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Electrical Maintenance Technician

AMETEK · Lancaster, PA

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Level
Technician
Team
Reliability
Degree
Required
Industry
Industrial
Posted
23 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A technician-level reliability role at AMETEK (industrial) in Lancaster, PA.

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degree required
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $58k–$84k.

Median of the low and high ends of 37 live postings that list pay, out of 1786 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 73 other live reliability postings in Pennsylvania.

Experience asked
Not stated

Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Team leadership 58%
  • Welding 34%
  • PLC 32%
  • Tooling 20%

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This plant: AMETEK in Lancaster

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Full description from AMETEKAs posted on their careers site.Show

Essential Functions

  • ◆Troubleshoot and repair a variety of electrical and electronic control equipment including furnace temperature control

systems, AC and DC motor controls and variable speed drives, relay logic and programmable logic controllers, and

other electronic instruments as required.

  • ◆Uses blueprints and schematics to isolate and diagnose faulty equipment using ammeters, multimeters, oscilloscopes

and other test equipment as may be required.

  • ◆Replaces defective components using soldering irons and hand tools. Adjust mechanical parts such as furnace

gas control valve linkage using hand tools, calibrates and aligns equipment according to manufacturer's

specifications.

  • ◆Maintain a high degree of precision and accuracy in all work assignments. Maintains work area in an efficient

and organized state. Record data and maintain pertinent records.

  • ◆Will perform work otherwise not covered in the Electronic Electrician job description, up to that person's

personal ability.

  • ◆May be asked to participate in continuous improvement activities, individually or as a team member. Actively seeks to continuously improve standard work techniques or processes leading to, but not limited to decreasing lead time, improve quality, decreasing set-up time and/or processing time to reduce costs and expand business.
  • ◆May perform all functions of an electrician,
  • ◆This description covers the most significant duties performed but does not exclude other occasional work

assignments not mentioned, the inclusion of which would be in conformity with the factor degrees assigned to

Electronics Electrician.

  • ◆Performs routine set-up and process adjustments inherent to the production process and monitors the product

quality by visual observation and review of process data in accordance with meeting customer specifications.

  • ◆Abide by all plant safety rules and procedures. Immediately report any unsafe conditions, acts, near misses, and injuries.

Properly wear and care for all Personal Protective Equipment. Communicate and submit ideas for any safety issues.

May be asked to participate on Safety Teams.

Requirements

for an applicant to qualify include a high school education or equivalent and a successfully completed

training program in industrial electronics. Must be familiar with theory and operation of solid-state electronic drives

and control systems. Must have the ability to operate a towmotor. Must be able to work independently with minimum

supervision.

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The Electrical Maintenance Technician will support the maintenance department with the strategic and tactical support of the operations at the Hamilton Precision Metals facility. The Maintenance Technician will work on both preventive and daily initiatives. They will trouble shoot solutions and a variety of mechanical and electrical issues. The Maintenance Technicians will collaborate with operators to determine root causes of problems as well as conduct basic training of operators. This position reports directly to the Maintenance Manager and has no direct reports.

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