
Production Maintenance Tech III
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Job overview
The Production Maintenance Tech III performs skilled maintenance and repair across electrical controls and distribution, PLC/HMI I/O devices, hydraulics, pneumatics, and other industrial systems. The technician troubleshoots and repairs equipment, installs and tests industrial equipment, performs preventive maintenance and failure analysis, and documents work. The role also includes mentoring junior technicians and working under the direction of lead personnel and managers.
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Full job description
While possessing a superior understanding of maintenance and repair principles, the technician will perform skilled tasks in the areas of electrical control and distribution, PLC/HMI I/O devices, hydraulics, pneumatics, and other industrial systems. Essential Functions Troubleshoot, test, and repair as needed faulty equipment using test equipment and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electrical unit and system. Install, set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly. Uses hand tools, instruments, and basic shop tools to support essential functions. Performs preventive maintenance and repairs on production and facilities equipment and systems (e.g., mechanical, electrical). While using reference materials, troubleshoots and corrects equipment problems. Performs equipment failure analysis. Documents work performed. Comply with established safety, health, environmental policies. Adheres to company policies, guidelines and procedures. Mentors and guides junior technicians to develop maintenance skills. Reports to a manager and works under the direction of lead personnel. Will also work under the general direction of functional area manager. Job Specifications Requires a high school diploma or GED. Requires 8 years of electrical experience, and additional specialized training with certification
How this job compares
Set against the 6,928 open Maintenance Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$58–78K/yr304 salary ranges
- North Carolina median$25–33/hr86 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 253 open Maintenance Technician jobs in North Carolina and 6,928 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Maintenance Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 3,796 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 3,192 of the 6,928 open Maintenance Technician jobs (46%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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