Industrial Mechanic II at McCain Foods in Town of Plover, WI

Position Title: Industrial Mechanic II Pool

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Requisition ID: 44371

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 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

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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.

Compensation Package: Starting at $33.18 USD hourly + bonus eligibility + hourly pay differential for applicable shifts

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with the collective agreement, country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Manufacturing

Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Plover

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.