Full Time Night Shift 6P.M-6 A.M.

Fiber Global; Whitestown, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Fiber Global is seeking a Manufacturing Technician to support production with preventative and recovery maintenance on heavy equipment and automated systems. The role involves diagnosing PLC faults, performing mechanical repairs, welding, and coordinating with production teams to ensure smooth material flow.

The technician will operate forklifts, assist with routine maintenance, and contribute to safety and quality standards across shifts, including weekends.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1–5 years in a manufacturing environment maintaining heavy equipment.
• Experience with downtime-focused preventative and reactive maintenance.
• Willingness to work weekends and rotating shifts to support troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative and recovery maintenance on mechanical equipment including motors and drives.
• Troubleshoot equipment issues using manuals, schematics and other resources.
• Operate production equipment and forklifts per safety standards.
• Stage materials for production and outbound logistics.
• Support senior technicians and participate in equipment maintenance programs.
• Conduct basic welding (MIG) and diagnostic tasks as required.
• Create maintenance documentation to support production and engineering teams.

Skills

Heavy equipment maintenance

PLC fault diagnosis

Welding MIG

Forklift operation

Preventive maintenance

Electrical systems

Hydraulic systems

Pneumatic systems

Rigging

Safety compliance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Fiber Global is a manufacturing and climate technology company focused on advancing building materials. Our mission is to reclaim abundant global waste streams to create sustainable, high-performing building materials. Fiber Global creates products that are both sustainable by design and higher performing than existing products on the market. Please visit www.fiberglobal.com to learn more.

About the Role

The Manufacturing Technician works on various operations activities to meet productivity goals. Fiber Global has four (4) levels of Manufacturing Technician positions which are based on the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the employee in alignment with what is required for the areas and functions of responsibility. This may include preparing, staging, handling, and moving production materials and finished products around the factory. Additionally, performing preventative and recovery maintenance repairs involving mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and pneumatic equipment may be expected depending on the technician level. Technicians at the highest level will also be expected to be proficient in diagnosing and solving PLC faults, performing sensor replacements and adjustments, and are experienced in efficiently performing heavy repairs on automated equipment under pressure and short timelines.

Requirements

What to Expect:

You can expect to make a positive difference in the world with Fiber Global. However, doing that is not easy. It requires a lot of hard work, taking action with solutions to problems and challenges, and demonstrating unwavering resilience. Our core values - Purpose, Integrity, Progress, and Collaboration - are the baseline of how we do everything. You can expect to work with individuals and teams who are driven by a sense of purpose, and hold themselves and others accountable for positively contributing to the company’s mission.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Works in alignment with Fiber Global’s core values of Purpose, Integrity, Progress, and Collaboration

Perform downtime impactful preventative and recovery maintenance on mechanical equipment, such as motor diagnosis and replacement

Troubleshoot equipment issues using technical manuals, schematics, and other sources

Monitoring and adjusting temperatures, viscosity, metering scale, and sequencing for materials used in production

Ensuring fluidity of material movement to prevent system and motor seizing

Operate equipment, machines, vehicles, and hand tools in accordance with safety and standards

Perform minor and preventative maintenance, such as lubricating bushings or adjusting conveyor belts

Safely and efficiently use equipment such as forklifts to move materials between various production stations within the factory

Stage materials that will be used for production, or finished products for outbound logistics

Load raw materials into production equipment and machines, load finished goods into shipping containers and trailers, and unload raw materials into the factory

Facilitate equipment maintenance and repairs partnering with senior manufacturing technicians

Support with overall industrial cleaning activities of the factory

Perform preventative and recovery maintenance that may require extensive diagnosis and/or major overhaul

Utilizing equipment such as scissor lift, ability to do rigging

Ability to weld to industry standard (MIG)

Ability to perform preventative and recovery maintenance on pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical systems

Ability to visually and/or physically inspect equipment to predict remaining useful life

Create and maintain documentation and user guides to support the production and engineering teams on maintenance requirements for equipment

Support the training of production and engineering teams to identify, troubleshoot and/or address basic maintenance

Minimum Qualifications:

Depending on position leveling, a minimum of 1 to 5 years of demonstrated and directly applicable experience in a manufacturing environment performing maintenance-related tasks on heavy equipment is required

High school diploma or equivalent required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Operate equipment/machines in accordance with safety and standards

Complete preventative maintenance and reactive repairs to manufacturing equipment

Thorough understanding of or the ability to quickly learn production equipment

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Must be willing to work weekends and rotating shifts to support troubleshooting and Implementing solutions in collaboration with production and engineering