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Mechanical Maintenance Technician IV

Cummins · Manning, SC

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Level
Technician
Team
Reliability
Industry
Industrial
Posted
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The role in 30 seconds

A technician-level reliability role at Cummins (industrial) in Manning, SC. A customer-centric approach will help you gain trust and loyalty.

Tools it names
TPM, IATF 16949

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $57k–$86k.

Median of the low and high ends of 59 live postings that list pay, out of 2258 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 70 other live reliability postings in South Carolina.

Experience asked
Not stated

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Team leadership 46%
  • PLC 39%
  • Welding 30%
  • EHS / safety 28%
  • Root cause 21%

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Stands out: this posting asks for IATF 16949, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

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Job Summary

Comprehensive knowledge troubleshooting, assembling, installing, testing, maintaining and making improvements to mechanical systems. Works with relevant functions to select and utilize appropriate resources, tools, machinery and specialty equipment. Thoroughly understands the protocols of working safely with electricity and other energy sources with industrial equipment. Acts as a formal resource coordinating others. Quickly and effectively adapts to change in the manufacturing environment.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways

  • ◆Enhancing Safety: By promptly reporting hazards and incidents, you'll help create a safer work environment for everyone.
  • ◆Ensuring Compliance: Adhering to HSE standards and using appropriate protective equipment will maintain high safety and environmental standards.
  • ◆Promoting Team Safety: Encouraging interdependence and looking out for colleagues will foster a culture of mutual care and safety.
  • ◆Improving Quality: Applying high standards of workmanship and performing quality inspections will ensure the reliability and excellence of the work.
  • ◆Supporting Maintenance: Your skills in troubleshooting and mechanical repairs will keep equipment running smoothly and efficiently.
  • ◆Optimizing Processes: Identifying and reducing manufacturing constraints will enhance productivity and streamline operations.
  • ◆Fostering Communication: Effective communication with your team and support teams will ensure smooth collaboration and problem-solving.
  • ◆Continuous Improvement: Engaging in training and participating in TPM teams will drive ongoing improvements in quality, safety, and processes.

To be successful in this role you will need the following

  • ◆Collaborate Effectively: Build strong partnerships and work collaboratively with others to achieve shared goals. This will help you leverage diverse skills and perspectives to drive success.
  • ◆Communicate Clearly: Develop and deliver communications that are tailored to the needs of different audiences. Clear communication ensures everyone is on the same page and can work efficiently.
  • ◆Focus on Customers: Build strong relationships with customers and deliver solutions that meet their needs. A customer-centric approach will help you gain trust and loyalty.
  • ◆Make Quality Decisions: Make timely and well-informed decisions that keep the organization moving forward. Good decision-making is crucial for navigating challenges and seizing opportunities.
  • ◆Drive Results: Consistently achieve your goals, even in tough circumstances. Your ability to deliver results will be key to your success and the success of your team.
  • ◆Manage Complexity: Effectively handle complex and sometimes contradictory information to solve problems. Your ability to make sense of complexity will help you find innovative solutions.
  • ◆Learn Nimblely: Embrace learning through experimentation and use both successes and failures as opportunities to grow. Being adaptable and open to new ideas will help you stay ahead.
  • ◆Champion Health and Safety: Model proactive health and safety behaviors and participate in actions to improve workplace safety. Your commitment to safety will contribute to a culture of care and an injury-free workplace.
  • ◆Recognize Controls Safety: Identify and incorporate safe practices related to electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic hazards in your daily work. This will help create a safer manufacturing environment.
  • ◆Apply Manufacturing Knowledge: Implement changes in processes, equipment, and applications to meet functional needs and drive continuous improvement. Your expertise will be vital in optimizing operations.
  • ◆Value Differences: Appreciate and leverage the diverse perspectives and cultures within the organization. Recognizing the value of diversity will enhance collaboration and innovation.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

  • ✓High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.
  • ✓This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

  • ✓Significant work experience and in-depth knowledge obtained through specialized training and relevant experience.

The Maintenance Technician IV ’s role is to identify, resolve, document and prevent machine and system operating problems in facilities and process equipment in such a way that equipment availability will be increased and stabilized over time while observing all environmental, health, and safety rules and procedures. These technicians, as appropriate, will also be responsible for maintaining, documenting and collecting all data and key operating parameters of all equipment to ensure proper operation and quality output as required by Corporate TPM procedure. Although this person does not have direct responsibility for financial budgets, it is expected that any recommended repairs are a result of evaluating cost effective repair alternatives that take into consideration the urgency and permanency of the repair.

Core

Responsibilities

  • ◆Maintain all process related equipment
  • ◆Evaluate and maintain air compressors, electrical distribution for process equipment, facility HVAC systems, Facility lighting, and general plumbing.
  • ◆Support and maintain APS (Meritor Production System)
  • ◆Has responsibility for quality and shall have the authority to stop; production to correct quality problems.
  • ◆Ensures that all safe work practices are followed per the Environmental, Health and Safety Management System and TS 16949 Quality System.
  • ◆Maintain an organized, systematic, and orderly Maintenance area.

Education/Certifications

  • ✓Promotes Core Values
  • ✓Promotes Organizational Learning
  • ✓Demonstrate Integrity
  • ✓Associate Level Technolog
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We are looking for a talented Mechanical Maintenance Technician IV person to join our team specializing in Manufacturing for our Cummins Inc. facility in Manning, SC .

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