Maintenance Technician

Molex; South Grafton Street (MA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3rd shift

Retention bonus $3,000 after 90 days

Retention bonus $5,000 after 180 days

Job summary

Molex South Grafton, MA is seeking a Maintenance Technician to join the team on a 3rd shift (Mon-Fri). The role performs preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance on production equipment and facility systems to support uptime and reliability.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems, conducting preventive maintenance in CMMS, assisting with installations and upgrades, and maintaining HVAC, lighting, and plumbing.

Qualifications

• Industrial preventative maintenance experience (electric motors, gear boxes, pneumatic cylinders, bearings, sensors, servos, and potentiometers).
• Experience with mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Install, set up, upgrade, troubleshoot, and maintain wire & cable manufacturing equipment.
• Perform mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting and repairs promptly.
• Conduct routine preventive and predictive maintenance and document activities in CMMS.
• Respond with a sense of urgency to equipment breakdowns and minimize production downtime.
• Assist with equipment installations, relocations, and upgrades.
• Maintain facility systems including HVAC, lighting, and plumbing.
• Collaborate with engineering and production teams to improve equipment performance.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and participate in formal safety program.
• Maintain spare parts inventory and recommend replenishments.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Electrical troubleshooting

Mechanical troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Safety compliance

Tools

PLCs

VFDs

Control systems

Robotics

Vision systems

Ladder logic

Job description

Molex is seeking a Maintenance Technician to join their team at the South Grafton, MA site. The Maintenance Technician is responsible for performing preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance on production equipment and facility systems. This role supports manufacturing uptime, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement efforts in a high-performance environment. This will be a 3rd shift Monday-Friday (Typically 6:00pm-2:30am but start time could be flexible up to 2:00pm if desired)

New employees are eligible for a retention bonus of $3,000 after 90 days of employment and $5,000 after 180 days of employment.

Our Team

At Molex South Grafton, you’ll join a collaborative team dedicated to safety, innovation, and continuous improvement. We believe in leveraging each person’s unique skills and interests to maximize our collective impact. Our electricians work closely with skilled professionals from diverse backgrounds, sharing knowledge and supporting each other to achieve outstanding results. We foster a culture where responsibilities and expectations are clear, contributions are recognized, and everyone is encouraged to develop their talents and pursue work they’re passionate about. If you’re looking for an environment where your ideas matter and your growth is supported, you’ll thrive with us.

What You Will Do

• Install, set up, upgrade, troubleshoot, and maintain wire & cable manufacturing equipment.
• Perform mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting and repairs promptly.
• Conduct routine preventive and predictive maintenance and document activities in CMMS.
• Respond with a sense of urgency to equipment breakdowns and minimize production downtime.
• Assist with equipment installations, relocations, and upgrades.
• Maintain facility systems including HVAC, lighting, and plumbing.
• Collaborate with engineering and production teams to improve equipment performance.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and participate in formal safety program.
• Maintain spare parts inventory and recommend replenishments.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Industrial preventative maintenance experience (electric motors, gear boxes, pneumatic cylinders, bearings, sensors, servos, and potentiometers).
• Experience with mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with PLCs, VFDs, and control systems.
• Three (3) years or more experience connecting to and troubleshooting ladder logic.
• Experience with Robotics and vision systems.
• Wire & Cable industry equipment experience.

For this role, we anticipate paying $26-32 per hour. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors & interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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