
Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician (New Ulm)*
3M · Minnesota
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Travel
- 5%
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 18+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at 3M (industrial) in Minnesota. Of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S.
- They ask for
- 18+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage · about 5% travel · relocation help
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $58k–$83k.
Median of the low and high ends of 39 live postings that list pay, out of 1648 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 50 other live reliability postings in Minnesota.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (18+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 43%
- Welding 29%
- PLC 29%
- Automation 24%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician*, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
- ◆Demonstrate safe work behaviors to avoid injury to self and others
- ◆Diagnose, troubleshoot, and determine root causes of failures and eliminate equipment problems
- ◆Analyze maintenance and equipment performance data to identify and implement means for improving reliability, uptime, and quality of product
- ◆Know and apply the operating principles, purpose, proper application, and design limitations of electrical power distribution system components and elements
- ◆Read and work to indicated accuracy, specifications, and tolerances as detailed on engineering drawings, machine assembly prints, machine construction prints, blueprints, sketches, equipment manuals, and vendor diagrams, using both U.S. customary and SI (metric) systems of measurements
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following
qualifications
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this 3M Production role, in compliance with U.S. labor and safety laws.
- ✓Possess or in the last six months of obtaining a two-year technical degree (completed and verified prior to start) in a maintenance or electro-mechanic field
OR
- ✓High school diploma/GED (completed prior to start) AND five (5) or more years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
that could help you succeed even further in this role include
- ◆Two-year degree in Mechatronics, Systems Controls, Fluid Power, or equivalent field of study and five years of maintenance experience
- ◆A strong multi-craft aptitude in a manufacturing environment
- ◆Problem solving/reasoning ability
- ◆Good organizational and planning skills
- ◆Self-motivated, team orientated, and good interpersonal skills
- ◆Continuous improvement mindset
- ◆Ability to lift/carry heavy materials
- ◆Ability to comprehend, understand, and apply written and verbal directions from standard operating procedures, safety rules and supervisor coaching
- ◆Ability to wear personal protective equipment in accordance with safety rules
Responsibilities
of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.
U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.
To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).
The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.
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Job Description
Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician (New Ulm)*
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
We offer
- •Competitive pay starting at $37.48 per hour plus a $1.50 shift differential for afternoon shift and $2.00 for midnight shift.
- •Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance starting on your first day
- •401k with generous company match
- •Up to three weeks paid vacation in your first year
- •Up to twelve paid holidays
- •On-site physical therapy, employee assistance program, and medical support
- •Paid parental leave
- •Employee stock discount
- •Opportunities for advancement
And
- •Ability to work rotating shifts, overtime, weekends, on-call rotation for weekends and holidays, as needed.
Additional
Pay & Benefits
- •The starting rate of pay for this position is $37.48 with the potential to reach $41.64. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences, and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/
Travel: May include up to 5% domestic
Relocation Assistance: Is not authorized
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
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