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Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Job Description

As a Maintenance Technician, you will work independently and collaboratively with plant personnel to perform preventative, predictive, and routine maintenance tasks. You will troubleshoot and repair production equipment failures, assist in the installation of new equipment, and support techs and engineers to ensure maximum equipment efficiency and effectiveness. You will actively seek input from equipment users, process techs, and engineers to ensure existing equipment operates with no downtime and high efficiency. Additionally, you will proactively identify systemic problems and recommend cost-saving repairs to the maintenance team. In collaboration with engineering and process techs, you will assist in implementing large-scale projects, including designing basic components and programming electronic controls such as PLCs.

Responsibilities

+ Repair and maintain machinery and equipment such as stamping presses, take-ups, decoilers, and straighteners.

+ Repair or replace control devices such as switches, photo eyes, proximity sensors, pushbuttons, contactors, etc., as required.

+ Perform preventative, predictive, and emergency work order repairs, inspections, and adjustments.

+ Work closely with engineering and process techs to assist in implementing large-scale projects.

+ Design and fabricate basic components and program electronic controls including PLCs.

+ Communicate and recommend repairs to the maintenance team.

Essential Skills

+ Electrical and controls expertise.

+ Experience in pneumatics, repair, troubleshooting, mechanical tasks, and preventive maintenance.

+ Knowledge of plumbing and service.

+ Proficiency in reading schematics and PLC troubleshooting.

+ Ability to perform PLC control tasks.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ Minimum: 2-year degree in a technical field and 2 years of industrial maintenance experience, or 4+ years of industrial maintenance.

+ 1+ year of experience with AC/DC principles.

+ 1+ year using precision measuring equipment such as torque wrenches, micrometers, and calipers.

+ Ability to use a multi-meter for electrical troubleshooting.

+ Candidates from Schneider Electric with cross-training like Molex are a good fit.

Why Work Here?

Enjoy working in an extremely clean environment with innovative technology. With many retirements coming up, there is ample opportunity for career growth and longevity. Many employees choose to stay here long-term due to the positive work culture.

Work Environment

Work in an extremely clean, bright, heated, and air-conditioned environment with humidity control. The facility is comfortable, especially as you work with plastics and electronics. The large equipment provides ample space to perform tasks safely. Team size comprises 40 members across shifts, with openings on the 2nd shift (2:00pm-10:30pm) and the 3rd shift (10:30pm-7am). There is flexibility for shift timing. Dress code requires steel-toe boots, jeans, a plain t-shirt, hearing protection, and safety glasses.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lincoln, Nebraska.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $32.00 - $34.25/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Lincoln,NE.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 11, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.