Maintenance Technician II — 2nd Shift (Industrial Power)

Caterpillar Inc.; Schertz (TX); On-site; USD 41,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off (Vacation, Holidays, Vol

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Technician II for the 2nd shift to ensure reliability and efficiency of advanced production systems.

You will diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair complex equipment, perform preventive maintenance, and support continuous improvement projects in a fast-paced environment. You will work independently on challenging mechanical/electrical issues and collaborate with engineers to optimize performance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing industrial/electrical production equipment in manufacturing or operations.
• Intermediate use of hand tools, power tools, and basic maintenance tasks like lubrication and inspections.
• Knowledge of mechanical systems (pulleys, levers, gears, bearings) and pneumatics/hydraulics.
• Familiarity with electronics such as photo sensors, PLCs, remote I/Os, servo drives, and VFDs.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance on production, material-handling and high-tech automated equipment per work orders and docs.
• Respond to operational calls for troubleshooting/diagnosing problems with assembly systems and equipment.
• Operate, troubleshoot, and repair electrical and mechanical assembly (fork trucks, conveyors, robotic equipment).
• Work with industrial electricity concepts (single-phase and three-phase power, motors, sensors).
• Respond to service requests with minimal supervision without interrupting production operations.
• Provide training and development to level 1 maintenance technicians.
• Contribute to maintenance team efforts to maximize uptime of production facilities.
• Monitor maintenance checklists and document work history and parts inventory.
• Create and resolve Continuous Improvement Cards and document safety issues.

Skills

Maintenance

Troubleshooting

Electrical/electronic repair

Industrial equipment

Education

Relevant certification or degree

Tools

PLCs

Servo drives

VFDs

Electrical wiring

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Technician II for the 2nd shift to ensure reliability and efficiency of advanced production systems.

You will diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair complex equipment, perform preventive maintenance, and support continuous improvement projects in a fast-paced environment. You will work independently on challenging mechanical/electrical issues and collaborate with engineers to optimize performance.