
Maintenance Lead
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BrightFarms seeks an experienced, dependable Maintenance Technician IV/Lead to oversee daily maintenance activities and provide hands-on leadership to the maintenance team. The role maintains safe, reliable, efficient operations through preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment troubleshooting, and repairs. The ideal candidate has strong electrical troubleshooting and PLC controls experience and can diagnose and repair automated equipment and control systems.
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Maintenance Technician IV/Lead Position Summary We are seeking an experienced and dependable Maintenance Technician IV/Lead to oversee day-to-day maintenance activities, troubleshoot equipment and facility issues, and provide hands-on leadership to the maintenance team. This position is responsible for maintaining safe, reliable, and efficient operations while coordinating preventive and corrective maintenance. The ideal candidate will have strong electrical troubleshooting and PLC controls experience, with the ability to diagnose and repair automated equipment and control systems. Key Responsibilities - Lead, coordinate, and prioritize daily maintenance activities and work orders. - Perform hands-on mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and general facility repairs as needed. - Troubleshoot and repair electrical systems, motor controls, sensors, VFDs, relays, contactors, and control panels. - Diagnose, troubleshoot, and modify PLC-controlled equipment and automated systems. - Read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, ladder logic, and equipment documentation. - Troubleshoot PLC inputs/outputs, sensors, actuators, communication issues, and control-system faults. - Assist with PLC programming, parameter adjustments, and system modifications as required. - Schedule and complete preventive maintenance to reduce equipment downtime and extend equipment life. - Train, coach, and mentor maintenance technicians on electrical systems, PLC controls, troubleshooting techniques, equipment operation, and safe work practices. - Develop and provide hands-on training to maintenance team members and machine operators, helping build their technical skills and improve their ability to diagnose and resolve equipment issues independently. - Monitor maintenance work to ensure quality, safety, and compliance with company procedures. - Maintain accurate records of repairs, inspections, parts, PLC changes, and preventive maintenance activities. - Coordinate with operations, production, engineering, and management to address maintenance needs and minimize downtime. - Support equipment installations, upgrades, electrical projects, and automation improvements. - Maintain an appropriate inventory of tools, electrical components, controls parts, and replacement equipment. - Coordinate with contractors and outside service providers when necessary. - Ensure maintenance activities comply with OSHA, electrical safety requirements, company policies, and applicable regulations. - Respond to emergency maintenance situations and equipment breakdowns as needed. - Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, automation, maintenance processes, and operating efficiency. - Maintain a clean, organized, and safe maintenance work area.
How this job compares
Set against the 6,966 open Maintenance Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$58–79K/yr308 salary ranges
- Georgia median$28–34/hr69 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 239 open Maintenance Technician jobs in Georgia and 6,966 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Georgia
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- 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 (3,828 postings).
- Education
- 29 of the 6,966 open Maintenance Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 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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