Maintenance Technician, Nights

Molnlycke · Wiscasset, ME

Level: Technician
Team: Reliability
Industry: Industrial
Posted: Recently

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level reliability role at Molnlycke (industrial) in Wiscasset, ME. 2-year trade school or equivalent with study in electro-mechanical equipment preferred.

Tools it names: OEE, ISO 13485, FDA / GMP, PLC, Machining, Welding
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 19, 2026

Maintenance Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $58k–$83k.

Median of the low and high ends of 39 live postings that list pay, out of 1594 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Maine plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 1710 other live reliability postings in the US.

Base pay: Not listed in this posting
Experience asked: Not stated

Skills these teams ask for most

Team leadership 50%
✓ PLC 39%
✓ Welding 35%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for OEE, ISO 13485, FDA / GMP, Machining, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

At a glance

Off-shift / weekend coverage

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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 Molnlycke
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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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.

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and experience

✓Excellent benefits package including health, dental, short and long-term disability and life insurance; medical and dependent care reimbursement accounts; education assistance; wellness incentives; discretionary annual bonus
✓Paid breaks
✓Weekly paychecks
✓12 paid holidays per year
✓3 weeks paid time off per year
✓4.8% employer contribution to your 401k, even if you don’t contribute!
✓Plus 100% employer 401k match on first 3% of employee contribution and 50% employer match on the next 2%

Your role

◆Perform preventative maintenance on process equipment and facility utilizing preventative maintenance system.
◆Perform reactive troubleshooting and maintenance on process equipment and facility. Flexibility of working hours required to do maintenance during production downtime.
◆Work with machine designers to help fabricate custom machines and fixtures.
◆Work with outside vendors/service providers for work that cannot be performed internally.
◆Provide support to R&D Department to help setup/alter equipment to evaluate/validate new products/procedures.
◆Provide support to manufacturing and equipment engineering to improve OEE/uptime/safety.
◆Works in collaboration with other Maintenance Technicians to set-up, troubleshoot and improve existing production equipment.
◆Helps maintain the tools and spare parts inventories. Develop spare parts

requirements

through familiarization of equipment use and research with vendors to determine on-hand spare parts levels.

✓Supports efforts to implement best practices within job scope; expected to participate in activities designed to improve production, quality, and safety.
✓Performs other duties as assigned by manager.
✓Appropriately prioritizes assigned maintenance activities planned and unplanned.
✓Ensure preventative maintenance schedules assigned are met.

Requirements

✓Employees hired after November 1, 2021 must be fully vaccinated within 45 days of employment. During the first 45 days, if not already fully vaccinated, employees must test weekly at their own expense.
✓2-year trade school or equivalent with study in electro-mechanical equipment preferred.
✓Hold a valid Boiler Operator license or the ability to obtain one in the first year of employment (4th Class SSE preferred).
✓Hands-on, flexible attitude, and good communication skills.
✓Understanding and practical experience with instrumentation.
✓Knowledge of, or interest in learning to work within, GMP and ISO 9000/ISO 13485 quality assurance systems preferred.
✓Previous maintenance/mechanical-electrical experience preferred.
✓Basic welding and machining (lathe, mill, saw, etc.) skills required, more advanced knowledge preferred.
✓MS Office
✓Plumbing and HVAC knowledge
✓Pneumatic and Hydraulic knowledge
✓Basic wiring, AC/DC circuits
✓Understand NEC, NFPA, LOTO, Arc-Flash
✓Understand and repair process machines and equipment
✓Basic familiarity with chemical process equipment and chemical processes is preferred
✓Basic familiarity of PLCs and VFDs is preferred
✓Professional licenses e.g. boiler operator/engineer, electronics technician, electrical, and/or plumbing are preferred
✓Ability to wear a respirator

About Mölnlycke

Mölnlycke is a world-leading medical solutions company. We specialize in:

Wound management: including dressings with Safetac® such as Mepitel® and Mepilex®

Preventing pressure ulcers: with Mepilex® Border used prophylactically and devices to help turn and re-position patients

Surgical solutions: including Mölnlycke trays, HiBi® antiseptics and Biogel® surgical gloves

Maintenance Technician, Nights ( www.molnlycke.com )

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