manufacturing facility in Affton, Missouri. This temp-to-hire opportunity offers competitive pay, a consistent rotating schedule, and long-term career potential with a growing maintenance team.
Pay
$30–$39 per hour, based on experience
Schedule
Night Shift: 6:30 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
12-hour shifts
Rotating Two-Week Schedule:
- Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Week 2: Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
Position Summary
As a Maintenance Mechanic, you will maintain, troubleshoot, and repair production machinery and facility equipment to ensure safe and efficient operations. This hands-on position focuses on preventive maintenance, mechanical repairs, equipment installations, and minimizing production downtime within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Perform preventive maintenance on production machinery and facility equipment.
- Inspect, troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair mechanical equipment to minimize downtime.
- Repair and replace components such as bearings, belts, chains, gears, motors, pumps, conveyors, and mechanical drive systems.
- Troubleshoot basic electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
- Respond promptly to production equipment breakdowns and maintenance requests.
- Assist with equipment installations, upgrades, modifications, and improvement projects.
- Perform root-cause analysis to identify and prevent recurring equipment problems.
- Read and interpret blueprints, equipment schematics, and technical manuals.
- Complete work orders and required maintenance documentation accurately.
- Perform welding and fabrication work as needed.
- Support facility equipment and utility systems when required.
- Follow all food safety, HACCP, GMP, lockout/tagout, and company safety procedures.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area.
- Adapt to changing production and maintenance priorities while working independently or as part of a team.
QualificationsRequired- High school diploma or GED.
- Previous industrial maintenance or maintenance mechanic experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong mechanical troubleshooting and repair skills.
- Working knowledge of mechanical power transmission systems.
- Ability to troubleshoot basic electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment.
- Ability to read blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings.
- Basic math skills and the ability to complete maintenance documentation.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with production and maintenance teams.
- Ability to work 12-hour overnight shifts on a rotating schedule.
Preferred
- Previous maintenance experience in food manufacturing.
- Technical school training, certification, or degree in industrial maintenance or a related field.
- Welding and fabrication experience.
- Experience maintaining conveyors and other production machinery.
- Experience with facility utilities and support equipment.
- Refrigeration or ammonia refrigeration experience.
- Two-year technical degree in an industrial maintenance-related field.
- Extensive industrial maintenance experience.
Why You’ll Love This Opportunity
- Temp-to-hire position with long-term career potential
- Competitive pay based on experience
- Weekly pay through Kelly Services
- Consistent overnight schedule with built-in days off
- Opportunity to join a well-established food manufacturer
- Hands-on work involving a variety of machinery and maintenance projects
- Opportunities for professional growth and advancement
Apply today to join Kelly Services and take the next step in your career as a Maintenance Mechanic!
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits