Building Maintenance Technician
Leprino Foods · Waverly, NY
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 24 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Leprino Foods (food & beverage) in Waverly, NY. A career with Leprino Foods means you’ll be part of a worldwide family of individuals dedicated to producing high-quality products that help feed and nourish families around the world.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- FDA / GMP, Tooling, SAP
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in New York: typical posted base $53k–$84k.
Median of the low and high ends of 7 live postings that list pay, out of 90 maintenance technician openings in New York, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
New York plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 94 other live reliability postings in New York.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $74k–$97k, from 10 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 42%
- PLC 33%
- Automation 28%
- Welding 26%
- Root cause 25%
- EHS / safety 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
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This plant: Leprino Foods in Waverly
4 other open roles at this site.
- Maintenance Supervisor · Reliability · Supervisor
- Maintenance Technician (Night Shift) · Reliability · Technician
- Production Manager · Production · Manager
- Quality Technician I · Quality · Technician
Full description from Leprino FoodsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Respond to facility-related corrective maintenance requests and emergency repairs in a timely manner.
- ◆Proactively identify potential building, facility, or equipment issues before they result in downtime, safety concerns, or additional damage.
- ◆Assist in developing, reviewing, and improving preventive maintenance tasks for building systems, facility assets, and equipment.
- ◆Accurately document completed work, findings, repairs, labor, and materials in the site's maintenance management system, such as Maximo.
- ◆Ensure the safe operation and maintenance of assigned equipment, systems, and processes while following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and established safe work practices.
- ◆Support product and material quality
requirements
by maintaining facility and equipment conditions that meet operational and GMP standard
- ✓Perform preventive maintenance on equipment, including lubrication, oil changes, filter changes, inspections, and other routine maintenance activities.
- ✓Troubleshoot and repair building and facility systems, including HVAC, lighting, plumbing, and other general building systems.
- ✓Communicate effectively with coworkers, team leads, supervisors, and other departments regarding equipment conditions, repair status, and maintenance needs.
- ✓Demonstrate ownership and follow-through by ensuring identified maintenance issues are properly addressed and completed.
- ✓Safely operate skid steers, Lull/telehandlers, forklifts, manlifts, and company vehicles in support of facility maintenance, material handling, snow removal, and other assigned plant activities.
- ✓Complete assigned preventive maintenance work accurately, safely, and on schedule.
& Experience
- ✓Must be able to speak, read, write, and comprehend basic English language
- ✓Ability to evaluate and identify mechanical conditions and make adjustments or corrective action as necessary
- ✓Ability to access elevated work areas such as climbing ladders/stairs
- ✓Basic math skills to be able to perform mathematical functions
- ✓Ability to understand and apply standard operating procedures
- ✓Ability to maintain clean work area according to good manufacturing processes
- ✓Good communication skills to communicate with co-workers and oncoming/outgoing shifts
- ✓Experience as a building maintenance technician with industrial background; maintenance of HVAC units, lighting circuits, industrial tile laying and repairs, plumbing fixtures, light mechanical repairs, and carpentry skills (i.e. painting, dry wall, etc); and demonstrated ability to lead and motivate others.
- ✓Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word, and computerized maintenance management systems (e.g. SAP and Maximo).
& Experience
- ✓Experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
- ✓Forklift/Scissor Lift Certification is preferred.
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Leprino Foods, located on the border of NY and PA, is looking for a Warehouse Builing Maintenance Technician with experience omaintaining, repairing, and improving plant buildings, facilities, and supporting infrastructure to ensure a safe, reliable, and well-maintained work environment. This position performs preventive and corrective maintenance on building systems and responds to facility-related issues throughout the plant.
Schedule
Leprino Foods is a 24/7 operating facility and the employee must be willing and able to work days or nights.
The current vacancy is Monday-Friday, from 7:00am-3:30pm.
Pay Rate
- •$28.92
- •$0.75 Evening Pay Differential for every evening hour worked between 6:00pm-6:00am
- •$1.00 Weekend Pay Differential for every hour worked Saturday & Sunday
What we Offer
- •Profit Sharing
- •401k
- •Incentive Plans
- •Matched Retirement Savings
- •Paid Vacation (40 hours vacation every 6 months which increases with tenure)
- •9 Paid Holidays
- •56 hours of Paid Sick Time, annually
- •Healthcare Benefits starting the first of the month following your hire date
- •Educational Assistance
- •Discounts on Leprino Foods products
- •Wellness Sponsorships
Physical Demands & Environment
- •This position will be exposed to working in varying degrees of temperature.
- •Specific vision may be required for this position, including close vision, distance vision, color and depth perception, and the ability to read computer screens for extended time periods.
- •Must be able to lift and carry moderate weights repeatedly throughout the shift.
- •Ability to pass a physical abilities lift test, including lifting up to 41 lbs, and climbing stairs.
- •Frequent walking and standing.
- •Climbing up stairs, bending and reaching required.
Why work for Leprino Foods in Waverly?
- •A career with Leprino Foods means you’ll be part of a worldwide family of individuals dedicated to producing high-quality products that help feed and nourish families around the world. Your contributions will be noticed and rewarded as you work to further our company, our customers and one another.
- •Leprino Foods Company utilizes the services of Psychemedics to perform our Hair Follicle Drug Testing. Additional information about this process can be obtained at www.psychemedics.com