Senior Equipment Reliability Technician

LightForce; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO/Paid Holidays

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

401k Retirement plan

Fringe benefits

Paid parental leave

Workplace perks such as food/coffee

Job summary

LightForce Orthodontics seeks a Maintenance Technician III to serve as a senior technical resource within Maintenance Operations. You will troubleshoot, repair, and improve production equipment and facility systems, with mentoring responsibility for junior technicians and collaboration across Production, Engineering, Quality, and cross-functional teams.

This role leads complex maintenance activities, supports preventive maintenance and calibration programs, ensures safety and regulatory

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED; technical certificate/associate degree preferred.
• Journeyman/technical training or equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years in industrial maintenance in regulated environments (GMP/ISO/medical devices) preferred.
• Experience with preventive and corrective maintenance and continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with equipment installations and capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead diagnosis, troubleshooting and repair of complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and control system failures on production equipment; document in CMMS.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of furnace systems, compressed air/gas infrastructure, and facility electrical systems with minimal supervision.
• Administer calibration programs, maintain schedules, and ensure traceability of calibrated equipment.
• Serve as primary escalation resource for Maintenance Technicians I/II; provide coaching and guidance.
• Ensure compliance with LOTO and confined space procedures across shifts.
• Review and optimize PM task lists to improve reliability and performance.
• Lead root cause investigations; implement corrective actions and verify effectiveness.
• Provide training mentorship and maintain training records for the team.

Skills

Advanced troubleshooting

Electrical troubleshooting

Mechanical troubleshooting

CMMS proficiency

Root cause analysis

Lean Manufacturing

Safety & LOTO

Training & mentorship

Education

High school diploma or GED

Technical certificate / Associate’s degree

Journeyman or technical school completion

5+ years industrial maintenance experience

Experience in GMP/ISO/medical device environments

Experience with equipment installations / capital projects

Tools

PLC programming

Allen Bradley PLC

Siemens PLC

VFDs

Electrical schematics reading

CMMS

Job description

LightForce Orthodontics seeks a Maintenance Technician III to serve as a senior technical resource within Maintenance Operations. You will troubleshoot, repair, and improve production equipment and facility systems, with mentoring responsibility for junior technicians and collaboration across Production, Engineering, Quality, and cross-functional teams.

This role leads complex maintenance activities, supports preventive maintenance and calibration programs, ensures safety and regulatory