Senior Maintenance Technician - 2nd shift

Solenis; Florence (KY); On-site; USD 58,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Solenis is seeking a Senior Maintenance Technician to serve as the plant's technical expert and reliability leader. You will mentor maintenance personnel, lead complex maintenance activities, and drive continuous improvement across the facility.

Key responsibilities include RCA investigations, preventive/predictive maintenance, and partnering with operations, engineering, vendors, and contractors to boost uptime, safety, and OEE. Strong leadership and advanced troubleshooting are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industrial maintenance experience.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills in manufacturing environments.
• Proven experience leading technical projects and reliability initiatives.
• Strong communication, leadership, and mentoring abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex maintenance activities and reliability initiatives.
• Mentor Technician 1 and 2 teams to improve skills.
• Drive preventive and predictive maintenance improvements.
• Support capital projects, installations, startups and commissioning.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, vendors and contractors.
• Improve uptime, reliability, safety and OEE.

Skills

Advanced troubleshooting

Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Maintenance optimization

Tools

Rockwell Automation Certification

FANUC Robot Certification

Job description

Solenis is a leading global provider of water and hygiene solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, cleaners, disinfectants, and state-of-the-art monitoring, control and delivery systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 78 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over ~23000 professionals in >160 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2025 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree.

For additional information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com or follow us on social media.

The Technician 3 (Senior Maintenance Technician) serves as the plant's technical expert, reliability leader, mentor, and advanced troubleshooting resource. This role is responsible for leading complex maintenance activities, supporting equipment reliability initiatives, mentoring maintenance personnel, and driving continuous improvement efforts across the facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Advanced troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, automation, and control systems.
• Serve as the primary technical resource for critical equipment and process issues.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Establish maintenance standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Mentor and train Technician 1 and Technician 2 team members.
• Support capital projects, equipment installations, startups, and commissioning activities.
• Partner with operations, engineering, vendors, and contractors to improve plant reliability and performance.
• Drive improvements in equipment uptime, reliability, safety, and OEE.

Required Technical Skills

Automation & Controls

• Advanced PLC programming and troubleshooting
• Industrial network diagnostics (EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, Profinet)
• HMI and SCADA systems
• Servo systems

Electrical Systems

• Advanced motor controls
• Industrial power distribution
• Electrical troubleshooting and diagnostics
• Arc flash safety and compliance

Reliability & Predictive Maintenance

• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Asset criticality analysis
• Vibration analysis
• Infrared thermography
• Oil analysis
• Ultrasonic testing
• Condition monitoring technologies
• Capital project support
• Equipment installation and commissioning
• Vendor and contractor management
• Coach and mentor maintenance team members.
• Conduct technical training and skills development.
• Lead reliability improvement initiatives.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Support change management and cross-functional collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of industrial maintenance experience or equivalent demonstrated expertise.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Proven experience leading technical projects and reliability initiatives.
• Strong communication, leadership, and mentoring abilities.

Action Oriented:

Enjoys working hard; is action-oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with minimal planning; seizes more opportunities than others.

Teamwork:

Strives for win/win solutions; co-operates with co-workers to achieve goals; provides support and encouragement to co-workers; brings substantive conflicts and disagreements into the open and attempts to resolve them collaboratively.

Peer Relationships:

Can solve problems with peers with a minimum of noise, is seen as a team player, and is cooperative. Easily gains the trust and support of peers and can be candid with peers.

Creativity:

Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.

Dealing with Ambiguity:

Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

Developing Direct Reports and Others:

Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person’s career goals; contrasts compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.

Drive for Results:

Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

Planning:

Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.

Preferred Certifications

Reliability

• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician (CMRT)
• Certified Reliability Leader (CRL)

Predictive Maintenance

• Vibration Analysis Level I or II
• Infrared Thermography Level I
• Ultrasound Inspection Certification

Automation

• Rockwell Automation Certification
• FANUC Robot Certification

We understand that candidates will not meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

At Solenis, we understand that our greatest asset is our people. That is why we offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits which include medical, dental, vision & 401K, and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. So, if you are interested in working for a world-class company and enjoy solving complex challenges, whether in the lab or the field, consider joining our team.

Solenis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Aff…

The expected compensation range for this position is between $58,030.00 and $85,107.00 plus discretionary bonuses. The exact compensation may vary based on your skills, experience and other factors permitted by law.