Master Maintenance Technician

Trillium Staffing; Utica (MI); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic manufacturing operation as a Master Maintenance Technician, where you'll lead a team in maintaining complex industrial systems. You'll take charge of troubleshooting, programming PLC systems, and ensuring the reliability of machinery while mentoring a group of technicians. This is a chance to engage with cutting-edge automation tools and maintain safety protocols in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 8 years' maintenance experience required.
• Ability to read blueprints and schematics.
• Proven expertise in PLC programming.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Maintenance Technician team.
• Collaborate with engineering to resolve equipment issues.
• Perform preventive and reactive maintenance on systems.

Skills

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Communication

Leadership

Mechanical Troubleshooting

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Technical degree or journeyman certification

Job description

Step Into a Role Where Your Skills Drive Innovation!

A growing and dynamic manufacturing operation with multiple locations is seeking an experienced Master Maintenance Technician to join its Shelby Township team!

If you’re passionate about hands-on problem solving, mentoring others, and working with cutting-edge industrial systems, this is your chance to lead from the front.

Schedule: 1st Shift, 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Reports To: Maintenance Manager
Pay Rate: $28-35/ hour based on experience

As a Master Maintenance Technician, you’ll play a critical leadership role in maintaining, enhancing, and troubleshooting complex industrial systems and equipment. In addition to hands-on work, you’ll guide and develop the Maintenance Technician team, ensuring top performance and reliability across all machinery.

What You’ll Do:
-Lead and support Maintenance Technicians, delegating tasks, setting priorities, and offering mentorship and feedback.
-Collaborate with engineering teams to resolve equipment issues, lead installations, and offer insight on technical challenges.
-Design, troubleshoot, and program PLC systems.
-Serve as the after-hours service contact on a rotating basis when required.
-Perform precision setups and operate industrial machinery such as lathes, mills, and grinders.
-Create parts/material lists for repairs and custom builds.
-Carry out proactive and reactive maintenance, including emergency troubleshooting and problem-solving on mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
-Execute preventive maintenance (daily, weekly, monthly).
-Fabricate custom machine parts using tools such as welders, mills, and drill presses.
-Maintain and track inventory of frequently used and critical spare parts.
-Safely operate forklifts, overhead cranes, and aerial lifts when needed.
-Keep accurate records of maintenance activities through a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
-Actively participate in continuous improvement and lean initiatives.

Apply now!

-Ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematics (mechanical, electrical, pneumatic).
-- High level of proficiency with machine troubleshooting, fabrication, and precision measuring tools (e.g., calipers, micrometers).
-Expertise in PLC programming and logic systems.
-Familiarity with robotic systems and advanced automation tools.
-Strong computer skills and comfort working with maintenance software.
-Effective communicator and team leader, capable of working independently or managing others.
-Strong analytical and mechanical problem-solving skills.
-Commitment to safety protocols, including Lock Out/Tag Out procedures.
-High School Diploma or GED
-8 years’ maintenance experience

Preferred:
- Technical degree, journeyman certification, or 15+ years of relevant maintenance experience in a manufacturing setting.

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Trillium has been recruiting and placing professionals for over 30 years. From Fortune 100 companies to small businesses, our philosophy remains the same: to achieve excellence by providing quality employees and an uncompromising level of service. We believe in honesty, integrity, and a simple philosophy of providing value to our customers and our employees. We strive to be unsurpassed in the recruitment and placement of quality and skilled professionals. Trillium is an Equal Opportunity Employer.