Maintenance Technician - Days

Eaton; Kings Mountain (NC); On-site; USD 32,249 - 50,117; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Welfare benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid and unpaid time off

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Maintenance Technician - Days for their Kings Mountain, NC site. This role involves troubleshooting and maintaining plant manufacturing equipment, ensuring high operational efficiency and safety standards.

Minimum qualifications include an Associate's Degree and three years of electrical/automation experience or a related certificate with five years of experience. The salary for this position ranges between $23.41 and $36.38 per hour.

The successful candidate will possess strong mechanical skills, familiarity with relevant systems, and be eligible to work in the U.S.

Qualifications

• 3+ years electrical/automation experience or 5+ years without degree.
• Ability to read and understand schematics and diagrams.
• Legally authorized to work in the US.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain manufacturing equipment.
• Perform regular preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Maintain safety standards and compliance.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Mechanical skills

Preventive maintenance

Electrical schematics

Communication skills

Education

Associate’s Degree in Industrial Maintenance

Certificate in Industrial Maintenance

Tools

Siemens/Fanuc NC systems

Allen Bradley PLC

Maximo asset management software

AutoCAD

Job description

Eaton’s IS VEH VGNA division is currently seeking a Maintenance Technician - Days to join our Kings Mountain, NC Site. The rate for this position is $23.41 - $36.38 per hour with scheduled pay increases at 6 months and 1 year of service. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only; salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You’ll Do

The primary function of this position is to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain plant manufacturing equipment in accordance with safety, preventive, and predictive maintenance systems and processes. Continuously improve plant equipment availability to help achieve the plant’s business goals and objectives. Work with engineering and other plant functions to implement safety, quality, efficiency and capital projects.

Essential Functions

• Use mechanical skills to perform highly diversified activities to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production machines and equipment in support of the manufacture of heavy‑duty & medium‑duty truck transmissions (including Fanuc robots and controls; NC/CNC equipment; and PLC and drive systems).
• Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments on equipment. Perform regular preventive and predictive maintenance on machines and equipment as scheduled.
• Read and interpret electric/electronic schematics, hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams, mechanical blueprints; equipment manuals; and work orders. Use these to take action to perform required equipment maintenance.
• Maintain an atmosphere of continuous improvement and team efforts for accomplishing department and plant goals.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties.
• Comply with plant safety guidelines, Life Saving Rules, and 5S+ standards.
• Support basic Heat Treat maintenance issues.
• Note – for Heat Treat maintenance personnel additional responsibilities are as follows: Maintain and repair carburizing furnaces; install and adjust gas and electric fire burners; perform minor furnace refractory repairs; understand endothermic gas and how it works with the heat treat process to troubleshoot and support.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree in Industrial Maintenance, or related field, and three (3) years electrical/automation experience; OR a certificate in Industrial Maintenance, or related field, and five (5) years of electrical/automation experience.
• Able to read and understand electric/electronic schematics, hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams, and mechanical blueprints in support of rebuild/repair of equipment.
• Legally authorized to work in the US on an on‑going basis without company sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with Siemens/Fanuc NC systems and Allen Bradley PLC a plus.
• Working knowledge of Maximo asset management software is a plus.
• Experience with predictive maintenance such as infrared, ultrasound technologies a plus.
• Experience with AutoCAD a plus.
• Displays professional conduct.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Note – for Heat Treat Support Maintenance Positions, 1+ year of Heat Treat Maintenance experience on carburizing furnaces is strongly preferred.

All positions may require participation in video and in‑person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job‑related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job‑related reasons regardless of an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act, and other local laws. You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about a conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

To request a disability‑related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1‑800‑836‑6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.