Full- Time Maintenance Technician - Weekend Shift

We are seeking a Maintenance Technician to oversee the critical repair, preventative maintenance, and optimization of our facility’s automated sorting and conveyor systems. You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability of hardware, auto-baggers, and material handling equipment while troubleshooting electrical controls.

Work Environment:

At Duluth Trading Company, we value face-to-face interactions that foster our culture of learning, creativity, and teamwork. The role is based onsite at our Adairsville facility near Atlanta, GA. 

Shift: Friday - Sunday 6:00AM - 6:30PM 

What You’ll Do: 

• Provide repair and preventative maintenance services for the following but not limited to: Sorter, cameras, hardware, auto baggers, Conveyor systems, balers, and associated controls
  
• Facility related maintenance activities including, but not limited to general lighting, facility inspections and audits, air compressor systems, and emergency or temporary overhead door repairs
  
• Repairs to carts, stands, lifts and material handling equipment used in the daily sorting and transporting of products within the facility. This does not include major repairs or preventative maintenance to powered forklifts
  
• Assist with controls support and troubleshooting. Identify Electrical issues. (Replace standard components – Ex: Photo eyes, MDR’s, Proxes, Encoders, plc’s, emergency stops, conveyor belts)
  
• Complete preventive maintenance schedule
  
• Maintain spare parts list and inventory
  
• Maintain material handling system on site once system is installed
  
• Assist in controls debug
  
• Timely completion of all reports and logs to include time reports and travel expenses
  
• Maintain consistent positive and enthusiastic attitude
  
• Timely communication of all concerns and issues with the Facilities Manager
  
• Pursue professional training and certifications
  
• Able to mentor other maintenance staff
  
• Motivate and inspire the Duluth and subcontractor team. Help our subcontractors to be successful and hold them to our standards
  
• Deliver projects on time, under budget, and with high quality
  
• Improve the process with written templates, spreadsheet tools, outstanding lessons learned, etc.
  
• Any and all job duties as assigned.
  

What We’re Looking For:

• High School diploma
• 3+ years of experience
• Skilled in mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and PLC troubleshooting and repair
  
• Energetic, ambitious, and hard working
  
• Maintain a Positive, can-do attitude
  
• Computer literate, experience with MS Office products
  
• Previous, electrical, conveying, automation, and distribution center experience desired
  
• A solid understanding of application of contemporary industrial control systems a plus
  
• Good verbal and written communication skills
  
• Extremely well organized and great foresight and planning abilities
  
• Experience in high-speed distribution centers a plus
  
• Demonstrated skills in customer service
  
• Material Handling, or Packaging background required
  
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship

Environmental Factors:

• Standing or walking for up to eight hours a day
• The average weight of lifting is 25 lbs., Frequently lifting 40 lbs., and occasionally lifting to 70 lbs with a partner
• Adjusting or moving objects over 20 lbs. in all directions
• Frequently reaching, twisting, and bending in multiple directions
• Ability to perform work in tight quarter workstations
• Moderate warehouse noise level
• Push/pull a picking cart and/or pallet of up to five hundred pounds
• Continuous arm, hand, and wrist movement (i.e.: folding garments)
• Work in temperatures ranging from 50 – 95 degrees
• The ability to walk long distances
• The ability to climb flights of stairs throughout the day
• The ability to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to do physical work: lift, climb, reach, carry heavy objects
• The ability to remain in a stationary position, often sanding for prolonged periods of times
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one work area to another

Position Benefits and Perks

Our pursuit of a better way isn't just about our products—it's about our people too.  That's why our Dam Good Crew enjoys a comprehensive benefits package, designed to support their well-being and success.

• Multiple Medical plan options 

• Dental & Vision plans 

• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts 

• Health Savings Account including company contributions  

• Company paid Life Insurance and AD&D

• Company paid Short-Term Disability

• Other various voluntary benefits including: Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Long-Term Disability and Supplemental Life Insurance

• 401(k) Employer Match

• Parental Leave

• Paid holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

• Generous Paid Time Off plan

• Daily pay available  

• 40% Employee Discount 

Position Compensation Outline 

Compensation Range: $24 - $26/hour

Compensation listed is for the full-time position at this specific location and is based on several factors, including experience, and qualifications. Benefits and perks may have eligibility requirements and are subject to change.

The responsibilities outlined in this position description are a guideline for the general duties of the position and are not exhaustive of all duties inherent in the job. Duluth Trading Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Started in 1989, Duluth Trading Company exists to enable hard-working individuals to take on life with their own two hands. Folks that revel in doing it the hard way and celebrate finding a better way. We seek talented individuals who share these beliefs and are excited to further the Duluth Trading legacy with a digital-first mindset, always moving forward and always innovating.

From ingenious Duluth workwear, to comfortably capable Buck Naked Underwear, to outside-embracing AKHG, it’s all about the innovative gear and gadgets that equip customers for a more hands-on way of life.

Top-notch quality, immersive storytelling, outstanding customer service, and the shared belief that the go-all-in-and-dig-deep spirit exists with everyone are what sets Duluth Trading Co. apart. We seek talented folks looking to be part of a can-do team that’s hellbent on helping the world to gear up, get its hands dirty, and do.