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Maintenance Technician

Milwaukee, WI

Posted: 01/13/2026 Employment Type: Temp to Hire Industry: General Warehouse Job Number: 114169 Pay Rate: 28-32

Job Description

Summary

Full time, non-exempt position.  Primary duties are to perform preventative maintenance functions in the Maintenance Department and throughout the facility and to troubleshoot and repair production machinery.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

  • Perform Preventative Maintenance regularly
  • Troubleshoot and repair basic mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical machinery up to and including 120Vac.
  • Assist Maintenance Techs 2 & 3 with repairs on more complex machinery.
  • Ability to drive a forklift
  • Perform basic plumbing and building repairs
  • Use basic hand and power tools to perform tasks
  • Utilize lock out tag out
  • Ability to understand blueprints and schematics
  • Ability to understand and use calipers, micrometers, and various measuring tools.

 

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies (see Competency Dictionary for specific behaviors):

  • Attendance/Punctuality
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Honesty
  • Quality of Work
  • Safety & Security
  • Housekeeping and Organization
  • Teamwork
  • Initiative
  • Problem Solving

 

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Education and/or Experience

  • High school diploma or equivalent preferred
  • Associates degree in Maintenance or equivalent from a two year tech school preferred
  • One to two years of related preventative maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Intermediate level in lockout/tag out procedures
  • Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
  • Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office)
  • Write routine reports and correspondence
  • Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to understand and utilize technical information
  • Read and understand sketches, shop orders, specifications and blueprints
  • Read and utilize inspection and measuring instruments (calipers, micrometers, protractors, ruler)

 

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

 

Mathematical Skills

  • Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

 

Reasoning Ability

  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
  • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

 

Computer Skills

Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office, Visual Manufacturing)

 

Other Skills and Abilities

 

Other Qualifications

  • Previous Forklift operation experience and certification preferred

 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

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James Fletcher
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