Maintenance Engineer
Santa Maria, CAJob$38.79–48.75/hrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Maintenance Engineer supports the reliable operation of facilities and equipment by diagnosing, troubleshooting, and repairing mechanical and electrical systems and performing preventive maintenance. The role also involves maintaining work records, following safety protocols, communicating work status, and contributing to continuous improvement. The position requires at least one year of building maintenance experience, including heating, air conditioning, electrical, and plumbing work, and a California driver’s license upon hire.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Maintenance Engineer, you will be instrumental in ensuring the optimal functioning of our facilities and equipment, allowing our operations to run smoothly and efficiently.
Every day you will diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical and electrical systems, while also performing preventative maintenance on critical machinery. You will be expected to maintain detailed records of all work performed, adhere to safety protocols, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
To be successful in this role, you must possess strong analytical problem-solving skills, in-depth knowledge of engineering principles, and hands-on experience with industrial equipment.
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Demonstrates knowledge of Maintenance Safety. Always performs duties in a safe manner i.e., uses appropriate safety equipment such as back belt, goggles, gloves, face shields, respirators and protective clothing
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Communicate status of work being performed
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Works Stat orders immediately
Job Requirements
Required
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Minimum of one-year maintenance experience in building maintenance. To include heating, air conditioning, electricaland plumbing; should have the ability to read plans
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CA Driver's License, upon hire
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1940, Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center is a 191-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Maria, California. Serving over 250,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, cancer care, orthopedics, and stroke care. Additionally, Marian Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and the only healthcare facility on the Central Coast to offer ECMO.
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Pay Range
$38.79 - $48.75 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 705 open Maintenance Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$38.79–48.75/hr
- California median$39–45/hr37 hourly ranges
- US median$31–36/hr184 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $43.77/hr, is 3% above the California median midpoint ($43/hr) — in the middle half of Maintenance Engineer hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 72 open Maintenance Engineer jobs in California and 705 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- CBRE11 open
- C&W Services6 open
- ABM Industries4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Maintenance Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 524 postings).
- Education
- 138 of the 705 open Maintenance Engineer jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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