Description
As a Maintenance Technician, you'll ensure our filling lines for dishes, bottles, and tubes, packaging equipment, mobile sterilizers, and autoclaves operate safely and efficiently. You'll troubleshoot production-line issues, perform preventive maintenance, and rigorously apply lockout/tagout procedures. Things you will do will include diagnosing and resolving mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues on filling and packaging lines. Also you will be performing routine inspections and preventive maintenance on conveyor systems, pumps, motors, mobile sterilizers, and autoclaves. Lastly, you will partner with production operators to investigate root-cause failures and reduce unplanned downtime.
Position Responsibilities:
- Perform maintenance and repair tasks on manufacturing equipment, ensuring compliance with safety and quality procedures.
- Collaborate with team members to resolve technical issues and escalate complex problems to senior technicians and supervisors as needed.
- Document maintenance work and report on performance, including conducting inventory checks and managing spare parts availability.
- Participate in training and development programs
- Analyze basic maintenance data to drive continuous improvement and contribute in logistics and administrative management of maintenance activities.
Minimum Requirements:
- High School Diploma, GED or equivalent
- 1+ years of applicable experience in Maintenance Tech
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Thriving in a fast-paced environment by managing tasks, multitasking, and adapting quickly to maintain productivity.
- Make timely decisions by quickly choosing effective solutions in high-pressure situations for optimal outcomes
- Practicing time management to allocate tasks, balance priorities, and meet deadlines efficiently
- Organizing work and resources efficiently to ensure smooth operations
- Troubleshooting issues to identify and resolve problems efficiently
- Collect and analyze data to drive informed decision-making to improve performance and identify issues
- Effective Presentation Skills - including the ability to present technical data
- Effective verbal communication skills
- Maintain composure by having the skill of staying calm, focused, and professional in high-pressure or stressful situations.
- Actively and attentively listen to others, ensuring a clear understanding of their messages, needs, and concerns.
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements
- Ability to remain in stationary position, often standing, for prolonged periods.
- Ability to ascend/descend stairs, ladders, ramps, and the like.
- Ability to wear PPE correctly most of the day, including gloves, hairnet, clean room gowns and/or lab coats, safety glasses and hearing protection.
- Ability to adjust or move objects up to 50 pounds in all directions, with repetitive hand and arm motions, and moving containers of cartons, tubes, and materials
The estimated salary range for this role based in Illinois is between $28.00 - $40.48. This role is eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and individual performance per bioMerieux's bonus program. This range may differ from ranges offered for similar positions elsewhere in the country given differences in cost of living. Actual compensation within this range is determined based on the successful candidate's experience and will be presented in writing at the time of the offer.
In addition, bioMerieux offers a competitive Total Rewards package that may include:
- A choice of medical (including prescription), dental, and vision plans providing nationwide coverage and telemedicine options
- Company-Provided Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Retirement Plan including a generous non-discretionary employer contribution and employer match.
- Adoption Assistance
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Assistance Program
- Commuter Benefits
- Various voluntary benefit offerings
- Discount programs
- Parental leaves
Please be aware that recruitment related scams are on the rise. Fraudulent job postings are being placed on other websites, and individuals posing as bioMerieux Talent Acquisition team members are reaching out via email or text message in an attempt to collect your personal and confidential information. In some cases, these scammers are also conducting bogus interviews prior to extending fraudulent offers of employment. Beware of individuals reaching out using general phone numbers and non-bioMerieux email domains (i.e. Hotmail.com, Gmail.com, Yahoo.com, etc.). If you are concerned that an interview experience or offer of employment might be a scam, please make sure you are searching for the posting on our careers site https://careers.biomerieux.com/ or contact us at [emailprotected].
BioMerieux Inc. and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Please be advised that the receipt of satisfactory responses to reference requests and the provision of satisfactory proof of an applicant's identity and legal authorization to work in the United States are required of all new hires. Any misrepresentation, falsification, or material omission may result in the failure to receive an offer, the retraction of an offer, or if already hired, dismissal. If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation in BioMerieux's or its affiliates' application process by contacting us via telephone at (385) 770-1132, by email at [emailprotected], or by dialing 711 for access to Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS).
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bioMerieux Inc.
$28.00 - $40.48
retirement plan
Oct 17, 2025