Kelly Services logo

Maintenance Technician

Kelly Services
  • Phillipsburg, NJ
  • $27–$36 Per Hour
3 days ago
Kelly Services

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description
Senior Maintenance Technician | Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Full-time | Direct Hire

Shift: 12:30 PM – 10:30 PM | Four 10-hour shifts each week (closed Sundays)

Targeted pay rate: $27–36/hr depending on qualifications WITH amazing employee benefits (see below)
 
Kelly Engineering is seeking a skilled Senior Maintenance Technician to join our client's team. In this role, you'll support advanced robotics and automation systems by performing preventive and predictive maintenance, troubleshooting equipment issues, and helping maximize system uptime.

Responsibilities
  • Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on robots, automated systems, conveyors, and industrial equipment.
  • Work independently and collaboratively with the maintenance team.
  • Assist with the installation, commissioning, and deployment of new equipment and systems.
  • Respond quickly to equipment failures and emergency situations, escalating issues as needed.
  • Submit daily and weekly maintenance reports and coordinate closely with site team leaders to prioritize work.
  • Build strong relationships with on-site client leadership.
  • Demonstrate a proactive, customer-focused approach to maintenance and support.

What You’ll Need:
  • 3–5 years of industrial maintenance experience.
  • Strong electrical and mechanical troubleshooting skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office (especially Excel), Slack, CMMS, and SharePoint.
  • Experience using multimeters.
  • Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) experience.

Nice to Have Skills:
  • Exposure to robotics
  • Experience in warehouse, logistics, or material handling automation
  • Certifications: OSHA 30, NFPA 70E, or Scissor Lift

Physical Requirements:
  • Ability to safely use standard hand tools.
  • Occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Work at heights of up to 50 feet.
  • Operate aerial lifts with a manufacturer-rated capacity of 250 lbs., including approximately 30 lbs. of tools and equipment.
  • Frequently stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl to access equipment.
  • Perform overhead work requiring extended reaching and manual dexterity.

Benefits
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance (some plans available with no employee premium)
  • 401(k) with company match
  • 12 paid holidays
  • 20 days of paid vacation plus 5 paid sick days

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. Sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates requiring current or future visa sponsorship, including OPT or H-1B, are not eligible.
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly® Engineering?

Your engineering skills are in demand, but how do you find the right fit? Easy. At Kelly Engineering, our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world’s most critical challenges. We connect you with leading organizations where you can collaborate on innovative projects, work with cutting-edge technologies and accelerate your growth. Whether you prefer the variety and flexibility of short-term projects or are looking for a long-term opportunity, we’re here to guide you to the next step in your engineering career.


About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life-just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Kelly may use AI-powered tools during the recruitment and hiring process. For full details, including how Kelly uses AI, your rights, and how to request a reasonable accommodation, visit the Recruitment Artificial Intelligence Notice.

Numbers & Facts

LocationPhillipsburg, NJ
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Salary$27–$36 Per Hour
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Year Founded1946
Websitehttps://www.mykelly.com/

About Company

Finding great work for top talent. 

Kelly helps companies recruit and manage skilled workers and helps job seekers find great work in industries such as accounting and finance, education, engineering, government, manufacturing and production, technology, and more.

Since inventing the staffing industry in 1946, we’ve become experts in the many specialties and local and global markets we serve. With a network of suppliers and partners around the world, we connect 450,000+ people with work every year. We ensure companies have the people they need, when and where they’re needed most.

 

Skills

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Automation Systemsunmatched
  • Commissioningunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)unmatched
  • Conveyor Systemsunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Dental Insuranceunmatched
  • Electricityunmatched
  • Employee Benefitsunmatched
  • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
  • Federal Governmentunmatched
  • Hand Toolsunmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Leading Edge Technologyunmatched
  • Lift/Move 50 Poundsunmatched
  • Logisticsunmatched
  • Maintenance Servicesunmatched
  • Manual Dexterityunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Microsoft Officeunmatched
  • Microsoft SharePointunmatched
  • National Electrical Codeunmatched
  • OSHAunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Preventative Maintenanceunmatched
  • Roboticsunmatched
  • Slackunmatched
  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
  • Vision Planunmatched
  • Warehousingunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

Be found by employers

5,500+ employers search our resume database daily. Add yours to get found by recruiters looking for candidates like you.

Level up your application

Professional resume templates

Browse dozens of recruiter approved resume templates, layouts and formats. Choose your favorite and make it your own in minutes.

Free resume templates

Free resume builder

Improve your existing resume or start from scratch and create a standout, ATS-friendly resume. Add job-specific content, download and apply.

Free resume builder