Master Facilities Maintenance Tech
AMETEK · Richmond, CA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 50+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 10 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at AMETEK (industrial) in Richmond, CA. Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain manufacturing equipment and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, compressed-air, control, and facility utility systems.
- They ask for
- 50+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause, EHS / safety
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in California: typical posted base $72k–$110k.
Median of the low and high ends of 6 live postings that list pay, out of 115 maintenance technician openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
California plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 117 other live reliability postings in California.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (50+ vs 3+)
Typical $90k–$121k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 31%
- PLC 30%
- Tooling 29%
- Welding 28%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: AMETEK in Richmond
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Full description from AMETEKAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
Safety, People, Quality, Delivery, Value
requirements
and applicable OSHA, Cal/OSHA, environmental, and regulatory standards.
- ✓Support lockout/tagout, fire-protection systems, emergency-response programs, regulatory inspections, and corrective actions.
- ✓Identify and help resolve equipment, facility, and work-practice risks.
Qualifications
- ✓High school diploma or GED.
- ✓Minimum seven years of progressively responsible industrial, facilities, or manufacturing maintenance experience.
- ✓Advanced knowledge of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, compressed-air, control, and facility utility systems.
- ✓Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and control-system issues.
- ✓Experience using a CMMS to manage maintenance activities, asset records, work orders, and performance data.
- ✓Experience coordinating work performed by maintenance personnel, contractors, vendors, or service providers.
- ✓Ability to interpret equipment documentation, schematics, manuals, specifications, and maintenance procedures.
- ✓Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and experience developing or maintaining maintenance dashboards and KPIs.
- ✓Ability to manage competing priorities, respond to urgent operational needs, and work independently.
- ✓Strong communication, collaboration, organizational, and technical-leadership skills.
Qualifications
- ✓Technical degree, trade certification, apprenticeship, or equivalent advanced technical training.
- ✓Experience in semiconductor, optics, precision manufacturing, aerospace, or another high-technology manufacturing environment.
- ✓Experience with preventive, predictive, or reliability-centered maintenance programs.
- ✓Experience supporting capital-equipment installations or facility-improvement projects.
- ✓OSHA 30, Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician, Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional, or comparable certification.
Physical and Work
Requirements
- ✓Ability to work safely in manufacturing, facility, mechanical, and utility environments.
- ✓Ability to stand, walk, bend, climb ladders, and access equipment and mechanical spaces.
- ✓Ability to lift and move materials or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- ✓Ability to use required tools and personal protective equipment.
- ✓Ability to respond to urgent equipment or facili
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At Zygo, your skills and insights will be integral to our core values of curiosity, collaboration, and persistence. For over 50 years, Zygo Corporation in Middlefield, CT, has been a global leader in designing and manufacturing advanced optical metrology systems, ultra-precise optical components, and complex electro-optical systems and assemblies. Join our team, where your expertise will drive cutting-edge solutions, address complex technical challenges, and uphold the highest standards of precision and safety.
As a Master Maintenance Technician at our Richmond, CA location, you will serve as the site technical expert for maintenance planning, equipment troubleshooting, facility systems, and the Computerized Management System (CMMS). You will provide day-to-day technical directions and partner across functions to maintain safe, reliable, and efficient operations while improving equipment uptime and maintenance effectiveness.
Safety
- •Perform maintenance work in accordance with company safety
People
- •Provide technical direction, help prioritize maintenance activities, and coordinate work with maintenance personnel, contractors, and site stakeholders.
- •Serve as a technical resource for complex equipment and facility troubleshooting.
- •Share technical knowledge, support cross-training, and communicate maintenance priorities, risks, and equipment status.
Quality
- •Plan and execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
- •Conduct root-cause analysis of recurring failures and implement sustainable corrective actions.
- •Maintain accurate asset records, preventive-maintenance schedules, maintenance history, and work-order documentation.
Delivery
- •Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain manufacturing equipment and mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, compressed-air, control, and facility utility systems.
- •Prioritize and coordinate planned and unplanned maintenance to minimize downtime and operational disruption.
- •Monitor preventive-maintenance compliance, work-order completion, backlog, equipment uptime, Mean Time Between Failures, and Mean Time to Repair.
Value
- •Administer the site CMMS and maintain accurate asset, work-order, maintenance-history, dashboard, and KPI data.
- •Coordinate contractors, service providers, vendors, and work supporting capital-equipment installations and facility improvements.
- •Identify opportunities to improve reliability, maintenance effectiveness, resource utilization, and cost performance.
Core Competencies
- •Safety First Mindset : Identifies risks, follows safety requirements, and reinforces safe work practices.
- •Technical Expertise and Problem Solving : Applies advanced technical knowledge to troubleshoot complex issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions.
- •Accountability and Results : Takes ownership, follows through on commitments, and completes work thoroughly and accurately.
- •Prioritization and Adaptability : Prioritizes work based on safety, operational impact, equipment criticality, and changing business needs.
- •Communication and Collaboration : Coordinates effectively across functions and shifts, keeps stakeholders informed, and shares technical knowledge.
- •Continuous Improvement : Demonstrates curiosity and persistence in improving maintenance practices, equipment reliability, and operational performance.