Industrial Maintenance Technician

PGP International; Evansville, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Diverse technical challenges

Safety-first culture

Growth opportunities

Job summary

PGP International in Evansville, IN seeks an experienced Industrial Maintenance Technician to keep plant equipment running at peak performance. Candidates should have 5+ years in industrial maintenance with strong troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance skills.

You will diagnose, repair, and maintain electrical, mechanical, and automated systems in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, emphasizing safety and reliability. This is a full-time role with growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum: High School Diploma or GED, and mechanical aptitude.
• 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience.
• Strong troubleshooting, diagnostic, and repair skills.
• Experience with electrical systems, PLCs, welding, HVAC, machining, or related disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance to reduce equipment downtime.
• Diagnose equipment issues and repair electrical and mechanical components.
• Read and follow technical manuals, diagrams, and schematics for repairs.
• Maintain safety, quality, and production standards on the shop floor.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Troubleshooting

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

PLC knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Technical maintenance training

Tools

PLC systems

Welding equipment

HVAC tools

Electrical testing tools

Job description

Description

Industrial Maintenance Technician | Experienced Professional Wanted

Pay Based on Experience

Are you an experienced Industrial Maintenance Technician who takes pride in keeping equipment running at peak performance? We're seeking a skilled maintenance professional to join our Evansville team. This role is ideal for candidates with 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience and a strong background in troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining manufacturing equipment.

As a key member of our Maintenance team, you'll work with electrical, mechanical, and automated systems to support a fast-paced manufacturing operation. You'll diagnose equipment issues, perform preventive maintenance, and help drive reliability, safety, and production performance across the facility.

We're looking for individuals who are hands-on problem solvers with experience in industrial electrical systems, PLCs, machinery repair, welding, HVAC, machining, or other maintenance-related disciplines. Candidates with formal technical training and/or at least five years of industrial maintenance experience are strongly preferred.

If you're ready to bring your expertise to a company that values safety, quality, teamwork, and technical excellence, we'd love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive opportunity for experienced maintenance professionals
• Work with manufacturing equipment and systems
• Diverse technical challenges that keep every day interesting
• Safety-first culture with a strong commitment to employee success
• Stable, full-time career with growth opportunities

Requirements

1. HSE: Promote a safe work environment at all times through the adherence to all PGP’s Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures as well as to all relevant regulations in order to achieve ZERO workplace incidents and injuries.

2. QA & FOOD SAFETY: Ensure compliance with rigorous standards of food safety, quality, legality, and authenticity, playing a crucial role in maintaining the highest standards throughout the entire food production process.

3. Perform work to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of the company’s facilities in repair. General duties will include or may involve installation and maintenance of the wiring, fuses, and all other components through which electricity flows. Install and maintain all machines in the plant. Repairing electrical and mechanical equipment. Assist in other projects that the maintenance group or plant may need such as pipe fitting; boiler making (pressure vessel maintenance, repair, and operation); insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; HVAC repairs; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, walls, stairs, etc.

4. May repair motors, transformers, generators, and electronic controllers on machine tools and industrial robots as qualified. Will advise management whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous. When working with complex electronic devices, may consult with engineers, engineering technicians, line installers and repairers, or industrial machinery mechanics and other maintenance workers.

5. Read and use technical manuals, with an understanding of the equipment, and careful observation to discover the causes of problems; and often follow blueprints, technical manuals, and engineering specifications or using catalogs, to order replacement parts to maintain the equipment and/or fix the problem. Read and follow diagrams that show the locations of circuits, outlets, load centers, panel boards, and other equipment. To ensure safety, following the National Electrical Code, and State and local building codes.

6. Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand and power tools to examine parts for defects; and replace defective parts where needed.

7. Will use hand tools such as conduit benders, screwdrivers, pliers, knives, hacksaws, and wire strippers, as well as power tools such as drills and saws. Along with ammeters, ohmmeters, voltmeters, oscilloscopes, and other equipment for test, measure, and diagnose of connections and ensure the compatibility and safety of components.

8. Must possess tools appropriate for industrial maintenance role.

Internal and External Contacts:

Internal: All employees in Extrusion, Engineering, Maintenance, Logistics department, HSE, QA

External: Contractors and sub-contractors as needed

Job Requirements (Required and Preferred):

Education:

Minimum: High School Diploma or GED, and a mechanical ability. Testing may be conducted.

Related Experience:

Preferred: A combination of specific specialty training (Maintenance Engineering, Millwright Training, and electrical or mechanical On-The-Job experience of at least 5 years).

Competencies:

Good knowledge of Electricity and Electronics, familiarity and awareness of Circuit boards, Process Controllers, Programmable Logic Controllers, electronic test equipment, and Process Computing hardware and software are desired. Reading, writing, math, reasoning, analyzing, ability to learn, open to changes. Required for test, measurement, and diagnosis for repair or fabrication within the job scope of work requirements.

Technical Skills:

Proof of the completion of some formal training. Knowledge of machines and machine tools, including their design, uses, repair, and maintenance. Training in a maintenance related discipline (welding, machinist, electrician, machinery repair, auto repair technician, electronics technician, HVAC technician, etc.) Formal technical school training or 5 years of Industrial Maintenance experience or equivalent certifications. Certifications in any additional related discipline are added factors to consideration (e.g. welding, electrical, electronics, metrology, machining, machine repair, boiler engineer, etc.).

Language(s)

Fluency in English Required.

Fluency in Spanish a plus

Other Qualifications

HACCP, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)

V – Work/Employment Conditions and Other Requirements:

Work Environment

This job operates in a manufacturing warehouse environment. This role routinely uses manufacturing equipment. The environment is hot, cold, wet, dusty and loud. Must be able to don personal protective equipment on the manufacturing floor (hearing protection, hard hat, safety glasses, beard/hair nets, safety shoes). This role will be exposed to allergens including gluten & soy. This role will be exposed to Neodymium magnets.

Physical and Sensory Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms overhead and grip; climb stairs, work from heights up to 40 feet; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move products and supplies, up to 55 pounds.

Good Vision (corrected to ~20/20), and good color vision because workers frequently must identify electrical wires and electronic components by color. Good hearing, ability to communicate by speaking clearly, a good sense of smell, taste, and touch is necessary to do the work.

Position Type and Working Schedule:

RFT - Regular Full Time, working schedule based on production demands

Travel Requirements:

n/a

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.