Maintenance Technician

Location: 3109 Plant Water Road, Knoxville, TN 37914

Shift: Nights 1 – Monday–Thursdays, 6:00 PM – 6:00 AM

As a Maintenance Technician II, you will install, modify, troubleshoot, repair, and overhaul complex manufacturing and support equipment. This hands-on role requires advanced technical skills, minimal supervision, and the ability to train, advise, and occasionally direct other technicians. Your work ensures that equipment is maintained to meet operational, safety, and regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose, plan, and execute repairs, modifications, and overhauls on complex manufacturing and support equipment.

• Troubleshoot advanced control systems, servo drives, motors, HMIs, and PLCs on high-speed packaging lines.

• Perform preventive maintenance and proactively monitor equipment condition.

• Collaborate with technicians, production teams, engineering, and management to plan and communicate maintenance activities.

• Coordinate with equipment and service vendors for technical support.

• Maintain safe, clean, and organized work areas, following all company and regulatory safety standards.

• Support other technicians as needed and assist with special projects.

• Identify opportunities for process and maintenance improvements, driving recommendations to implementation.

• Starting pay: $34.09 per hour. Pay increases to $35.92 per hour in the quarter following the 6-month anniversary

Benefits (Effective Day One, Where Applicable):

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• Disability Coverage

• Paid Time Off (including vacation and sick leave)

• 401(k) with company match

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Mileage Reimbursement

Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and applicable collective bargaining agreements.

• Industrial Maintenance degree or certificate preferred.

• Minimum 3 years of manufacturing maintenance experience.

• Advanced mechanical and electrical skills required; PLC troubleshooting and robotics experience preferred.

• Ability to read and interpret complex schematics, prints, flowcharts, and block diagrams.

• Skilled in using precision testing and diagnostic equipment.

• Experience with email, job databases, spreadsheets, and CMMS (e.g., SAP).

• Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) experience a plus.

• Packaging and high-speed automation experience preferred.

• Yellow/Green Belt certification preferred.

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with a portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partners brands and powerful distribution capabilities to provide a beverage for every need, anytime, anywhere. We operate with a differentiated business model and world-class brand portfolio, powered by a talented and engaged team that is anchored in our values. We work with big, exciting beverage brands and the #1 single-serve coffee brewing system in North America at KDP, and we have fun doing it!

Together, we have built a leading beverage company in North America offering hot and cold beverages together at scale. Whatever your area of expertise, at KDP you can be a part of a team that’s proud of its brands, partnerships, innovation, and growth. Will you join us?

We strive to be an employer of choice, providing a culture and opportunities that empower our team of ~29,000 employees to grow and develop. We offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development, while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work.

Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.