Job Description

Overview

Apogee Architectural Metals is seeking an experienced Production Maintenance Technician II to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of manufacturing equipment. The role involves preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and mentoring within the maintenance team.

Responsibilities

  • Put safety first by following all required procedures.
  • Troubleshoot and repair complex mechanical and production equipment.
  • Perform preventive maintenance to improve equipment reliability and performance.
  • Diagnose issues involving mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical systems.
  • Repair or replace defective components, parts, and systems.
  • Use welding machines, machining equipment, multimeters, power tools, and other maintenance equipment.
  • Operate medium- to heavy-duty equipment, including personnel and material lifts.
  • Read and interpret technical manuals, blueprints, schematics, and equipment documentation.
  • Assist with equipment modifications, installations, and relocations.
  • Document repairs, modifications, and preventive maintenance activities.
  • Partner with production, engineering, contractors, and other maintenance team members to resolve equipment issues.
  • Work independently while effectively managing time, resources, and priorities.
  • Mentor Maintenance Technician I employees and help develop their trade skills.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Technical or vocational training in industrial maintenance.
  • 10+ years of maintenance mechanic experience, preferably at the journeyman level.
  • Strong experience troubleshooting complex manufacturing equipment.
  • Hands-on experience with pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, and mechanical systems.
  • Experience using common hand and power tools.
  • Experience with fabrication equipment and methods, including saws, lathes, mills, and welders.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting ability.
  • Proficiency reading blueprints, schematics, and technical manuals.
  • Ability to diagnose and repair complex machinery.
  • Ability to coordinate contractors, supplies, equipment, and other resources for project execution.
  • Ability to train and mentor others in maintenance skills and equipment operation.
  • Basic computer proficiency, including data entry and maintenance documentation.
  • Strong communication, teamwork, dependability, and critical-thinking skills.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This position works in an active manufacturing environment.
  • Employees may be exposed to machinery, varying temperatures, production dust, and elevated noise levels.
  • Manufacturing operations may require overtime and weekend work based on production needs.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Wausau, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $26/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin, whose middle half runs $22–$28/hr across 74 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 55% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Wausau, WI

Wausau, WI currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 122 other active welding openings from 83 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Wausau, or widen the search to Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Staff on Site (9), QPS Employment Group (7), and Welding Shop in Milwaukee, WI (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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