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Overview

Manitowoc Tool and Machining is seeking a skilled Maintenance Technician to support a high-precision CNC manufacturing operation on 1st shift. This position is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and improving CNC machines, production equipment, facility systems, and related support equipment to maximize uptime, reliability, and manufacturing quality.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on high-precision CNC mills, lathes, grinders, and related equipment.
  • Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, lubrication, and control-system issues.
  • Diagnose machine faults using electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, manuals, and diagnostic tools.
  • Maintain and troubleshoot CNC equipment, including servo drives, motors, encoders, sensors, coolant systems, pumps, and lubrication systems.
  • Support machine installation, setup, relocation, leveling, alignment, and commissioning.
  • Perform precision equipment checks and adjustments to help maintain machine accuracy and repeatability.
  • Respond quickly to equipment breakdowns and minimize production downtime.
  • Establish and maintain preventive-maintenance schedules and accurately document completed work.
  • Identify recurring equipment problems and recommend corrective or reliability improvements.
  • Work closely with CNC operators, manufacturing engineers, quality personnel, and management to resolve equipment-related issues.
  • Maintain spare parts, tools, maintenance records, and equipment documentation.
  • Assist with facility maintenance, including compressed air, electrical systems, HVAC, water/coolant systems, and other plant infrastructure as needed.
  • Follow all company safety, quality, environmental, and housekeeping procedures.
  • Support continuous-improvement activities focused on machine reliability, uptime, safety, and process stability.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of industrial maintenance experience, preferably in a precision CNC or metalworking environment.
  • Experience working with CNC machine tools and industrial automation.
  • Ability to read electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and equipment manuals.
  • Working knowledge of hydraulic, pneumatic, lubrication, and coolant systems.
  • Experience with motors, sensors, switches, relays, contactors, VFDs, servo systems, and basic PLC troubleshooting.
  • Strong problem-solving and diagnostic abilities.
  • Ability to use common maintenance tools and electrical test equipment.
  • Ability to work independently and respond effectively to urgent equipment issues.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining equipment accuracy and reliability.
  • Experience maintaining CNC equipment from manufacturers such as Mazak, Okuma, Mori Seiki/DMG MORI, Haas, or similar.
  • CNC control troubleshooting experience.
  • PLC troubleshooting experience, particularly Siemens, Fanuc, or Mitsubishi systems.
  • Experience with precision measurement, machine alignment, and geometric accuracy.
  • Welding, fabrication, machining, or millwright experience.
  • Electrical or industrial maintenance certification.
  • Technical degree, diploma, or equivalent hands-on experience.

Benefits

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

Additional Info

  • Work Location: In person
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Pay: From $30.00 per hour

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
Vision
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How this job compares in Manitowoc, WI

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting sits about 20% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Wisconsin — toward the top of a $22–$30/hr middle band drawn from 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 77% 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 currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Wisconsin as a whole we're tracking 167 other active welding openings from 113 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Manitowoc, or widen the search to Wisconsin.

The most active employers in Wisconsin at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are QPS Employment Group (17), API Heat Transfer (4), and Kewaunee Fabrications (4). 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 Marinette at $32/hr and Neenah at $23/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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