LUB Maintenance Tech
Leprino Foods · Lubbock, TX
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 18+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 22 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Leprino Foods (food & beverage) in Lubbock, TX.
- They ask for
- 18+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- 5S, FDA / GMP, PLC, Welding, SAP, EHS / safety
- 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 Texas: typical posted base $51k–$67k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 225 maintenance technician openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 234 other live reliability postings in Texas.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (18+ vs 3+)
Typical $89k–$111k, from 5 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 50%
- ✓ Welding 37%
- ✓ PLC 29%
- Root cause 24%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for 5S, FDA / GMP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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This plant: Leprino Foods in Lubbock
4 other open roles at this site.
- Production Supervisor (Packaging) · Production · Supervisor
- Quality Supervisor (Product Hold & Release) · Quality · Supervisor
- Maintenance Supervisor · Reliability · Supervisor
- Plant Engineering Manager II · Production · Manager
Full description from Leprino FoodsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
responsibilities
and duties that are not listed on this form.
- ◆Completion of preventative maintenance work orders.
- ◆Calibrate all plant instrumentation in a wide variety of makes and types specifications (i.e., temperature, flow, pH, vacuum, pressure, Foxboro, Honeywell, Taylor, etc.).
- ◆Perform mechanical duties such as repair and preventive maintenance of pumps, valves, conveyors, sprockets, gear boxes, welding and fabrication (arc, MIG, TIG, oxyacetylene, etc.)
- ◆Work with industrial electricity (motor controls) to troubleshoot and repair electrical components and machinery including all three phase 480, 220 and other plant systems.
- ◆Communicate effectively with co-workers, team leads, and supervisors.
- ◆Review completed work to ensure the highest quality of repair.
- ◆Follow company’s good manufacturing and safety policies and procedures. Maintain housekeeping in area.
- ◆This position is responsible and accountable to ensure product meets food safety, regulatory, and quality
requirements
by following the Food Safety Plan, Quality Plan, and company policies.
- ✓Implement and maintain 5S standards.
- ✓Perform work in a safe manner by following safety procedures and policies, critical safety rules, and expected standard conduct.
& Experience
- ✓Must be 18 years of age
- ✓Must be able to read, write and speak the English language in order to understand/adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), to communicate effectively with others, to complete required documentation both in written and electronic form, and to troubleshoot systems utilizing the English language.
- ✓Must have the ability to perform essential job functions
- ✓Wear required personal protective equipment; comply with all applicable safety practices
- ✓Maintain a clean work area
- ✓complete written reports
- ✓Perform basic and intermediate mathematical calculations
- ✓Enter data into and pull data from computer systems
& Experience
- ✓Associates or two-year degree in a maintenance related field
- ✓Prior experience in a maintenance leadership role
- ✓Experience with stainless steel welding and fabrication
- ✓Basic knowledge of utility equipment and operations (e.g. boiler and refrigeration equipment)
- ✓Dairy/food manufacturing experience
- ✓knowledge of government and industrial regulations (e.g. PSM, OSHA, and USDA)
- ✓Computer proficiency in email, internet, Microsoft Office software, and computerized maintenance management systems (e.g. SAP, Maximo)
- ✓Welding experience
- ✓Mechanical repairs (including rebuilding of gearboxes and process equipment) experience
- ✓PLC troubleshooting experience
- ✓Experience with AC frequency drives and instrumentation
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For our state-of-the art 600+ person Lubbock, TX cheese and whey manufacturing facility, Leprino is seeking a Maintenance Tech (nights).
Leprino Foods broke ground on the $1 billion facility in the summer of 2022. The plant will become operational in 2025 with Phase 1 and will become fully operational by 2026!
This position pays $37 per hour. There is an additional $1 differential for hours worked between 6pm and 6am. Weekly pay.
Summary Description
Duties include installing, disassembling, repairing, and maintaining equipment. Duties also include the safe repair and troubleshooting of malfunctioning mechanical, electrical or instrumentation systems, the calibration of instruments, maintaining 5S standards in work areas and tool boxes, and performing mechanical, preventive and predictive maintenance. This position participates on the hazmat response team.
All other duties as assigned.
Job Duties (Accountability Categories and Essential Functions/Key Responsibilities): NOTE: The job may include other “non-essential”
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities/Competencies
- •Must have the ability to perform essential job functions
- •Wear required personal protective equipment; comply with all applicable safety practices
- •Maintain a clean work area
- •complete written reports
- •Perform basic and intermediate mathematical calculations
- •Enter data into and pull data from computer systems
- •Must possess considerable problem-solving ability in dealing with equipment or troubleshooting when supervision is not readily available for consultation
- •Must communicate effectively with machine operators, production supervisors, outside contractors and plant maintenance personnel. Good communication with co-workers and oncoming/outgoing shifts is also expected.
- •Problem solving
- •Applied and continuous learning
- •Work standards
- •Initiating action
- •Quality orientation
- •Safety awareness
- •Working effectively with others
- •Communication
- •Professional presence
Physical/Mental
Work Environment Description
- •Maintenance Team Lead positions are physically demanding and require being on the feet the entire shift, standing and walking, kneeling for extended periods of time, working in wet/dry/cold/hot environments, working in tight spaces, climbing steps and ladders, working at extreme heights, making pipe connections, using hand tools, physically transporting parts and tools, and lifting equipment parts which can weigh up to 70 Lbs. Maintenance Leads must be able to work overtime and holidays when required.
Additional
This position requires the incumbent to work on site at the facility to be able to perform the associated job responsibilities.
Offering you in return
A chance to be part of a global team of individuals passionate about producing and delivering high-quality products that help feed and nourish families around the world. Leprino Foods could not be where it is today without our incredible employees. That is why we share in our success together by rewarding you for your hard work. Hiring