Maintenance Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Location: Buckner, KY

Position Type: Full-Time, Non-Exempt

Schedule: Monday – Friday, Day Shift

No on-call requirements | No nights or weekends | Opportunities for professional growth | ESOP (Employee Ownership) |

Make Your Mark at US Housing

Are you an experienced Maintenance Technician looking for more than just putting out fires every day? Do you want a role where your skills are valued, your ideas are heard, and you have the opportunity to make a real impact?

At US Housing Components, we offer a grounded, collaborative culture with big-company benefits and small-company agility. We are looking for a hands-on Maintenance Technician who can keep our operation running smoothly while helping us strengthen our maintenance processes for the future.

In this role, you’ll troubleshoot equipment issues, perform preventative maintenance, support production, improve reliability, and help build systems that keep our facility operating at its best. If you’re someone who takes pride in solving problems, improving processes, and being the person others can count on, we want to talk.

Why Join Us?

• True Work-Life Balance: Day shift, Monday through Friday.

• Ownership & ESOP: As an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, your hard work directly builds your financial future and equity in the business.

• Build & Lead: You aren't replacing an old routine- you’re setting the standard. You will transition our plant from reactive maintenance to a proactive PM strategy, with direct potential to grow into a supervisory or managerial role.

• Investment in You: As our company grows, you'll have opportunities to develop new skills, take on additional responsibilities, and continue advancing your career.

• Top-Tier Benefits: Exceptional health insurance coverage with low deductibles, gap insurance, and 401(k) eligibility starting at 60 days.

Key Responsibilities

• Preventive Maintenance (PM): Develop, execute, and track comprehensive PM schedules for production machinery, tools, and facility systems using basic Excel and maintenance tracking tools.

• Troubleshooting & Repairs: Rapidly diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and PLC-controlled equipment issues to minimize downtime.

• Safety Leadership: Act as the plant’s Safety Lead by conducting risk walks, leading incident reviews, and engineering out shop floor hazards.

• Inventory Management: Organize and maintain critical spare parts inventory to ensure replacement parts are always available when needed.

• Collaborative Support: Partner closely with long-term production team members to optimize equipment efficiency, improve floor workflow, and support production tasks as needed.

Qualifications & SkillsRequired:

• Experience: 5+ years of maintenance experience in manufacturing, industrial, wood products, construction, or related operational environments.

• Technical Skills: Strong mechanical aptitude with hands-on experience troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.

• Organizational Ability: Basic computer literacy (Excel, email) to manage PM logs, track parts inventory, and document repairs.

• Mindset: Proactive, self-motivated, patient, and assertive with strong communication skills to collaborate cross-functionally and influence best practices.

• Education: High School Diploma or GED required.

Preferred:

• Technical certifications or vocational training in Industrial Maintenance, Electrical, Mechanical Systems, or Welding.

• Familiarity with PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) or automated woodworking/assembly equipment.

• Background in truss manufacturing, lumber, building materials, or carpentry.

• Bilingual capabilities (English / Spanish).

• Forklift and aerial lift maintenance experience.

Schedule & Working Environment

• Hours: Monday – Friday, Day Shift. Shifts start around 5:30 AM / 6:00 AM to ensure machinery is warmed up and ready before production launch. Fridays are structured around light production to allow dedicated time for major PM tasks and teardowns.

• Workplace: Manufacturing and yard environment around moving production equipment, saws, and forklifts. Regular presence on the production floor with ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Competencies

Attention to Detail: Follows established guidelines and procedures to ensure accuracy; gets work right despite pressing deadlines; concentrates on routine work details and organizes and maintains a system of records; is alert and aware of surroundings and carefully monitors technical equipment or processes.

Commitment to Task: Demonstrates dependability and shows a sense of urgency about getting results; willing to commit the hours it takes to get the job completed; takes responsibility for actions and achieves results; overcomes obstacles.

Communication Skills: Presents ideas, concepts, and information effectively and clearly through the spoken and written word; actively listens; communicates comfortably with various audiences; responds effectively to questions; prepares clear, concise, and effective written communications; displays strong grammatical, spelling, composition, and proof-reading skills.

Customer Focused: Commits to meeting the needs and expectations of the organization’s internal and external customers; delivers a high level of customer service; searches continually for ways to increase employee and customer satisfaction (i.e., customer feedback).

Flexibility: Adapts and changes course of action when appropriate; effectively transitions from task to task; deals well with unresolved situations, frequent change, delays, or unexpected events; maintains objectives amidst shifting priorities.

Initiative: Takes action proactively; addresses issues or opportunities without supervision; focuses on desired results and accomplishments; demonstrates clear purpose, enthusiasm, and a “can-do” attitude.

Execution: Manages multiple projects and effectively prioritizes tasks, responsibilities, and goals; uses goals to guide actions and creates detailed action plans; organizes and schedules people and tasks; utilizes resources effectively to meet goals.

Relationship Management: Initiates and develops relationships with others; demonstrates credibility; confronts conflict quickly and professionally; inspires confidence in others.

Teamwork: Works cooperatively with others to accomplish business goals and objectives; asks others for their ideas and opinions; supports team’s decisions; contributes to the team’s efforts.

If you're ready to put your experience to work, take ownership, and grow into a leadership role, join us at US Housing Components.