Maintenance Technician - Lead
Bass Pro Shops · Memphis, TN
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Bass Pro Shops (industrial) in Memphis, TN.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Tooling
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 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 1861 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Tennessee plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 52 other live reliability postings in Tennessee.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 4+)
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 55%
- PLC 51%
- EHS / safety 30%
- Welding 28%
- Root cause 23%
- ✓ Tooling 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Bass Pro Shops
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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- 5
Bring proof to the interview
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Full description from Bass Pro ShopsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Position summary
The General Maintenance role completes work order service requests in support of store operations. This position performs preventive maintenance and oversees service contractors’ delivery of routine maintenance (housekeeping, landscape maintenance, pest control, etc.). This role must possess broad skills in various building trades (I.E., plumbing, carpentry, electrical, mechanical, etc.) and broad mechanical aptitude. This position is responsible to support corporate facility maintenance, energy conservation, and waste management programs.
Essential functions
- ◆Performs electrical repair; lamp changing, light fixture repair/installation, diagnostic capability.
- ◆Performs plumbing repair: pump and fixture installations/replacements/repair, drain cleaning, diagnostic capability.
- ◆Maintains basic understanding of commercial equipment operation and maintenance procedures regarding heating, ventilating, and air conditioning;
- ◆Performs basic mechanical repair on tractors, forklifts, order pickers, pallet jacks, and other equipment as required.
- ◆Repairs the building; painting, wall repair, minor carpentry, floor repair, etc.
- ◆Performs periodic building operation “tune up” to ensure energy conservation and waste management efforts at the store level are consistent with overall corporate facility programs.
- ◆Maintains all equipment necessary to perform work.
- ◆Completes preventative and reparative maintenance to include electric maintenance, mechanics, hydraulics, carpentry and masonry, cleaning, repairing, and installing pieces, components, and equipment.
- ◆Maintains primary emphasis is on performance of a variety of maintenance tasks, rather than a high degree of skill in any trade.
- ◆ALL OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED
Experience/qualifications
- ✓Minimum Degree Required: High School education or 1-2 year vocational training
- ✓High mechanical ability
- ✓Must also be willing to work with and oversee the work of others.
- ✓Verifiable experience in maintenance related work fields.
Requirements
- ✓N/A
Requirements
- ✓Constantly stand and/or walk during shift
- ✓Constantly ascend or descend ladders, stairs, ramps, etc (climbing up to but not limited to 30 feet from the floor)
- ✓Constantly moving, lifting and carrying objects up to 25 pounds
- ✓Constantly communicate with others to exchange information
- ✓Constantly repeat motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers
- ✓Constantly operate machinery and/or power tools
- ✓Occasionally move and lift objects up to 100 pounds or more
- ✓Occasionally work in tight and confined spaces
- ✓Occasionally operate motor vehicles or heavy equipment.
- ✓Occasionally work in low or high temperatures
- ✓Occasionally work in outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind.
- ✓Occasionally work in noisy environments
- ✓Occasionally work in hazardous conditions
- ✓Occasionally work in small and/or enclosed spaces
- ✓Must have no limitations due to lifting
requirements
- ✓Must be willing to work outdoors in inclement weather,
- ✓Requires continuous use of gross motor skills, near/far vision, color definition, hearing, and speech.
- ✓Requires eye/hand coordination, use of fine motor skills, works in difficult and confined spaces, pushes, pulls or utilizes manual and bi-manual dexterity.
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Knowledge, skills, and ability
- •Must be willing to work with and oversee the work of others
- •Verifiable experience in maintenance related work fields
- •Experience that demonstrates skill in various building trades listed above
- •Good customer service attitude
- •Polite, engaging, and courteous demeanor
Independent judgement
- •Performs tasks and duties under general supervision, using established procedures and innovation. Chooses from limited alternatives to resolve problems. Occasional independent judgment is required to complete work assignments. Often makes recommendations to work procedures, policies, and practices.
