Maintenance Tech 1st Shift
Melrose, MNFull-time$24–28/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Maintenance Tech 1st Shift services plant equipment through preventive, scheduled, and emergency repair work orders. The role diagnoses and repairs electromechanical and solid-state equipment, performs calibrations, and assists team members with scheduled maintenance tasks. It may include participation on the Emergency Response team and other duties assigned by supervisors.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
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Job Duties
Service all plant equipment through preventive, scheduled and emergency repair work orders.
Diagnose and perform repairs and calibrations on electromechanical and solid state-of-the-art equipment.
Assist other team members in completing work orders/task per maintenance schedule.
May be part of the Emergency Response team.
Perform other duties assigned by Supervisors.
Minimum Education Required
2-year associate degree in a Maintenance related field.
Certifications and/or Registered license in Mechanical field.
Minimum Experience Required
Ability to work independently to complete assigned tasks in an efficient manner.
Ability to troubleshoot mechanical issues as well as read schematics in various departments.
May be required to lift more than 40 lbs. at times.
Have general understanding of maintenance.
Ability to read/write/communicate in English.
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
1
Public Transportation Accessible
No
Veterans Encouraged to Apply
Yes
Physical Required
No
Drug Test Required
Yes
Compensation
$24.00 - $28.00 / Hourly
Additional Compensation
compensation is based on experience
Postal Code
56352
Job Type
Full Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
Maintenance Tech 1st Shift
Job Benefits
We are proud to offer a generous benefit package in addition to competitive compensation. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance options, a Health Savings Account with company match, 401K plan with company match up to 4% of your compensation, PTO accrual, holiday pay, company paid short and long term disability, and company paid life insurance.
How this job compares
Set against the 6,979 open Maintenance Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$24–28/hr
- Minnesota median$26–32/hr113 hourly ranges
- US median$26–33/hr3,240 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $26/hr, is 10% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($29/hr) — in the middle half of Maintenance Technician hourly ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 135 open Maintenance Technician jobs in Minnesota and 6,979 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- JLL7 open
- Republic Services6 open
- Bridgestone Americas5 open
- Experience
- Maintenance Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 4 years (3,834 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 196 of the 6,979 open Maintenance Technician jobs (3%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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