
Maint Gen MG05U, 2nd Shift Forest R0491861
TYSON SALES AND DISTRIBUTION, INC.
Forest, MSJobSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The Maintenance Generalist troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains production equipment, machinery, and facility systems to support plant operations. The role focuses on minimizing downtime, equipment reliability, food safety, and workplace safety. It includes preventive and corrective maintenance, system troubleshooting, equipment repairs, and support for installations and emergency breakdowns. Applicants must have one year of maintenance experience within the immediate past two years.
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Job Details: The Maintenance Generalist is responsible for troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining production equipment, machinery, and facility systems to support efficient plant operations. This position plays a critical role in minimizing downtime, ensuring food safety, maintaining equipment reliability, and promoting a safe work environment while adhering to Tyson Foods policies and procedures. Responsibilities are based on existing Tyson maintenance job descriptions and Forest facility references. Essential Functions - Maintain and promote Tyson's safety culture. - Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on plant equipment and machinery. - Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and plumbing systems. - Repair and replace motors, pumps, bearings, shafts, conveyors, augers, couplings, steam and water lines. - Perform welding, cutting, fabrication, and minor electrical repairs. - Read and interpret equipment manuals, drawings, and schematics. - Monitor equipment performance and identify opportunities for improvement. - Assist with equipment installations, upgrades, and modifications. - Maintain accurate maintenance records and complete required documentation. - Operate hand tools, power tools, lifts, forklifts, and other maintenance equipment as trained and certified. - Support emergency repairs and respond to equipment breakdowns to minimize production interruptions. - Perform additional duties as assigned by maintenance leadership. *Must have 1 year maintenance experience within the immediate past 2 years. Rehiring Criteria: Applicant must not have worked for Tyson more than a total of 3 times prior. Applicants must also have completed at least 180 days since their last employment with Tyson. Relocation Assistance Eligible: No Work Shift: 2ND SHIFT (United States of America) Certain roles at Tyson require background checks. If you are offered a position that requires a background check you will be provided additional documentation to complete once an offer has been extended. Hourly Applicants ONLY -You must complete the task after submitting your application to provide additional information to be considered for employment. The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation. Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status. We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more. If you would like to learn more about your data privacy rights and how you may use that information, please read our Job Applicant Privacy Notice here . Unsolicited Assistance: Tyson Foods and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited support from external recruitment vendors for open positions within the United States. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee or applicant tracking system at Tyson Foods or its subsidiaries, without a valid written request and search agreement approved by HR, will be considered the property of Tyson Foods. No fees will be paid if the candidate is hired due to an unsolicited referral.
How this job compares
Set against the 6,597 open Maintenance Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$57–81K/yr304 salary ranges
- Mississippi median$26–34/hr26 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 93 open Maintenance Technician jobs in Mississippi and 6,597 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Mississippi
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Maintenance Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 3,770 postings).
- Education
- 25 of the 6,597 open Maintenance Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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