Maintenance Technician

Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Job Description

We are seeking a hands-on Industrial / Facilities Maintenance Technician to support daily operations through preventative maintenance, equipment troubleshooting, and general facility upkeep. This role is heavily focused on preventative maintenance, inspections, and checklists, with limited electrical work that can range from basic tasks up to high voltage depending on experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and service production equipment including coaters, slitters, rewind machines, and related systems.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance using weekly, monthly, and quarterly checklists.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair industrial machinery and facility equipment.
• Support gravure water-based coating processes, web transport systems, and drying of webs.
• Perform general facilities maintenance including replacing bulbs, checking outlets, and minor building repairs.
• Inspect equipment and systems to identify potential issues before failure occurs.
• Perform lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures to ensure safe maintenance practices.
• Check and maintain forklift battery water levels on a weekly basis.
• Document completed preventative maintenance, repairs, and inspections.
• Coordinate with and call in outside vendors when repairs cannot be completed in-house.
• Support overall plant safety, cleanliness, and equipment reliability.

Essential Skills

• 3-5 years of experience in industrial and/or facilities maintenance.
• Hands-on experience with electrical, hydraulics, pneumatics, PLCs, and industrial maintenance.
• Strong preventative maintenance (PM) experience
• Working knowledge of variable frequency drives (VFDs).
• Experience working with web-based manufacturing equipment such as gravure coating lines, slitters, rewinders, and web transport systems.
• Familiarity with lockout/tagout (LOTO) and standard safety practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot effectively and escalate issues when needed.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in facilities maintenance.
• Strong preventative maintenance experience
• Working knowledge of fluid pumps and mechanical systems.
• Ability to work independently and follow all safety procedures and standards when working on electrical and energized systems.

Why Work Here?

Join a small company with a family feel and benefit from a supportive work environment. Employees enjoy a strong sense of job security, with the operations team boasting 10-12 years of job tenure for most members. The company offers standard reviews and raises, and provides vision, health, and dental benefits once direct. Experience cross-training on different machines, and enjoy a low-stress job atmosphere.

Work Environment

This position is for the 1st shift, from 6:30 am to 3:00 pm, Monday to Friday. The dress code is casual, with shorts being appropriate and steel-toed shoes required. The culture values punctuality highly, with a strong emphasis on meeting deadlines.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Middleton, WI.

The pay range for this position is $28.00 - $35.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Middleton,WI.

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 17, 2026.

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.