Maintenance Technician

Career Opportunity - Maintenance Technician

Are you looking for an exciting career opportunity with a progressive team of professionals in a growing company?

Established in 1981, East Coast Seafood, has built an unrivaled reputation as a global leader in the seafood industry around its signature product, North American live lobster. We are seeking a Maintenance Technician to become the newest member of our maintenance team. The position will be based out of our East Coast Seafood Corporate Headquarters, also known as Seatrade, located on the New Bedford, MA waterfront. Technicians also support our second location, also located on the New Bedford waterfront. Travel to and from both locations will be necessary.

You will be responsible for maintaining production and quality by ensuring the operation of machinery and mechanical equipment.

As a Maintenance Technician, a typical day might include the following:

• Ensuring the operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by completing preventive maintenance on engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines.
• Following diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, and engineering specifications to troubleshoot malfunctions.
• Reading and interpreting equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Locating sources of problems by observing mechanical devices in operation; listening for problems; using precision measuring and testing instrument to diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and adjust.
• Performing regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and plant facilities.
• Using a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters to perform duties.
• Detecting faulty operations, defective material and reporting those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.
• Completing daily/weekly/monthly checklists.
• Complying with safety regulations, BRC and OSHA regulations, and maintain a clean and orderly work area

This job might be for you if:

• You enjoy collaborating with a wide range of skill sets. In this role, you’ll deal with multiple personality types and a wide spectrum of skill sets.
• You pay attention to the details. This is some of the most important work we do!
• You prefer to fix an issue before it becomes a problem.
• You have 3-5 years of previous maintenance experience in a production environment.
• Strong hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and industrial skills with some PLC experience and HVAC.
• You have strong experience in welding, electrical and mechanical skills
• You are self-motivated to complete tasks in a timely manner and have perseverance to follow through to completion

Our corporate headquarters reside in a 66,000 square foot building on a working waterfront in Massachusetts, with new state-of-the-art lobster processing lines, placing lobster and scallop processing under one roof. This dual production remains an incredible benefit to the company's broad customer base and offers production innovations to complement the companies' seafood appetizers and entrée offerings. In addition, the company is also producing an expanded fish species line that includes popular fish types in commodity packs and value add marinades/dry rubs. This program is an exciting part of our overall diversification as a company, as consumers enjoy increased seafood protein in their diets.

The East Coast Seafood Group portfolio of seafood companies includes but is not limited to East Coast Seafood, Seatrade International, Salt & Sky, and MySeafood.

• Headquartered in New Bedford, MA (USA largest fishing port by landed value)
• Proudly named a Top 15 North American Seafood Supplier
• More than 40 years as a leader in the seafood business
• Procuring lobster and scallops directly from the boat
• Committed to supplying high-quality seafood and company-wide BRC certification
• Offering MSC CoC certified state-of-the-art production facilities
• Producer of private-label and branded value-added CPG products

Offering a competitive compensation package coupled with comprehensive benefits and 401(k) plan, this is a chance for you to take your skills to the next level with a global business representing the best of the Northeast's seafood.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran or marital status, genetic information or other protected status covered by Federal, State or local law.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer