Maintenance Mechanic, Night Shift

Location: Rochester, MN

Employment Type: Direct Hire, Full-Time

Schedule: Night Shift, Monday-Friday, 10:00pm-6:30am

Training/Evaluation Schedule: Day shift, Monday-Friday, 6:00am-6:00pm during the evaluation period

Pay: $30.68-$36.63/hr base, plus $0.75/hr night shift differential

Night Shift Pay Range: $31.43-$37.38/hr, depending on classification

Union Status: Union, UFCW Local 663

Job Overview

A frozen food repack and cold storage operation in Rochester, MN is hiring a Maintenance Mechanic for night shift. This is a hands-on industrial maintenance role supporting high-volume packaging lines, cold storage operations, and equipment reliability in a fast-paced production environment.

This facility does not manufacture product onsite. The operation repackages and packages frozen vegetables into retail and food service formats and stores large volumes of finished goods. Maintenance plays a critical role in keeping packaging lines running safely, efficiently, and consistently.

This is a strong opportunity for a mechanically skilled technician who enjoys troubleshooting, repairing equipment, supporting production uptime, and working in a cold-storage and packaging environment.

Schedule

Regular Shift:

Monday-Friday, 10:00pm-6:30am

Evaluation Period:

Monday-Friday, 6:00am-6:00pm on day shift

Weekends:

Weekend work may be required based on production needs.

Compensation

This is a union hourly role with skill-based classifications.

• Mechanic B: $30.68/hr
• Mechanic A: $33.79/hr
• Metal Fabricator: $35.27/hr
• Master Mechanic: $36.63/hr
• Night shift differential: $0.75/hr

Most new hires begin as a Mechanic B or Mechanic A, depending on experience. After the evaluation period, employees are placed into the appropriate classification based on skills and evaluation results.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on packaging and support equipment.
• Troubleshoot mechanical failures and restore production safely and efficiently.
• Repair, replace, and rebuild components such as motors, gearboxes, bearings, conveyors, drives, and related mechanical systems.
• Support equipment reliability on vertical baggers, corn-on-the-cob lines, and bulk packaging lines.
• Assist with maintenance needs in production and cold storage areas.
• Follow lockout/tagout procedures, PPE requirements, and safe work practices.
• Complete maintenance documentation accurately.
• Communicate equipment issues, downtime priorities, and repair updates with maintenance and production teams.
• Help maintain a clean, safe, and reliable production environment.
• Learn unfamiliar equipment and processes as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on mechanical troubleshooting and repair ability.
• Experience repairing or maintaining industrial, production, packaging, automotive, agricultural, or mechanical equipment.
• Ability to work safely around moving equipment and cold-storage environments.
• Comfort working in production areas typically in the low 40s°F to near 50°F, with periodic freezer work around -5°F to -15°F.
• Basic electrical comfort, including lockout/tagout, local disconnects, and simple motor replacement work.
• Reliable attendance and steady work history.
• Strong communication skills and willingness to ask questions early.
• Ability to work night shift and weekends as production needs require.
• Willingness to learn new equipment, systems, and plant processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Industrial maintenance experience.
• Packaging equipment maintenance experience.
• Cold storage, distribution, food manufacturing, or frozen food experience.
• Welding or fabrication experience.
• Experience with motors, gearboxes, bearings, conveyors, drives, and mechanical rebuilds.
• Basic PLC awareness.
• Food safety, GMP, or regulated production experience.
• Technical training in industrial maintenance, welding, machining, automotive technology, diesel, HVAC, or related mechanical fields.

Work Environment

This role is based in a frozen repack, packaging, and cold storage facility. Most work is performed in production areas, with periodic freezer tasks as needed.

Employees should be comfortable working around production equipment, packaging lines, cold temperatures, moving machinery, and required PPE. Freezer work is typically completed in shorter blocks rather than continuous full-shift freezer exposure.

Why This Role

This is a strong fit for someone who takes pride in hands-on mechanical work, values steady employment, and wants to build long-term stability in an essential food operation.

The role offers competitive union wages, night shift differential, skill-based progression, and the opportunity to work on a variety of mechanical systems in a high-volume packaging and cold storage environment.

Benefits

Eligible full-time employees may have access to a comprehensive benefits package, which may include:

• Medical plan options
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Health Savings Account options
• Flexible Spending Account options
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Life insurance options
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability options
• Accident insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Hospital indemnity options
• Employee assistance program
• Legal insurance
• Identity protection options
• Group home and auto insurance options

Benefit eligibility, union details, plan options, rates, and effective dates should be confirmed during the hiring process.