Maintenance Technician
PrideStaff · Cottondale, AL
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Base pay
- $50k–$70k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at PrideStaff (industrial) in Cottondale, AL.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- 5S, DOE
- Base pay
- $50k–$70k
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $58k–$83k. This one lists $50k–$70k.
Median of the low and high ends of 39 live postings that list pay, out of 1590 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 37 other live reliability postings in Alabama.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Welding 61%
- Team leadership 53%
- PLC 45%
- Root cause 29%
- Tooling 29%
- Robotics 26%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for DOE, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at PrideStaff
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- 2
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- 3
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Full description from PrideStaffAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Troubleshoots equipment issue
- ◆Acts as liaison between company and OEM maintenance support
- ◆Installs and maintains machine tool equipment
- ◆Installs and maintains utility related piping, wiring and control
- ◆Controls maintenance owned tools, tester, etc. and keeps maintenance area clean at all times (5S!)
- ◆Perform preventive maintenance activities and documents per required systems
- ◆Support Continuous improvement activities
- ◆Promotes and ensures facility safety and security
- ◆Generate and maintain effective documentation for processes, procedures and training purposes.
Education and/or Experience
- ✓Associates or Technical Degree preferably in a technical field or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- ✓Minimum 5 Years of work experience in a similar industrial or maintenance related field
- ✓Ability to manage and prioritize time effectively
- ✓Ability to problem-solve advanced electrical controls i.e. Siemens 840d Multi axis drive controls, Profibus, DIN Schematic
- ✓Ability to problem-solve advanced mechanical controls i.e. geometrical alignments, Hydraulics, Pneumatics
- ✓Working knowledge of HVAC, Piping, Communications, and electrical.
- ✓Fabrication, assembly, disassembly
Preferred Experience
- ✓5 years: Ability to problem-solve advanced mechanical controls i.e. geometrical alignments, Hydraulics, Pneumatics
- ✓5 years: Ability to problem solve advanced electrical controls (i.e. Siemens 840d Multi axis drive controls, Profibus, DIN Schematic)
- ✓5 years: Work experience in similar industrial or maintenance related field
Pay Rate = $ 50,000 -$70,000 DOE
Call Pridestaff at 205-440-3729
80 McFarland Bvld, Suite 3
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Multicraft Maintenance Technician needed
Language Skills
- •Ability to write professionally for multiple outlets that conform to prescribed style and format
- •Ability to verbally communicate effectively
Reasoning Ability
- •Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- •Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
Computer Skills
- •Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Visio)
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- •The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.