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Overview

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for safely completing maintenance work orders, PMs, and other tasks as required, with a focus on building, repairing, and maintaining all equipment to proper operating condition as quickly and accurately as possible. A leading manufacturer is seeking a qualified Maintenance Technician to join their 2nd or 3rd Shift team in Manitowoc, WI.

Responsibilities

  • Follows all applicable Safety, Health and Environmental rules and guidelines while performing all job duties.
  • Proficiently performs mechanical, electrical, and electronics diagnostics using a variety of indicators, gauges, and test equipment.
  • Repairs mechanical and electronic production equipment by adjusting, repairing, or replacing defective components.
  • Sets up and operates shop machinery and hand tools such as drill press, grinders, band saws, cutting torch, and welder.
  • Troubleshoots and repairs hydraulic and pneumatic equipment as needed.
  • Operates forklift and aerial platform lift as needed to perform maintenance tasks.
  • Troubleshoots and programs VFDs and PLCs.
  • Knowledgeable of steam systems and boiler operations to adjust valving and equipment safely.
  • Utilizes a computer for research on parts or repairs, looking up manuals for equipment, and operation of a CMMS for inventory and work order tracking.
  • Maintains a clean, safe work environment.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • 3 years of experience in industrial electrical and mechanical maintenance.
  • Experience interpreting electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics and blueprints for planning and troubleshooting.
  • Understanding or experience troubleshooting and programming VFDs and PLCs (preferred).
  • Understanding or experience troubleshooting and programming PLCs (preferred).
  • Journeyman card, certificate, degree, or equivalent (preferred).

Additional Information

  • Candidate can be on 2nd or 3rd Shift.
  • 2nd Shift: 2:45pm-11pm.
  • 3rd Shift: 10:45pm-7am.
  • Resume must back up their listed experience.
  • Must be able to pass drug and background checks.
  • No drug or violent offenders.
  • Must be US Citizen or PERM resident.
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How this job compares in Manitowoc, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting sits about 27% above the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin — toward the top of a $22–$30/hr middle band drawn from 115 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 90% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Manitowoc, WI

Manitowoc, WI is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 171 other active welding openings from 117 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (10), JARP Industries Inc (9), and SEEK Careers/Staffing (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Wisconsin, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Oshkosh at $30/hr, Waukesha at $26/hr, and Hartford at $26/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.