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Industrial Mechanic II

McCain Foods · Plover, WI

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Level
Technician
Team
Reliability
Degree
Required (or equivalent experience)
Experience asked
2+ years
Industry
Food & beverage
Posted
30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A technician-level reliability role at McCain Foods (food & beverage) in Plover, WI. Troubleshoot, perform breakdown, preventive, and predictive maintenance on food processing and auxiliary equipment, ensuring food safety and compliance with GMP and safety guidelines.

They ask for
2+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
Tools it names
FDA / GMP, PLC, Robotics, Welding
Day to day
some off-shift / weekend coverage

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Maintenance Technician roles in Wisconsin: typical posted base $54k–$86k.

Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 149 maintenance technician openings in Wisconsin, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 151 other live reliability postings in Wisconsin.

Experience asked
Less than usual (2+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ PLC 49%
  • ✓ Team leadership 48%
  • ✓ Welding 44%
  • ✓ Robotics 24%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for FDA / GMP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 2+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

Off-shift / weekend coverageLifts up to 40 lbs

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This plant: McCain Foods in Plover

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requirements

and consistently brings a positive, team-focused attitude to work.

  • ✓Demonstrates adaptability, technical proficiency, analytical ability, and problem-solving skills while working independently or collaboratively to ensure effective and logical decision-making in diverse situations.
  • ✓Demonstrates the physical capability to bend frequently and lift heavy objects (up to 40 pounds).

Benefits of the role .

  • ✓Competitive hourly rate
  • ✓Insurance day ONE of employment
  • ✓401k match up to 6%
  • ✓PTO, company holidays, wellness days
  • ✓Maternity/paternity leave
  • ✓Set schedule/overtime allowances
  • ✓Education reimbursement

About McCain

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

Leadership principles .

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

AI & Digital Capabilities

At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.

The McCain experience .

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart

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Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences —together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role .

What you’ll be doing.

As an Industrial Mechanic II , you will help drive plant performance by ensuring equipment operates safely, efficiently, and reliably. In this role, you will perform routine and preventive maintenance, diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems, and support the installation and improvement of production equipment. Your expertise will be essential to minimizing downtime, maintaining productivity, and supporting food safety and quality standards. Your day-to-day may consist of:

  • •Troubleshoot, perform breakdown, preventive, and predictive maintenance on food processing and auxiliary equipment, ensuring food safety and compliance with GMP and safety guidelines.
  • •Execute maintenance tasks efficiently, maintain accountability for work orders, tools, equipment uptime, and reliability, and document repair records and downtime events.
  • •Communicate effectively with production, quality teams, and the Maintenance Supervisor regarding equipment status, maintenance concerns, and repair needs.
  • •Utilize computer systems for work order management and part location, and maintain availability for emergency repair of critical equipment at the McCain Plover plant.
  • •Work collaboratively in a fast-paced team environment, coordinate daily duties with the Maintenance Supervisor, and perform all other assigned tasks.

This role works in a manufacturing environment with potential exposure to loud noises, strong odors, temperature fluctuations, moving machinery, wet or humid conditions, hazardous chemicals, high or confined areas, extreme temperatures, and vibration throughout various facility areas. This role also regularly engages in prolonged standing, walking, communicating, and sensory tasks throughout each shift, while frequently handling objects, climbing, balancing, and performing various physical movements such as stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling as part of job duties. The use of close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus is required.

Available Shift: AM Shift ( 5PM-5AM) on a 5-5-4-4 schedule or PM Shift (5PM-5AM) on a 5-5-4-4 schedule. Shift differential offered for PM Shift.

What you’ll need to be successful.

  • •High school diploma or equivalent required, two-year technical degree preferred.
  • •2+ years of working knowledge of food processing equipment required.
  • •Electrical and mechanical knowledge equivalent to a technical certificate program required; Electromechanical degree or Journeyman status preferred.
  • •Strong working knowledge of PLCs (especially Allen Bradley), robotics, variable speed drives, servo controls, and process controllers, with relevant programming experience preferred.
  • •Proficient in metalworking skills including TIG welding, metal fabrication, and operation of machinery such as lathe, mill, shear, brake, and ironworker.
  • •Maintains a continuous learning mindset and adapts quickly to new equipment, processes, and roles.
  • •Demonstrates strong technical ability with a digital-first approach, embracing new technologies and accurately entering data.
  • •Communicates clearly with all levels of the organization, follows instructions (written/oral/diagram form), and completes necessary documentation independently in English.
  • •Pays close attention to detail, prioritizing product quality, safety, and accurate record-keeping.
  • •Physically capable of meeting job

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