Multi-Craft Industrial Maintenance Technician
Location: Richmond, VA
Job Type: Contract-to-Hire
Starting Pay: $34.67/hour — higher rates available depending on experience
Job Overview
Seeking a versatile Industrial Maintenance Technician to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain manufacturing equipment. This role is ideal for someone with hands-on experience across mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, pneumatic, and welding work.
Key Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot and repair industrial machinery and production equipment.
- Diagnose hydraulic issues involving valves, pressure, and hydraulic systems.
- Troubleshoot electrical systems, including PLCs, motors, fuses, megameters, light curtains, and area scanners.
- Maintain and repair pneumatic systems and air cylinders.
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance (PM/CM).
- Support reliability and equipment improvement activities.
- Perform MIG and stick welding for equipment repairs and fabrication.
- Repair equipment components such as shafts, wheels, chains, sprockets, rollers, and related assemblies.
- Maintain and troubleshoot hydraulic presses, conveyor systems, rollers, and billet furnaces.
- Assist with equipment installation, adjustments, alignment, lubrication, and other mechanical maintenance.
- Complete maintenance documentation and keep work areas safe and organized.
- Support planned plant shutdowns and other maintenance projects as needed.
Requirements
- Previous industrial maintenance experience required.
- Strong multi-craft maintenance background.
- Hands-on hydraulic experience, including valves and pressure troubleshooting.
- Electrical troubleshooting experience with PLCs, motors, fuses, megameters, light curtains, and area scanners.
- Experience with pneumatics and air cylinders.
- Welding experience with MIG and stick.
- Ability to troubleshoot mechanical equipment and production machinery.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Ability to work safely in a demanding industrial environment.
- Strong attendance, communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
- Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Maintenance, or Mechatronics education/apprenticeship is a plus.
Work Environment
The role involves a mix of emergency equipment repairs, reliability work, and preventive maintenance, with approximately 70% troubleshooting/repair and 30% preventive maintenance.
