Maintenance Technician

Thermon; San Marcos (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermon is seeking a Maintenance Technician to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production machinery and plant facilities in our San Marcos, TX site. You will perform preventive maintenance, emergency repairs, and support safety and reliability goals.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma or GED with a craft apprenticeship or equivalent experience, plus 3 years of manufacturing maintenance experience diagnosing hydraulics, pneumatics, HVAC, electrical, and electronic systems.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED + craft apprenticeship or equivalent.
• 3 years manufacturing maintenance experience diagnosing hydraulics, pneumatics, HVAC, electrical and electronic systems.
• Forklift operation experience

Responsibilities

• Install and maintain production machines and plant facilities.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs during production and perform scheduled maintenance.
• Perform mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform maintenance.
• Diagnose problems, replace parts, and test adjustments.
• Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines and facilities.
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean work areas.
• May be on call and occasionally work non-standard hours.

Skills

Forklift operation

Hand tools & machinery

Preventive maintenance

Electrical & hydraulic systems

Education

High school diploma or GED + craft apprenticeship

Job description

Who We Are – Thermon

Thermon is a diversified technology company and a global leader in industrial process heating, temperature maintenance, environmental monitoring, and temporary power distribution solutions. We deliver engineered solutions that enhance operational awareness, safety, reliability, and efficiency while achieving the lowest total cost of ownership.

Thermon offers over 250 products, software, and services across multiple brands, providing a range of offerings from boilers, transportation heaters, and liquid load banks to tubing bundles and heat trace systems. We are the silent guardians of critical infrastructure. From the relentless demands of chemical plants and the intricate networks of rail and transit to the vital pulse of power generation, we innovate solutions that ensure optimal operation, protect critical assets, and maximize efficiency.

We care deeply about the success of our customers, the well‑being of our people, and the reliability of every product we design. This drives our unwavering commitment to safety and integrity in everything we do. Through collaboration, we unite a rich legacy of expertise with a trusted global team, partnering side by side with our customers. We transfer the warmth needed to make life work.

Position Summary

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain facility and operational equipment according to safety, predictive, and productive maintenance systems and processes, supporting the achievement of the site's business goals and objectives.

Essential Functions

• Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and plant facility equipment.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and perform scheduled maintenance repairs during machine service.
• Perform basic machinist duties and responsibilities.
• Perform mechanical skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Diagnose problems; replace or repair parts; test and make adjustments.
• Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment, and plant facilities.
• Perform a variety of plumbing maintenance and carpentry functions.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters, and material handling equipment while performing duties.
• Detect faulty operations or defective materials and report them, along with any unusual situations, to appropriate supervision.
• May be required to be on call at times and occasionally work during non-standard business hours.
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.

Position Qualifications

Education

High school diploma or GED and completion of a craft apprenticeship, or an equivalent combination of education and production maintenance experience.

Experience

• Experience or training in forklift operation.
• Experience in the use of hand tools and machinery.
• Minimum of 3 years of manufacturing maintenance experience in diagnosing and repairing hydraulics, pneumatics, HVAC, electrical, and electronic systems.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, and this position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds.

Regular Activities

Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.