Maintenance Team Member - General Assembly- 3rd shift

KIA Motors Group; Georgia; On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Kia Georgia, Inc. is seeking a maintenance technician to uphold automotive production and ensure equipment reliability. You will perform preventive maintenance, troubleshoot breakdowns, and support various industrial systems to minimize downtime.

The role requires flexibility for shifts and potential travel, with a strong emphasis on safety practices and teamwork within a production environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Experience in manufacturing/industrial environment preferred.
• Ability to perform physical tasks and meet position requirements including environmental factors.
• Occasional travel may be required (domestic and/or foreign).
• Flexibility to work day, evening, and night rotating shifts, overtime, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Respond promptly to production line breakdowns and resolve issues safely and efficiently.
• Provide support in electrical, hydraulics, PLCs, robotics, welding, and related systems.
• Install, diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair machinery.
• Follow safety policies and lockout/tagout procedures.
• Perform scheduled preventative maintenance and support plant operations.

Skills

Industrial environment experience

Physical ability

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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Company: Kia Georgia, Inc.

Date: Aug 26, 2026

Location: West Point, GA, US, 31833

General Summary

Perform highly diversified duties in industrial and facilities to maintain automotive production, process, and facility equipment according to safety, predictive and productive maintenance requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Timely response to production line breakdown, resolve problems and issues in a safe, efficient, and effective manner.
• Provide support in a variety of industrial or manufacturing technology skill areas including Electrical, Electronics, Hydraulics, Mechanical, Motor Controls/PLC, Pneumatics, Robotics, Welding, and other industrial processing systems.
• Conduct machine install and setup, problem diagnosis, troubleshooting and repair.
• Follow company safety policies and procedures, such as lock out tag out.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance of machinery as scheduled.
• Perform work in assigned area in plant operations.
• Comply with and promote company practices in the areas of SQECP (Safety, Quality, Efficiency, Cost, People).
• Collaborate with Team Members, Team Leader, Group Leader and/or other members of KIA GEORGIA management to coordinate product flow, reduce downtime, and provide effective countermeasures to breakdowns.
• Understand the KIA WAY and the KIA GEORGIA Georgia Production System and follow.
• Attend all required training as assigned.
• Support and encourage a professional Team Member work environment.
• Build and maintain good working relationships with Team Members.
• Interact with others to resolve quality issues; implement repair/containment procedures for repetitive quality defects; notify management and/or affected teams or departments in a timely manner as required.
• Be flexible in work to support continuous improvement activities that will ensure personal and company growth.
• Meet all other requirements as assigned.

The above typical duties are characteristic of this job and demonstrate a level of difficulty and are not intended to list or limit the duties that may be required or assigned to a team member in this classification.

Qualifications & Job Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Job-related experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Ability to perform physical and exertional tasks and meeting other essential position requirements including social and physical environmental factors.
• Position may require occasional travel (domestic and/or foreign).
• Flexibility in working hours including ability to work day, evening and night rotating shifts, daily overtime, weekends, and holidays.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to those who are able to perform the essential duties of the job.