Maintenance Technician

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a Maintenance Technician to ensure the availability and reliability of machinery and auxiliary services, maintaining production in a demanding industrial environment. Key Highlights: 1. Maintain production operation safely, with quality and hygiene. 2. Close collaboration with Production and the Maintenance team. 3. Team culture, flexibility, and continuous improvement. **Dulmatesa is a family-owned industrial bakery and pastry group with nearly a century of history.** Founded in 1920 in Puente Genil as a small workshop; in 1950 we opened our first factory, and with the second generation, we modernized processes and brought Andalusian flavors across Spain. In 2015, the third generation drove the creation of the Dulmatesa Group, and in 2020 we incorporated the Navarrés (Valencia) plant. Today we operate with central offices in Málaga and two production centers — Puente Genil and Navarrés — supplying large-scale retail with end-to-end solutions, from raw materials to ready-to-enjoy products. We are a high-performance industrial company: **over 400 professionals**, coordinated shifts, stringent standards, and strategic customers who trust our ability to meet deadlines, quality, and food safety requirements. Our growth — **€100M turnover in 2024** — is sustained by a culture that combines craftsmanship and professionalization. We believe the best production system is built by people. Therefore, we nurture talent through clear and practical performance evaluations, personalized development paths, and hands-on leadership on the shop floor. Our values — **Quality, Efficiency, and Commitment; Teamwork, Flexibility, Leadership, and Exemplary Conduct; Nonconformity and Customer Orientation** — guide every decision: we optimize resources, improve each process, and place the customer at the center — without losing the human touch that defines us. **Dulmatesa: growing with values, leading with commitment… and producing industrial pastries daily that reach millions of homes, with quality and scale.** **Maintenance Technician** =========================== **Key Responsibilities:** ---------------------- We seek to hire a Maintenance Technician to ensure the availability and reliability of process machinery and plant auxiliary services. Your objective will be to maintain production operation safely, with quality and hygiene, in a demanding industrial environment focused on operational excellence. * You will execute assigned work orders and maintenance procedures, accurately recording interventions and reporting incidents to the Maintenance Manager. * You will perform preventive and corrective maintenance on industrial process equipment and auxiliary systems (e.g., air compressors, refrigeration units, diesel generators, fire protection systems), responding rapidly to contingencies that may affect personnel, facilities, or production continuity. * You will ensure effective information transfer during shift changes, guaranteeing continuity of both production and maintenance planning. * You will ensure compliance with Occupational Health & Safety (OHS), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)/Hygiene, Quality, and Food Safety standards, including Prerequisite Programs (PRPs) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), as well as waste management within the maintenance area. * You will coordinate external contractors’ activities and, when required, supervise specialist technicians on shift to ensure adherence to technical standards and proper documentation. Who you’ll work with: You will collaborate closely with Production (mixing, baking, laminating, packaging), Shift Supervisors, Line Operators, the Maintenance team, and your direct manager. Coordination and communication are essential to meeting deadlines and standards. How we work: Up-to-date documentation (records, manuals, schematics, programs), workplace order and cleanliness, and a focus on doing things right the first time. Team culture, flexibility, and shop-floor leadership — driven by efficiency, commitment, and nonconformity (continuous improvement). We place internal customers and strategic clients at the center. What will make you successful: Individuals oriented toward internal customers, adaptable in a rotating-shift and dynamic environment, with strong teamwork skills, commitment to continuous improvement, and dedication to safety and quality. (Competencies outlined in our Personnel Development Plan and Values Guide.) **Profile:** ----------- ESSENTIAL * **Minimum one year of proven professional experience in similar roles.** * Formal education relevant to the position. * Availability to work rotating shifts. * **Residence near the workplace.** DESIRABLE * Proven experience in the food industry. * More than three years of proven experience in similar roles. **What we offer:** --------------------- Permanent contract: we invest in long-term employment relationships. *Full-time schedule with rotating shifts.* *(See shift system details below)*\* **Compensation**: fixed salary \+ variable pay \+ allowances (night work, holidays, Saturday, Sunday). (Between €21.5K and €28K) *At Dulmatesa, we guarantee respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory selection processes — free from discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. We respect everyone’s privacy and foster a safe and diverse workplace.*