Job Description

About the Role

Pinnacle Partners is recruiting for a 2nd Shift Industrial Maintenance Technician in Edinburgh, IN. This position focuses on troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining industrial manufacturing equipment to support production uptime and equipment reliability. The ideal candidate will have a well-rounded mechanical and electrical maintenance background, with experience troubleshooting hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial manufacturing equipment and facility systems.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance to support safe operations, production uptime, and product quality.
• Diagnose mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electronic equipment failures.
• Repair and maintain motors, gearboxes, bearings, conveyors, couplings, chains, sprockets, and related components.
• Troubleshoot electrical components, including relays, proximity switches, safety switches, motors, and drives.
• Read and interpret mechanical diagrams, electrical schematics, equipment manuals, and technical drawings.
• Troubleshoot hydraulic and pneumatic systems, including pressure issues, leaking or burst hoses, pumps, and valves.
• Support injection molding presses and auxiliary production equipment.
• Troubleshoot cooling and chilled-water systems, vacuum systems, and related equipment.
• Respond to machine-down calls and prioritize restoring production equipment safely and efficiently.
• Identify root causes of equipment failures rather than relying on temporary fixes or repeatedly resetting equipment.
• Perform equipment installations, adjustments, relocations, and mechanical alignment.
• Support coupling and motor alignment, roller chain and sprocket alignment, and other mechanical maintenance projects.
• Perform scheduled inspections, repairs, and preventive maintenance.
• Maintain motors, pumps, lubrication systems, and other production equipment.
• Participate in larger preventive maintenance projects during scheduled production downtime.
• Work alongside Process Technicians when troubleshooting injection molding machines.
• Assist with equipment improvements and reliability initiatives.
• Follow proper electrical safety procedures, NEC standards, and applicable safety requirements.
• Support maintenance projects and continuous improvement efforts.
• Perform additional industrial maintenance responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements:

• Hands-on industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Ability to independently diagnose equipment failures, troubleshoot machinery, and perform repairs.
• Strong mechanical maintenance knowledge, including experience with motors, gearboxes, bearings, conveyors, and mechanical systems.
• Understanding of mechanical diagrams and industrial equipment operations.
• Working knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot hydraulic pressure issues, leaking or burst hoses, pumps, valves, and related components.
• Basic-to-intermediate electrical troubleshooting experience.
• Ability to diagnose electrical components, including relays, proximity switches, safety switches, and motors.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Understanding of electrical safety and proper troubleshooting procedures.
• Experience performing preventive and corrective maintenance on industrial equipment.
• Strong root-cause troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to explain specific equipment repairs and troubleshooting situations personally handled.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, production-driven manufacturing environment.
• Willingness to work second shift, Monday–Friday, with occasional overtime and rotating on-call responsibilities.

Preferred:

• Experience maintaining industrial manufacturing equipment involving mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Injection molding or thermoforming equipment experience.
• Experience with Engel or Krauss Maffei injection molding machines.
• Advanced electrical and electronic troubleshooting experience.
• PLC troubleshooting and diagnostics, including the ability to interpret ladder logic.
• Experience with industrial robotics and automation systems.
• HMI troubleshooting experience.
• Hydraulic pump and proportional valve rebuilding experience.
• Experience maintaining chillers and auxiliary production equipment.
• Hot runner controller diagnostics.
• Experience with AC/DC drives and servo motors.
• Machining experience, including lathes and mills.
• Equipment installation, setup, and commissioning experience.
• Strong preventive maintenance background.
• Welding and fabrication skills.
• Experience with automotive, plastics, polymer, packaging, or other industrial manufacturing environments.

Benefits Overview:

• Hourly compensation ranging from approximately $26–$33+ per hour, depending on experience and technical capabilities.
• Additional $0.80 per hour second-shift differential.
• Opportunities for annual pay increases based on demonstrated technical capabilities, performance, and required assessments or continuing education.
• Overtime opportunities based on production demands and workload.
• Additional compensation for on-call responsibilities, including:
  • Compensation for phone troubleshooting.
  • Paid drive time for onsite service calls.
  • Minimum of two hours of compensation for onsite call-ins.
• Monday–Friday, second-shift schedule.
• Company-provided maintenance tools, with the option to use personal tools.
• Approximately 90 days of equipment-specific training, depending on prior experience and learning progress.
• Opportunities to develop skills in injection molding equipment, automation, robotics, and advanced electrical systems.
• Opportunities for internal advancement based on demonstrated skills and performance.
• Work alongside experienced maintenance leadership in a collaborative, hands-on department.

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