Maintenance Mechanic
Quad · Winchester, VA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Quad (industrial) in Winchester, VA.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in Virginia: typical posted base $64k–$80k.
Median of the low and high ends of 5 live postings that list pay, out of 56 maintenance technician openings in Virginia, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Virginia plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 57 other live reliability postings in Virginia.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $70k–$101k, from 7 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Welding 48%
- Team leadership 41%
- PLC 28%
- SAP 24%
- Root cause 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Quad
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- 3
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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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Bring proof to the interview
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Full description from QuadAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Duties include, but are not limited to
- ◆Safely performing mechanical preventive maintenance procedures and repairs on finishing machines and auxiliary equipment while maintaining accurate preventive maintenance (PM) records
- ◆Troubleshooting, analyzing and repairing of precision machinery and auxiliary equipment, reading manuals and looking up parts
- ◆Performing all work efficiently with an understanding of the urgency of production downtimes
- ◆Emphasizing proactive measures to minimize reactive maintenance
- ◆Maintaining and repairing components on systems such as bearings, shafts, couplings, gear, clutches, drives, gearboxes, sprockets, chains and pneumatic systems.
Required Qualifications
- ✓Must be able to work a 12 hour rotating shifts (either 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. or 7 p.m. - 7 a.m.) including days, nights, weekends, and holidays. working 3 - 4 days a week
- ✓Must provide, at minimum, a basic set of mechanical hand tools and be able to safely operate and maintain power tools
- ✓Basic math, computer and good communication skills are mandatory
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓2-3 years of experience in maintenance
- ✓2-3 years of related experience on bindery equipment including stitchers, binders and sitmas, folders and inserters.
- ✓Completion of a maintenance program at a vocational/technical school or a recognized apprenticeship program in general mechanical maintenance is a plus
- ✓Previous mechanical experience in the printing industry or industrial maintenance setting is preferred
We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.
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Quad Winchester, VA is seeking an Industrial Maintenance Mechanic, responsible for performing skilled mechanical maintenance work including repair, inspection, modification and improvement on industrial printing equipment. The Maintenance Mechanic plays an essential role in helping the plant provide high quality product and efficient service to our customers by minimizing operational downtime.
PAID Relocation may be available for highly qualified candidates with 100+ miles from the plant.
Our compressed work schedule is geared toward balancing work and family life. You will work 3 to 4, 12 hour days a week with opportunities for overtime (OT paid after 40 hours per week). These shifts rotate throughout the year (either 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. or 7 p.m. - 7 a.m.) including days, nights, weekends, and holidays.