Maintenance Technician

Valeo; Hamilton (OH); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo North America is seeking a motivated Maintenance Technician to join our Hamilton, Ohio manufacturing team on the 2nd shift. You will perform preventive and corrective maintenance to ensure equipment reliability and production continuity.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, and continuous improvement through hands-on troubleshooting, repairs, and participation in improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance per procedures and schedules.
• Troubleshoot and repair electromechanical equipment, PLCs, robots, and manipulators.
• Interact on Level 1–3 corrective maintenance to resolve breakdowns and improve reliability.
• Lead 2nd shift tasks, ensuring safe, high-quality production uptime.
• Participate in 5S, QRQC, and maintenance logs for traceability.

Job description

VALEO North America is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Maintenance Technician to join our manufacturing team at our Hamilton, Ohio facility.

The Maintenance Technician will be responsible for performing preventive and corrective maintenance activities to ensure equipment reliability, production continuity, and continuous improvement.

The position will support production operations during the 2nd shift by troubleshooting equipment issues, performing maintenance interventions, and contributing to improvement initiatives related to safety, quality, and productivity.

Preventive Maintenance

• Level 1: Perform simple preventive maintenance operations according to standard operating procedures and schedules.
• Level 2: Prepare and perform preventive maintenance on all equipment (electrotechnical, automated, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, etc.). Work on programmable logic controllers, robots, and manipulators.
• Level 3: Study, prepare, and perform preventive maintenance on all factory equipment, including programmable logic controllers, robots, and manipulators.

Corrective Maintenance

• Level 1: Intervene on machinery to resolve simple breakdowns under the supervision of a more qualified technician. Analyze failure causes and propose improvements. Perform necessary modifications on equipment.
• Level 2: Resolve breakdowns autonomously. Analyze and implement modifications on equipment across all technical domains. Improve reliability, capacity, and maintainability.
• Level 3: Propose and implement actions to improve reliability, capacity, and maintainability using new technologies.

Other Activities

• Level 1: Actively participate in the maintenance workshop's 5S program. Participate in QRQC (Quick Response Quality Control) within their domain. Update intervention tracking logs to ensure traceability.
• Level 2: Participate in daily and monthly meetings as well as improvement workshops. Contribute to specifications during the receipt and commissioning of new resources.
• Level 3: Lead improvement projects, consult with subcontractors, and guarantee follow-up and results. Draft and distribute assembly, disassembly, or adjustment procedures and provide training.