Maintenance Technician

JUMPSTART, ADVANCE, AND LOVE YOUR CAREER WITH SMSI!

At SMSI, we believe in our employees. With above-average pay, extensive benefits, vocational training, and a family-based atmosphere, we are always looking for people seeking to improve themselves. Together, our team strives to perform the best service possible for customers. We thrive on challenges and believe in fair compensation for dedication, detail, and professionalism.

This position is based in one of our Springfield facilities.

Benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)
• Life Insurance
• PTO

$24 - $40+ hourly DOE

• Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment.
• Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.
• Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Installs and repairs electrical apparatus, such as transformers and wiring, and electrical and electronic components of machinery and equipment.
• Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
• Repairs and maintains the physical structure of the establishment.
• Diagnoses malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors, motion controls, drives, and lighting fixtures, and replaces damaged or broken wires and cables.
• Tests malfunctioning machinery and discusses malfunctions with other industrial maintenance workers and mechanics, supervisors, planners, schedulers, and machinists to diagnose the malfunction.
• Pushes buttons and presses keys on the robotic controller, programmable controller to program automated machinery, such as robotics, to operate automated machinery, to test for malfunctions, and to verify repairs.
• Plans layout of wiring and installs wiring, conduit, and electrical apparatus in buildings.
• Complies with company, state, and federal (OSHA) safety policies, rules of conduct, and regulatory requirements.
• Uses good interpersonal skills and communication to work harmoniously with co-workers, supervisors, team lead, shift coordinators, planners, engineers, and the customer. Works with other employees as a team and promotes the team concept.
• This position is safety sensitive.

Cross-Role Expectations

• Experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with a bias toward permanent fixes.
• Willingness to work within a dispatcher-driven, priority-based maintenance system.
• Comfortable with work orders, documentation, and shift handoffs.
• Safety-first mindset (LOTO, hot work, confined space as applicable).
• Team-oriented approach working with Operations, Engineering, and Reliability.

• 5+ years of industrial mechanical maintenance experience.
• Bearings, shafts, chains, belts, and couplings.
• Pneumatic systems, including valves, cylinders, and regulators.
• Hydraulic systems, including pumps, valves, hoses, and leak repair.
• Precision alignment and mechanical teardown/rebuild experience.
• Ability to work from prints, sketches, or verbal instructions.
• Welding and fabrication fundamentals (MIG/TIG preferred).

Preferred Skills:

• Experience supporting presses, cutters, and rotating equipment.
• Root cause troubleshooting mindset.
• Ability to support emergency repairs and planned outages.

SMSI is dedicated to providing the highest quality mechanical services performed in an honest, dependable, and efficient manner. SMSI offers lots of room to grow in a fast-paced company. We have been serving commercial and industrial markets for 30 years.