Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Technician II supports safe and reliable plant operations by maintaining and repairing production equipment and facility assets. This role involves performing routine preventative maintenance and troubleshooting mechanical or electrical issues with limited direction, contributing to food safety and equipment reliability.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventative, predictive, and reactive maintenance on production and facility equipment.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve mechanical and electrical issues to keep equipment running safely and efficiently.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, and basic precision tools to complete maintenance tasks.
  • Read and follow work instructions, schematics, manuals, and safety procedures.
  • Document completed work and equipment conditions using a computerized maintenance system.
  • Perform job duties in a fast paced, cold, or warm production setting with required PPE.
  • Support food safety, housekeeping, and safety standards across the facility.

Requirements

  • Must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
  • Must be 18 years or older.
  • Ability to read, write, and speak English.
  • One year of industrial or manufacturing maintenance experience or educational equivalent or certification in maintenance, mechanics, or related trade.
  • Willingness to learn and follow safety, food safety, and maintenance procedures.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Job Location: Columbus, NE
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Shift(s) Available: Rotating (5:00 PM - 5:30 AM)
  • Work overtime, weekends, and holidays as requested.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Columbus, NE

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting sits about 25% above the $24/hr median for welding jobs across Nebraska — toward the top of a $20–$27/hr middle band drawn from 30 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 Columbus, NE

Columbus, NE currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Nebraska as a whole we're tracking 46 other active welding openings from 35 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Columbus, or widen the search to Nebraska.

The most active employers in Nebraska at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valmont Industries, Inc. (5), REV Group, Inc (3), and CNH (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Similar openings near Columbus, NE

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