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Skilled - Maintenance Technician

Janesville, WI 53546

Posted: 04/17/2026 Job Number: 805305 Pay Rate: 52,000 Industry: Metals / Machine Shop

Job Description

Position Title: Maintenance Technician

Salary: $52,000-$72,800/year

Shift: 2nd

Hours: 4:00pm-2:00am

QPS Employment Group is hiring a Maintenance Technician for a company in Janesville, WI. This is a direct hire opportunity.

Maintenance Technician Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Execute routine, preventive, predictive, and reactive maintenance activities for the company’s manufacturing equipment and support equipment
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair control and non-control based production equipment
- Identify problems and solutions on existing equipment; make suggestions/recommendations on specific manufacturers’ components to be installed on new equipment and/or upgrades to assist in standardization of parts throughout the facility
- Participate with the Maintenance leader and the Production Unit in purchasing new, rebuilt, or upgrades for equipment projects; identify project scope, timelines, budgets, and resource scheduling
- Manage planned downtime activities for equipment; order required component parts and identify additional resources to complete tasks in a timely manner
- Maintain work area in an organized fashion; ensure area is cleaned after each job is completed
- Participate in continuous improvement projects to improve the equipment’s reliability and maintainability
- Document control (work orders, inventory control, etc.)
- Assist in the development of preventive, predictive, and repair tasks and procedures
- Follow all safety regulations and practices, including but not limited to lockout/tag out and required personal protective equipment
- Effectively utilize and follow systems for inventory control of spare parts, labor reporting, maintenance requests, Preventive Maintenance work orders, and purchasing
- Effectively communicate issues to all appropriate personnel to ensure information is shared with all appropriate parties
- Assist Production Unit in line changeovers and set-ups as needed
- Individuals directed by management to operate a vehicle for work purposes will observe the requirements of the Fleet Safety Program
- Support, promote, and perform in a manner consistent with continuous improvement goals and the values of the company’s technologies which include the policies, procedures, and requirements of the Quality Management and IS0 14001 Environmental Management Systems
- All other duties as assigned by supervisor, including powered industrial truck certifications when applicable

Maintenance Technician Requirements:
- High school degree or equivalent 
- 5-6 years or more of industrial maintenance experience (pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical)
- Training certifications in a technical field (PLC’s, pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical) 
- Experience operating, programming, and troubleshooting PLC's
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office 
- Ability to work from ladder or elevated platform 
- Ability to maintain a forklift license 
- Solid troubleshooting skills in pneumatics, electrical, and hydraulic systems
- Ability to read and understand blueprints
- Data driven mindset in identifying and prioritizing opportunities and issues
- Strong analytical skills, strategic as well as tactical thinking ability, and problem-solving capacity
- Effectively address senior-level management, both internally and externally
- Energetic and self-driven professional, with a high degree of customer focus
- Excellent communication skills, both internally and externally
- Good team player with an ability to operate in a cross-functional organization
- Organized, detail-orientated, and ability to execute with a sense of urgency
- Proven ability to manage deadlines, prioritize, and multi-task
- Strive for continuous improvement
- Ability to troubleshoot issues, find root cause, and initiate corrective action

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!

Why Work with QPS?
- Access to sought-after positions with leading employers
- Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process

Best of all, our job matching and resume assistance services are 100% free to job seekers and we will never ask you to pay a fee!

Please note that QPS Employment Group may use a virtual recruiting assistant to help screen and schedule candidates efficiently. All information collected through this process is used solely for employment purposes and is handled securely in accordance with our privacy policy.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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