Senior Maintenance Technician
Department
Engineering and maintenance
Industry
Packaged water / water cup manufacturing
Employment type
Full-time
Number of vacancies
2
Reports to
Maintenance supervisor
Supervisory responsibility
Shift maintenance team when assigned
Preferred nationality
Indian/Iranian
Job summary
Provide senior-level, hands-on maintenance support for high-speed thermoforming/Form-Fill-Seal water cup production lines. The senior maintenance technician will lead shift maintenance work, diagnose complex faults, perform precision adjustments, and support preventive and major maintenance activities.
Key responsibilities
Implement daily, weekly, monthly, and shutdown maintenance plans.
Lead technicians during scheduled maintenance and production-line breakdowns.
Diagnose complex mechanical faults and production-related machine problems.
Perform machine setup, changeovers, adjustment, alignment, and synchronization.
Inspect machine condition and identify developing faults before failure occurs.
Carry out preventive, corrective, and major maintenance activities.
Escalate recurring faults and support root-cause analysis.
Record completed work, findings, parts used, and follow-up actions.
Identify future maintenance requirements and critical spare-parts needs.
Monitor recurring component failures and recommend technical improvements.
Assist with installation, commissioning, and overhaul work when required.
Train mechanical technicians and selected production operators.
Coordinate with production personnel during adjustment and test runs.
Assume responsibility for the maintenance team when the supervisor is unavailable.
Follow food-safety, personal-safety, lockout/tagout, and housekeeping requirements.
Requirements
Required technical experience
Candidates must have practical experience across the complete thermoforming/FFS water cup process:
Film feeding, tracking, tensioning, and alignment
Heating-zone inspection and adjustment
Thermoforming stations, molds, vacuum, and cooling
Filling systems, pumps, valves, nozzles, and volume adjustment
Lid-film feeding, tracking, and tension control
Heat-sealing temperature, pressure, timing, and alignment
Cutting, punching, and cup-discharge mechanisms
Pneumatic cylinders, solenoid valves, regulators, and air systems
Bearings, chains, sprockets, timing belts, shafts, and gearboxes
Linear guides, conveyors, lubrication systems, and mechanical alignment
Candidates must be able to troubleshoot:
Poor or incomplete cup forming
Film tracking and alignment problems
Water leakage and inaccurate filling volume
Weak, incomplete, or uneven sealing
Cutting and punching defects
Mechanical timing and synchronization problems
Abnormal vibration, noise, and overheating
Repeated stoppages and intermittent machine faults
Experience with Thermonox, Beta-Pak, or technically similar high-speed machines is strongly preferred.
Required qualifications
Technical diploma or equivalent qualification in mechanical maintenance, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, or a related field.
Minimum 5–7 years of direct experience on thermoforming/FFS cup production machines.
Ability to lead maintenance work during shifts and breakdowns.
Strong practical knowledge of precision fitting, alignment, and adjustment.
Ability to interpret machine manuals, drawings, and spare-parts diagrams.
Basic ability to prepare maintenance records and technical reports.
Ability to train and guide junior technicians.
Willingness to work shifts and respond to urgent breakdowns.
Critical selection requirement
Applicants must have direct experience maintaining machines that form, fill, and seal plastic water cups. Experience limited to bottled-water lines, RO systems, vehicles, buildings, utilities, or general factory maintenance does not meet the position’s core requirement.