Heat Treat Maintenance Technician II
About The Position
The Heat Treat Maintenance Technician II is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and supporting the reliability of heat-treating equipment and associated production systems in industrial manufacturing environments. The role helps ensure equipment operates safely, efficiently, and within required temperature and process specifications. The technician performs maintenance on mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems; heat-treatment equipment; instrumentation; and combustion systems. The position also supports production, equipment installations and upgrades, and reliability improvements while following plant safety procedures, environmental regulations, and maintenance standards.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Typically 2 to 5 years of industrial maintenance experience.
- Experience troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
- Strong troubleshooting skills in mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
- Knowledge of industrial maintenance best practices.
- Ability to read electrical schematics and technical drawings.
- Experience with control instrumentation, sensors, and calibration procedures.
- Understanding of combustion systems, gas burners, and heat-treatment processes.
- Familiarity with lockout/tagout (LOTO) and industrial safety procedures.
- Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented manufacturing environment.
- Strong problem-solving and diagnostic abilities.
- Ability to perform the listed physical tasks, including lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, and working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces.
- Ability to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities.
- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and meet applicable customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience maintaining heat-treating equipment, industrial furnaces, ovens, or heavy manufacturing machinery.
- Technical school, vocational training, or certification in industrial maintenance, electrical systems, mechatronics, instrumentation, metallurgy, or mechanical technology.
Responsibilities
- Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment failures.
- Troubleshoot and maintain heat-treating furnaces, ovens, burners, drives, motors, pumps, and gearboxes.
- Perform preventive and predictive maintenance on production and heat-treatment equipment.
- Inspect, calibrate, and maintain temperature-control instrumentation and sensors.
- Verify proper operation of safety systems, alarms, and interlocks.
- Repair or replace defective mechanical and electrical components.
- Interpret technical manuals, schematics, blueprints, and wiring diagrams.
- Maintain gas burner systems and combustion-related equipment.
- Inspect equipment to identify and prevent potential failures.
- Respond to equipment breakdowns in a timely manner to support production.
- Document maintenance activities, repairs, and inspection results.
- Follow plant safety procedures, environmental regulations, and maintenance standards.
- Assist with equipment installations, upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to improve equipment reliability and uptime.
- Perform additional maintenance duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
