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Mill Maintenance Technician

Nixa, MO 65714

Posted: 08/12/2026 Job Number: 815508 Pay Rate: 21.00 Industry: Paper/Pulp/Printing

Job Description

Position Title: Mill Maintenance Technician

Wage: $21.00-$24.00/hour

Shift: 1st

Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday

An excellent opportunity for mechanically inclined candidates who enjoy working with both production equipment and hands-on maintenance. In this role, you'll operate and maintain media mills used in the manufacturing process, ensuring products are produced to quality specifications while keeping equipment running efficiently. This direct hire position offers a combination of machine operation, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and material handling, making it ideal for someone who likes staying active and solving mechanical challenges. Successful candidates will be self-motivated, detail-oriented, comfortable working in an industrial environment, and willing to get their hands dirty while contributing to a safe and productive manufacturing operation. Don’t miss this direct hire opportunity in Nixa, MO.

Mill Maintenance Technician Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- All aspects of daily mill operation and routine maintenance
- Review specifications and raw materials based on the batch ticket for product to be milled
- Mix raw materials following company specifications to mill the product
- Work in production on the machine to produce product as well as maintaining it
- Maintain a clean, safe, and well-organized work area

Mill Maintenance Technician Requirements:
- Previous industrial or electrical maintenance experience, minimum of 2 years
- Basic math skills
- Basic computer skills
- Basic electrical knowledge a plus
- Basic mechanical aptitude
- Organized/detail-oriented
- Self-directed
- Open to getting dirty
- Generally must be able to, with or without accommodation, proficiently use both sensory perception/clarity and muscle control/coordination; may include vision (near, far, color, glare control), hearing (auditory attention, sound localization), speech, strength, agility, dexterity flexibility, steadiness or reaction time
- Frequent heavy lifting up to 50 pounds and may require long periods of standing
- Ability to commute to Nixa

QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the United States. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment. Hiring immediately!

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