Maintenance Technician
Wage: $36.00 - $40.00/hour
Shift: 1st
Hours: 7:00am 3:30pm
Are your skills not being fully utilized? Reach your maximum potential by working with QPS!
QPS Employment Group has a great opportunity available for a Maintenance Technician at a company in Milwaukee, WI. This is a direct hire position for 1st shift. Apply now!
Maintenance Technician Responsibilities:
- Diagnose equipment / operating difficulties
- Determine cause and plan repair or corrective procedures
- Disassemble, inspect parts and overhaul machines, units and/or components to determine economical improvements and repair procedures
- Perform precise fitting and aligning of bearings, machine spindles, etc.
- Construct, replace and/or repair electrical wiring, controls, switches, motors, etc.
- Perform, record and document preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and facilities
- Perform general building repair and maintenance which may require electrical, carpentry, pipe fitting, welding and similar trade skills
- Maintain, repair and replace air line systems, electrical, hydraulic systems, and heating systems
- Maintain, develop and ensure spare parts inventory of critical parts and components
- Assist with or plan and lay out projects, methods and procedures, and equipment, to install new machinery, change plant layout, new construction and alteration of physical plant and maintenance and repairs
- Move machine and equipment, position, align and level machine bases; install motors, pulleys, belts, flywheels, clutches, etc.
- Perform general building repairs and maintenance work on the heating, air conditioning, plumbing and sprinkler systems; do sheet metal and roofing repairs requiring a fundamental knowledge of the trade involved
- Diagnose machine and equipment malfunctions and disassemble, repair and reassemble units
- Rebuild or overhaul machines and equipment
- Work from plant drawings, machine and equipment drawings, job layouts, sketches and detailed instructions
- Use scale, square, calipers, dividers, levels, plumb line, trammels, templates, etc., to lay out and check work
- Be familiar with and use power machine tools and hand tools typical of maintenance
Requirements for Maintenance Technician:
- Vocational or high school graduation with proficiencies in mechanical drawing, shop mathematics and shop practices plus an apprenticeship program or equivalent formal on-the-job training program together with four or more years of experience in various trade fundamentals, or eight or more years experience in the trade
- Ability to both verbally and in writing document repair procedures and needs
- Ability to use advanced shop mathematics, decimals, fractions and conversions from metric measurements
- High degree of reasoning ability to diagnosis problems and prepare corrective actions and alternatives
- Knowledge and understanding of specialized machines and equipment and their repair and maintenance
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IND999
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
Wage: $36.00 - $40.00/hour
Shift: 1st
Hours: 7:00am 3:30pm
Are your skills not being fully utilized? Reach your maximum potential by working with QPS!
QPS Employment Group has a great opportunity available for a Maintenance Technician at a company in Milwaukee, WI. This is a direct hire position for 1st shift. Apply now!
Maintenance Technician Responsibilities:
- Diagnose equipment / operating difficulties
- Determine cause and plan repair or corrective procedures
- Disassemble, inspect parts and overhaul machines, units and/or components to determine economical improvements and repair procedures
- Perform precise fitting and aligning of bearings, machine spindles, etc.
- Construct, replace and/or repair electrical wiring, controls, switches, motors, etc.
- Perform, record and document preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and facilities
- Perform general building repair and maintenance which may require electrical, carpentry, pipe fitting, welding and similar trade skills
- Maintain, repair and replace air line systems, electrical, hydraulic systems, and heating systems
- Maintain, develop and ensure spare parts inventory of critical parts and components
- Assist with or plan and lay out projects, methods and procedures, and equipment, to install new machinery, change plant layout, new construction and alteration of physical plant and maintenance and repairs
- Move machine and equipment, position, align and level machine bases; install motors, pulleys, belts, flywheels, clutches, etc.
- Perform general building repairs and maintenance work on the heating, air conditioning, plumbing and sprinkler systems; do sheet metal and roofing repairs requiring a fundamental knowledge of the trade involved
- Diagnose machine and equipment malfunctions and disassemble, repair and reassemble units
- Rebuild or overhaul machines and equipment
- Work from plant drawings, machine and equipment drawings, job layouts, sketches and detailed instructions
- Use scale, square, calipers, dividers, levels, plumb line, trammels, templates, etc., to lay out and check work
- Be familiar with and use power machine tools and hand tools typical of maintenance
Requirements for Maintenance Technician:
- Vocational or high school graduation with proficiencies in mechanical drawing, shop mathematics and shop practices plus an apprenticeship program or equivalent formal on-the-job training program together with four or more years of experience in various trade fundamentals, or eight or more years experience in the trade
- Ability to both verbally and in writing document repair procedures and needs
- Ability to use advanced shop mathematics, decimals, fractions and conversions from metric measurements
- High degree of reasoning ability to diagnosis problems and prepare corrective actions and alternatives
- Knowledge and understanding of specialized machines and equipment and their repair and maintenance
...
IND999
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
Job ID: 487623766
Originally Posted on: 8/1/2025
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