Job Description

Position Overview

The Industrial Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing manufacturing equipment to ensure safe, efficient, and continuous production. This role supports production uptime by performing preventive maintenance, responding to breakdowns, and improving equipment reliability in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial equipment including conveyors, motors, pumps, gearboxes, hydraulics, and pneumatics

• Perform preventive and predictive maintenance on production machinery and facility systems

• Diagnose electrical issues (120/240/480V), sensors, VFDs, and basic PLC inputs/outputs

• Read and interpret schematics, blueprints, wiring diagrams, and manuals

• Support equipment installations, upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives

• Respond quickly to equipment breakdowns to minimize downtime

• Perform mechanical repairs such as bearings, belts, chains, seals, and alignment

• Maintain accurate maintenance logs and work orders (CMMS experience preferred)

• Follow all safety, lockout/tagout, and OSHA guidelines

• Collaborate with production, engineering, and leadership teams

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of industrial or manufacturing maintenance experience

• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills

• Experience with hydraulics and pneumatics

• Ability to read electrical and mechanical schematics

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, production environment

• Willingness to work overtime, weekends, or rotating shifts as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical degree, trade school, or military maintenance background

• PLC troubleshooting experience (Allen-Bradley, Siemens, etc.)

• Experience with VFDs and servo motors

• Welding or fabrication experience (MIG/TIG)

• CMMS experience

• Forklift or lift certification

Work Environment

• Manufacturing / industrial facility

• Exposure to moving machinery, noise, heat, and industrial materials

• Requires standing, walking, bending, lifting up to 50 lbs

You should be proficient in:

• Mechanical Troubleshooting Skills
• Electrical Troubleshooting
• Pneumatics Troubleshooting
• Maintenance and Repair Skills
• Industrial Electrical Experience