Job Title: Maintenance Technician (5th Shift)
Location: Lincoln, NH 03251
Pay rate: $28.97 - $60.82/hr
Work schedule: Full-Time | 5th Shift | 6:00 PM - 6:00 AM, Sunday, Friday, and Saturday.
Shift Details: 36 hours per week.
The Maintenance Technician repairs and maintains industrial building systems, specialized plant machinery, and mechanical equipment—including automated conveyor systems, pneumatic tools, engines, motors, and production machines. This role diagnoses operational issues through active equipment monitoring, dismantles machinery to replace defective components, and executes routine preventative maintenance workflows. Operating within a heavy manufacturing facility, the technician ensures equipment reliability and safely supports minor electrical or plumbing tasks under established guidelines.
Key Responsibilities
Mechanical Diagnostics: Observe mechanical devices in operation and listen to specialized auditory cues to accurately locate and isolate the root causes of machinery trouble.
Teardown & Component Repair: Dismantle industrial devices to gain internal access to machinery and remove defective or worn parts. Examine the physical form and texture of components to detect imperfections.
Precision Inspections: Inspect used or failing components to determine changes in dimensional specifications and fit requirements. Repair or replace defective parts, and install customized functional or structural elements into machines.
Testing & Calibration: Adjust functional parts of machinery, perform thorough lubrication and deep cleaning of assemblies, and start up devices to systematically test their operational performance.
Fabrication & Tool Usage: Utilizing standard welding equipment, machine shop tools, and hand tools, execute mechanical repairs on production machinery throughout the entire facility.
General Facility Maintenance: Perform comprehensive facility support work, including routine plumbing, basic electrical carpentry, interior painting, and planned preventative maintenance (PM) schedules.
Electrical Support: Troubleshooting and repair of minor electrical problems, completed safely under the direct guidance and supervision of the plant electrician.
Logistics & Inventory: Monitor component wear and initiate official material order requests for replacement parts, assemblies, and machinery tools.
Must Have Skills / Requirements
Mechanical Aptitude: Strong mechanical reasoning and demonstrated troubleshooting abilities on complex industrial machinery.
Electrical & Plumbing Literacy: Solid foundational understanding of commercial building electrical systems and facility plumbing mechanics.
Interpersonal Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively document repair data and collaborate with engineering or plant stakeholders.
Location & Commute: Candidates must ideally reside within target regional commuting zip codes (including 03262, 03293, 03285, 03279, 03215, 03259, 03227, 03223, 03264, 03243, 03245, 03217, 03226, 03241, 03222, 03256, 03253, 03246, 03249, 03269, 03231, 03235, 03276, 03220, 03224, 03303, 03278, 03307).
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)
Direct, practical plumbing and pipefitting experience working with PVC, CPVC, and black steel piping systems.
Physical Demands
Physical capacity to exert force and push equipment up to 75 pounds.
Continuous full body mobility, including the ability to bend, kneel, crouch, and safely climb facility ladders or staging as required during machinery overhauls.
Education & Experience
Experience: 2+ years of professional industrial maintenance, facility mechanical repair, or automated machinery troubleshooting experience preferred.
Education: High School Diploma or equivalent technical school certification.
Term: Right-to-Hire (Contract-to-Hire Assignment) | 1 Position Open