We're hiringEngineering & Continuous Improvement
Mechanic Tech I
- $22 - $32 per hour
- Fort Worth, Texas
About the role
The Mechanic Tech I is responsible for repairing and installing production and packaging equipment; performing preventative maintenance; and diagnosing and fixing malfunctions. The role involves continuous problem-solving in challenging environments and requires frequent physical activity.
What you'll do
- Operate and adjust beverage production equipment to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality output.
- Follow standard operating procedures and work instructions, rotating through stations as needed to meet production goals.
- Monitor line performance, identify potential issues, and communicate promptly with maintenance or leadership to resolve them.
- Partner with maintenance, quality, and engineering teams to support continuous improvement and reliable operations.
- Stay adaptable - learn multiple lines and equipment to provide coverage where needed most.
- Maintain a strong focus on safety, cleanliness, and quality standards in every task.
- Demonstrate reliability, professionalism, and teamwork, with consistent attendance and engagement on shift.
What you'll bring
- A proven ability to learn quickly, adapt to new processes, and take on new technical skills with confidence.
- Comfort working with modern production technology and a curiosity to understand how equipment and systems operate.
- Strong communication skills in English, both verbal and written, with the ability to work effectively across teams and shifts.
- Flexibility with scheduling, including availability for different shifts, weekends, or overtime as production needs evolve.
- A team-first mindset - you collaborate openly, support your coworkers, and help maintain a positive, productive environment.
- A commitment to safety and quality, ensuring every product meets high standards and every task is completed with care.
- The ability to work efficiently and with precision, in a busy, hands-on manufacturing setting.
Essential physical capabilities
- Ability to perform hands-on, physically active work for extended periods - up to 12-hour shifts.
- Frequently and repetitively lift, push, or carry up to 35 lbs as part of daily operations.
- Able to stand, walk, and move continuously throughout long production shifts.
- Comfortable performing a range of movements such as bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, twisting, and climbing, sometimes in tight or elevated spaces.
- Capable of climbing and maintaining balance on ladders, platforms, or other elevated work areas when required.
- Able to detect process or safety issues through sight, touch, and hearing, and respond appropriately to signals or alarms.
- Skilled in handling tools and fasteners accurately and efficiently within expected production cycle times.
- Willing to work around common industrial materials and follow all safety and waste-handling procedures.
- Must be able to wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - including safety glasses, safety shoes, gloves, hearing protection, bump caps, or respirators - and adhere to all company safety standards.
Why join Very Good
- Work directly with industry-leading alcohol brands on innovation projects. Your friends will be impressed. We have fun doing cool stuff.
- Work with modern engineering and fabrication resources, including in-house sanitary welding, CNC machine, and 3D printing capabilities.
- Opportunity to grow with the company - we promote from within and actively encourage skill development and cross-training. Individual contributors and future managers both have promotion tracks.
- Competitive bonus structures that significantly increase base compensation. More drinks than you could ever imagine.
Fine print
This position works in and around an active production facility: moving machinery, forklift traffic, glass, and ethanol vapors, with noise and temperature variation. It requires standing, walking, kneeling, climbing ladders, and working in tight or awkward positions for extended periods, and occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds. This is a safety-sensitive position: lockout/tagout procedures apply, and PPE is required in designated areas. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Very Good Manufacturing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. This job description describes the general nature of the work performed and is not an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory completion of a background check and a post-offer drug screen in accordance with company policy. Employment with Very Good Manufacturing is at-will.
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