Maintenance Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Aerotek is seeking a Multicraft Maintenance Technician:

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Multicraft Maintenance Technician to support our fence manufacturing facility. The role involves making mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic repairs, leading maintenance tasks by responding to breakdowns, performing preventive maintenance, and assisting with maintenance projects such as the installation of new equipment, ordering parts, and maintaining tool inventory.

Responsibilities

• Attend to breakdown maintenance as necessary for all machines.
• Perform maintenance tasks as per the preventive maintenance schedule for all machines and maintain logs.
• Replace components such as solenoid valves, switches, and cylinders in pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Diagnose faults in PLCs, servo drives, sensors, and limit switches for electrical troubleshooting.
• Maintain resistance welding electrodes, transformers, and chilling units in welding systems.
• Service, align, and replace wire cutters, dies, and feed rollers in tool & die maintenance.
• Replace worn components like drive chains, sprockets, bearings, and rollers.
• Repair parts as needed, identify and work with sub-vendors.
• Identify spares and consumables that need to be ordered, services needed.
• Assist in installation and commissioning of new machinery.
• Collaborate with subcontractors on shop maintenance and improvement projects.
• Ensure compliance with safety programs on machines and shop floor.

Essential Skills

• 5+ years of maintenance experience in mechanical and electrical fields.
• Strong blueprint reading skills with electrical schematics.
• Experience with electrical and mechanical repairs.
• Understanding of resistance welding variables (current, time, pressure).
• Skills in troubleshooting, hydraulics, pneumatics, preventive maintenance, repair, PLC troubleshooting, mechanical aptitude, maintenance repairs, and facilities maintenance.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience working in wire tech or steel manufacturing plants.
• Experience working with vendors to order parts or outsource maintenance not performed in-house.

Why Work Here?

This role provides an excellent opportunity to gain new skills and take on significant responsibility as the only maintenance technician on staff. There is potential for growth into a leadership role for candidates who excel in their duties.

Work Environment

The position is based in a loud, dusty industrial manufacturing plant with heavy machinery. The role involves working day shifts of 10-12 hours from Monday to Friday, with some weekends required. Flexibility is needed for responding to breakdowns or scheduled shutdowns for maintenance, with the typical start time around 6 AM. On-call availability for emergency repairs is required.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Houston, TX.

The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $36.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

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)

This is a fully onsite position in Houston,TX.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 12, 2026.

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

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.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.