Maintenance Technician

Keel; Hollywood (SC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Match

HSA/FSA

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Internal Referral Bonus Opportunities

Shift Differentials

Overtime Potential

Paid on the Job Training

Certification Sponsorship Opportunit

Committed to Individual Career Growth

We Do Fun Things, Plus More!

Job summary

Keel is seeking a skilled Maintenance Technician to repair, maintain, and troubleshoot production machinery across facilities in South Carolina. You will perform preventive maintenance, welding, and repairs to hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems, ensuring safe, reliable operation.

Join a team that values craftsmanship, safety, and continuous improvement. This on-site role offers comprehensive benefits, overtime potential, and opportunities for hands-on training and career growth.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 5+ years maintenance technician experience required.
• Ability to utilize hand-held tools/machinery/instruments, both manual and powered, both precision and non-precision.
• Perform basic maintenance tasks, such as plumbing, painting, greasing, oiling, grinding, drilling, disassembling and reassemble simple machine parts.
• Ability to weld and cut with gas torches, troubleshoot machine controls.
• Ability to follow maintenance procedures and maintain proper documentation, drawings and files.
• Knowledgeable in hydraulic, electrical and pneumatic controls, materials and components. Ability to operate, set, and regulate/adjust machinery.
• Knowledgeable in PLC and computer controls, relay ladder logic, and electronic controls preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, clean, lubricate, repair and perform preventive maintenance to production machinery.
• Cleans up and ensures equipment is ready for production.
• Troubleshoot electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical systems.
• Maintains fixtures/equipment to minimize downtime.
• Diagnose repair issues.
• Maintains physical structure of fixtures and equipment.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Repairs or replaces defective parts.
• Operates cutting torch to cut metal parts.
• Repairs or replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
• Maintains facility's utilities/support equipment: air, water, drain, steam, hydraulic, electric, etc.
• Ensure personal safety and the safety of team members; understand how machines work and how to operate them safely; knowledge of emergency stops; and utilization of personal protective equipment.
• Maintain clean work environment.
• Perform routine cleaning of equipment and general housekeeping at and around maintenance shop.
• Collects and handles solid and hazardous waste generated at the work site and deposits separately in designated containers.
• All other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Hand tools

Welding

Electrical troubleshooting

Hydraulic systems

Pneumatic systems

Mechanical aptitude

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Gas torch

Conduit/pipe tools

Measuring instruments

Job description

Built on Experience. Built for Skill. Built for You.

Keel was formed by bringing together three industry leaders combining generations of hands‑on expertise in steel fabrication, shipbuilding, aerospace, and defense manufacturing.

That means when you join Keel, you're joining a team backed by decades of proven craftsmanship and real‑world results.

We build ships, defense systems, aerospace components, and heavy steel structures that serve critical missions — and we do it with pride.

Your Mission:

Repairs and maintains machinery and equipment such as engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment.

Explore the Depth of the Role:

• Maintain, clean, lubricate, repair and perform preventive maintenance to production machinery.
• Cleans up and ensures equipment is ready for production.
• Troubleshoot electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical systems.
• Maintains fixtures/equipment to minimize downtime.
• Diagnose repair issues.
• Maintains physical structure of fixtures and equipment.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Repairs or replaces defective parts.
• Operates cutting torch to cut metal parts.
• Repairs or replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
• Maintains facility's utilities/support equipment: air, water, drain, steam, hydraulic, electric, etc.
• Ensure personal safety and the safety of team members; understand how machines work and how to operate them safely; knowledge of emergency stops; and utilization of personal protective equipment.
• Maintain clean work environment.
• Perform routine cleaning of equipment and general housekeeping at and around maintenance shop.
• Collects and handles solid and hazardous waste generated at the work site and deposits separately in designated containers.
• All other related duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Mission Readiness:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 5+ years maintenance technician experience required.
• Ability to utilize hand‑held tools/machinery/instruments, both manual and powered, both precision and non‑precision.
• Perform basic maintenance tasks, such as plumbing, painting, greasing, oiling, grinding, drilling, disassembling and reassemble simple machine parts.
• Ability to weld and cut with gas torches, troubleshoot machine controls.
• Ability to follow maintenance procedures and maintain proper documentation, drawings and files.
• Knowledgeable in hydraulic, electrical and pneumatic controls, materials and components. Ability to operate, set, and regulate/adjust machinery.
• Ability to troubleshoot machine controls, disassemble and assemble machine parts.
• Ability to install conduit, pipe, regulators, and hoses
• Knowledgeable in PLC and computer controls, relay ladder logic, and electronic controls preferred.

Travel Requirements:

Between facilities as needed.

Physical Requirements:

• May be required to stand, walk, sit, reach/pull/push with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel regularly.
• May lift or carry 50lbs. Weights exceeding 50lbs will require mechanical means to maneuver.

Become a part of our Builders and you too can...

• Uphold Safety and Quality Standards
• Embody Team Spirit
• Relentless Customer Focus
• Convey Integrity, Trust, and Professionalism
• Execute with Excellence and Velocity

What Keel will build for you:

• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• Competitive Pay
• 401(k) Match
• HSA/FSA
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Internal Referral Bonus Opportunities
• Shift Differentials
• Overtime Potential
• Paid on the Job Training
• Certification Sponsorship Opportunities
• Committed to Individual Career Growth
• We Do Fun Things, Plus More!

Need Assistance?

If you require a reasonable accommodation at any stage of the employment process, please email [e-mail] with details about your request and your contact information. Accommodation requests are reviewed individually on a case‑by‑case basis. Please note that this email address is monitored only for inquiries related to reasonable accommodation requests.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

What we build, builds us.

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