Second Shift Senior Maintenance Technician

Helion•Everett, WA

4d•$44 - $52•Onsite

About The Position

Helion is hiring a Senior Maintenance Technician to maintain production equipment used to build high-voltage capacitors and integrated modules for its fusion reactor systems. The role involves troubleshooting electrical and mechanical issues, performing preventive and corrective maintenance, restoring equipment safely, and improving equipment readiness. This is an onsite position in Everett, Washington, reporting to the Supervisor of Technical Maintenance. The assigned second-shift schedule is Monday through Friday, 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Schedule flexibility may be required as operations expand toward multiple shifts and eventual 24/7 coverage.

Requirements

Able to support a second-shift schedule of 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
At least 5 years of relevant hands-on technical maintenance experience. Relevant backgrounds may include industrial or manufacturing maintenance, equipment service, military maintenance, aviation, automotive diagnostics, field service, or machine building.
High school diploma or equivalent; a technical degree, apprenticeship, military technical training, or formal controls training may be considered in place of some direct experience.
Electro-mechanical troubleshooting capability, with depth in either electrical or mechanical systems and safe working ability across both.
Ability to troubleshoot industrial electrical and mechanical systems, including 480V equipment, motors, drives, sensors, power distribution, safety circuits, bearings, belts, gearboxes, pumps, valves, pneumatics, hydraulics, tooling, and mechanical assemblies.
Ability to perform basic controls troubleshooting, including fault codes, sensor and actuator checks, field device replacement, and escalation of programming, logic, robot, HMI, or drive configuration issues.
Ability to read and use schematics, manuals, OEM documentation, work instructions, and maintenance records to troubleshoot equipment.
Ability to document maintenance activity in a CMMS or similar work order system and support critical equipment issues in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Ability to work assigned schedules as operations evolve, including day, swing, night, rotating, overtime, weekend, or on-call coverage as needed.
Ability to lift up to 49 pounds unassisted, stand and walk during shifts up to 12 hours, and regularly bend, lift, stretch, and reach below the waist and above the head.

Responsibilities

Maintain and repair automated and industrial production equipment, including high-voltage test systems, laser welding equipment, soldering equipment, material handling equipment, pumps, presses, conveyors, and related systems.
Work safely around industrial hazards, including high voltage, stored energy, pressurized systems, lasers, and robotic equipment, using established controls such as LOTO and electrical safe work practices.
Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, and basic controls issues using schematics, manuals, OEM documentation, maintenance history, and structured escalation.
Install, replace, and repair common electrical and mechanical components such as sensors, relays, contactors, motors, bearings, belts, gearboxes, pumps, valves, and seals.
Document labor, failures, repairs, parts, and equipment history in a CMMS or similar maintenance system.
Support emergency repairs and reliability improvement by identifying failure modes, needed tools and spares, return-to-service checks, and opportunities to improve preventive maintenance quality, uptime, MTTR, and equipment readiness.
Perform other duties as required.