
Maintenance Electrical Technician
Anheuser-Busch · Houston, TX
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Base pay
- $120k–$140k
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Anheuser-Busch (food & beverage) in Houston, TX. Support, troubleshoot, improve, and maintain high-speed production and packaging machinery.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, 5S, Root cause, PLC, SAP
- Base pay
- $120k–$140k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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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. This one lists $120k–$140k.
Median of the low and high ends of 37 live postings that list pay, out of 1616 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 145 other live reliability postings in Texas.
- Experience asked
- Typical (3+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 54%
- ✓ PLC 33%
- ✓ Root cause 27%
- Welding 27%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Six Sigma, 5S, SAP, Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Anheuser-Busch in Houston
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Full description from Anheuser-BuschAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Maintain machinery, meeting maintenance
requirements
for 480-volt, 3 phase systems, and minimizing downtime will be necessary
- ✓Support, troubleshoot, improve, and maintain high-speed production and packaging machinery
- ✓Utilize SAP to accurately and thoroughly detail and track all corrective and preventive maintenance performed throughout the course of the day; including searching and issuing parts, documenting equipment issues and entering inspection/measurement points
- ✓Prioritize and self-schedule maintenance work around production activities
- ✓Drive plant goals & objectives through individually led projects and continuous improvement activities
- ✓Responsible for programmable controllers and computer process controls
- ✓Ensure quality standards are met at all times
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Qualifications
- ✓PLC programming and troubleshooting experience required
- ✓3 year industrial electrical/programming experience or two-year technical degree preferred
- ✓Outstanding communication and team-orientation skills
- ✓Knowledge of Servos and related controllers including hydraulic and pneumatic, temperature controls
- ✓Ability to troubleshoot problems, identify root causes (e.g. six sigma analysis) and propose and implement remedies
- ✓Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics
- ✓Ability to perform mechanical work, valve replacement, conveyor bearing and chain replacement, motor/gearbox replacement, lube routes
- ✓Application of high-level quality standards
- ✓Adhere to plant safety and 5S requirements; Complete assigned work efficiently and per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- ✓Excellent computer skills
- ✓Outstanding work history, including good attendance
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Dreaming big is in our DNA. It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?
Salary
- •$41.21/hr. starting wage
- •Increased to $44.21/hr. after 2nd yr. (probationary period)
- •$1.00/hr. yearly increase due to union contract
- •Unlimited overtime pay on weekends
- •Average annual earnings of up to $120,000 - $140,000
SHIFT: Assigned based on seniority and preference
- •1st: 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM
- •2nd: 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM
- •3rd: 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- •Holidays and weekends are also required
Company
We are home to the nation’s most iconic beer and beyond beer brands, including Michelob ULTRA – America’s #1 top-selling beer – as well as Busch Light, Budweiser, Bud Light, Stella Artois, Cutwater Spirits, and industry-leading craft brands. From our longstanding efforts to support American farmers, military, veterans, and first responders, to emergency drinking water donations and responsible drinking programs, we are guided by our commitment to the communities we call home and the 65,000 hardworking Americans who bring our beer to life. We are powered by a team that shares our passion to create a future with more cheers. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?
Role summary
Our Supply group is responsible for brewing, packaging and shipping the famous Budweiser beer. They also oversee aluminum can manufacturing, barley fields, hop farms and a rice mill. Life in the brewery is non-stop action with high-speed lines, tight production schedules and astonishingly high quality standards. This is a place where we measure efficiency in seconds, not hours, days or weeks. Paramount in all of this is a dedication to safety above all else and social responsibility. 99.8% of everything that enters our breweries is either completely used in the process or recycled. We also dedicate those big, high-speed lines to help our communities during times of disaster by packaging cans of emergency drinking water. Our customers expect the best and the Supply team provides it.
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Why anheuser-busch
At Anheuser-Busch, our purpose is to create a future with more cheers. For more than 165 years as a leading American manufacturer, Anheuser-Busch has delivered a legacy of brewing great-tasting, high-quality beers that have satisfied beer drinkers for generations. As the nation’s top brewer, one of the fastest growing spirits companies, and an insurgent force in energy drinks, we drive economic prosperity nationwide through investments in our people, facilities, and communities. We are the only alcohol company that invests in the U.S. at this scale .
Benefits
- •Health benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Wellness and Tax-Advantaged Savings and Spending Accounts
- •Life Insurance and Disability Income Protection
- •Pension contribution ($5.42 for each hour worked)
- •Earn up to 8 wks of vacation
- •Opportunity to grow in role after 2 yrs based on skill and leadership capabilities
- •Generous Parental Leave and FMLA policies
- •401(k) Retirement Savings options with a company matching contribution
- •Chance to work in a fast-paced environment among a company of owners
- •Free Beer!
