
Maintenance Assistant
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MGS MFG. GROUP, INC. is hiring a Maintenance Assistant for its Germantown team. The role assists in production maintenance, performing preventive maintenance and repairs across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and other systems. The opening is on a 12-hour day shift with a 2-2-3 rotation. Candidates need a high school diploma or equivalent, related experience or on-the-job training, and specified safety certifications and technical abilities.
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JOB REQUIREMENTS: Repair machines, equipment, or structures, using tools such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, wrenches, or equipment such as precision measuring instruments or electrical or electronic testing devices. Perform routine maintenance, such as inspecting drives, motors, or belts, checking fluid levels, replacing filters, or doing other preventive maintenance actions. Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary. Perform general cleaning of buildings or properties. Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions. Assemble, install, or repair wiring, electrical or electronic components, pipe systems, plumbing, machinery, or equipment. ***** OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: MGS has an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Assistant to join our MGS Germantown team. The current opening is on the 12 hour day shift on the 2-2-3 rotation. As a Maintenance Assistant at MGS, you provide assistance in the production maintenance area. Below are additional duties and responsibilities: Know and follow all of the Company's safety rules, such as safe work practices and standard operating procedures. Serve as a good role model to employees for safe work practices and behavior by conducting yourself professionally, keeping in mind your own safety and the safety of others. Learn and master all necessary areas of the quality system. Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Documentation Practices (GDP). Performs maintenance service and repairs in the areas of plumbing, carpentry, painting, plastering, machine servicing, electrical, or vehicle servicing. Filter hydraulic fluid per the preventative maintenance plan. Assists Maintenance Technicians as needed. Perform preventative maintenance duties and repair of equipment such as; water temperature control units, cooling valves, pump seals, grinders, replacing UMS units, disconnection of all electrical and cooling equipment, screw and barrel, nozzles, tips, cylinder heads, changing barrel size, water manifolds, soldering of copper pipe, filters, light bulbs, and automation repair. Any other duties as assigned. -High School Diploma or equivalent. -Six months to one year of related experience, or accrued on-the-job training and experience. -Lock out/Tag out(LOTO) and Forklift certification required. -Read and comprehend hydraulic and electrical engineering drawings. -Understanding of basic hydraulic and electrical systems along with proper safety issues. -Ability to use multi meter and amp meter -Understanding of electrical and hydraulic prints. -Basic understanding of ladder logic or PLC programming. -Understand and utilize general safety knowledge within the work environment. ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: E-Mail a Rsum: [email protected] Apply Online: www.mgsmfg.com/careers
How this job compares
Set against the 11,733 open Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$70–95K/yr571 salary ranges
- Wisconsin median$20–24/hr84 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 272 open Maintenance jobs in Wisconsin and 11,733 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Wisconsin
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- Experience
- Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (2,402 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,366 of the 11,733 open Maintenance jobs (20%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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