Maintenance Technician

Location

Clackamas, OR

Wage

$36.97/hr

Employment Type

Temporary

Required Skills & Certifications

TIG WeldingSteelStainless Steel
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Posted on November 10, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Technician will support a dairy manufacturing facility by maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing complex mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and automated production equipment. The role emphasizes preventive maintenance and equipment reliability to minimize production downtime.

Responsibilities

  • Observe all company safety policies and procedures.
  • Perform changeover, repair, and troubleshoot all plant production equipment.
  • Identify complex problems with mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, and hydraulic issues.
  • Complete preventative maintenance based on schedules.
  • Perform routine maintenance on equipment and determine maintenance needs.
  • Respond to maintenance requests in a timely manner and complete maintenance reports.
  • Maintain plant equipment to ensure maximum efficiency.
  • Work with vendors and contractors as required.
  • Order spare parts or services as needed.
  • Implement operational improvements to reduce spoilage and downtime.
  • Train others to operate equipment safely and efficiently.
  • Maintain organization of spare parts.
  • Continuously monitor and inspect production equipment.
  • Diagnose mechanical and electrical problems and determine corrections.
  • Dismantle and reassemble machines to replace necessary parts.
  • Rebuild and fabricate equipment as needed.
  • Perform welding of mild and stainless steel.
  • Complete work orders and maintain logs and records.
  • Investigate electrical and instrument equipment failures and develop action plans.
  • Locate sources of problems by observing mechanical devices in operation.
  • Provide mechanical maintenance information by answering questions and requests.

Requirements

  • High School Degree or equivalent.
  • 5+ years in a manufacturing/production environment.
  • Experience with mechanical and/or electrical repair required.
  • Knowledge of fabrication, machine shop tools, hydraulics, and/or pneumatics.
  • Ability to read and follow schematics, electrical diagrams, and blueprints.
  • LME (Limited Maintenance Electrical) License preferred.
  • OSHA 10/CPR certification is a plus.
  • Prior experience operating pallet jacks or forklifts.
  • Previous forklift certification preferred.

Additional Information

  • 3rd shift, Nights: 10pm to 6:30 am, 5 days a week.
  • Must be open to working at least one weekend day and overtime.
  • Candidate must join onsite union once converted to full time.
  • Work location: Clackamas, OR 97015, in person.

How this job compares in Clackamas, OR

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting sits about 27% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Oregon — toward the top of a $28–$33/hr middle band drawn from 44 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 91% 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 Clackamas, OR

Clackamas, OR is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 72 other active welding openings from 48 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Oregon.

The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Portland, OR (11), AAON (3), and Peninsula Iron Works (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for TIG. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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