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.

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

• Visually inspect and test machinery and equipment.
• Dismantle defective machines and equipment and install new or repaired parts.
• Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Install and repair electrical apparatus, such as transformers and wiring, and electrical and electronic components of machinery and equipment.
• Lay out, assemble, install, and maintain pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repair and replace gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
• Repair and maintain the physical structure of the establishment.
• Diagnose malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors, motion controls, drives, and lighting fixtures, and replace damaged or broken wires and cables.
• Test malfunctioning machinery and discuss malfunctions with other industrial maintenance workers and mechanics, supervisors, planners, schedulers, and machinists to diagnose the malfunction.
• Push buttons and press 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.
• Plan layout of wiring and install wiring, conduit, and electrical apparatus in buildings.
• Comply with company, state, and federal (OSHA) safety policies, rules of conduct, and regulatory requirements.
• Use good interpersonal skills and communication to work harmoniously with co-workers, supervisors, team lead, shift coordinators, planners, engineers, and the customer.
• Work with other employees as a team and promote the team concept.
• This position is safety sensitive.

• 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.
• Experience with 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).

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

$24 - $40+ hourly DOE