Maintenance Technician
MAHLE · Olive Branch, MS
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Travel
- Includes overnights
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at MAHLE (automotive) in Olive Branch, MS. You will be responsible for the effective operation of facility packaging equipment, material handling equipment, and the maintenance of plant facility equipment and grounds.
- They ask for
- degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- PLC
- Day to day
- overnight travel
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in Mississippi: typical posted base $46k–$58k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 46 maintenance technician openings in Mississippi, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 46 other live reliability postings in Mississippi.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Welding 36%
- ✓ Team leadership 34%
- ✓ PLC 34%
- Tooling 28%
- EHS / safety 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Qualifications
- ✓Industrial Maintenance Degree or equivalent experience
- ✓Industrial Electrical Degree or equivalent experience
Our Offering
We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with ongoing personal & career development opportunities.
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!
After receiving your online application, the interview process will typically be, a screening call followed by Personal Interview(s)
For more information about MAHLE and what a career with us looks like for you, click here. and to learn more about our foundation owned technology group click here.
#DiversityMatters with our inclusive culture, we welcome applications from all social, religious & ethnical backgrounds, disabilities both mental and physical, identities (gender) and neurodivergent people .
MAHLE is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment-based non-immigrant and immigrant visas. However, as a global company, MAHLE offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website www.jobs.mahle.com
Responsibilities
include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- ◆Electrical Troubleshooting and Repair
- ◆Mechanical Troubleshooting and Repair
- ◆PLC Troubleshooting and Repair
- ◆Operate PIT equipment along with aerial lift equipment.
- ◆Maintain all equipment in optimum operating condition.
- ◆Track and report on equipment down-time and preventive maintenance actions.
- ◆Implement and maintain a preventive maintenance program for assigned plant equipment.
- ◆Perform scheduled work assignments, assisting in the completion of tasks as needed.
- ◆Train and develop technical abilities of equipment operators assigned to machinery.
- ◆Assist in all actions required to prolong the durability and reliability of equipment.
- ◆Overnight travel and off-site work at other MAHLE facilities as required.
Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements
listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Capacity to learn technical operation of wide range equipment. Capacity to perform preventive maintenance and repair of electrical circuits, mechanical gears/links, pneumatic lines, and control devices. Desire to expand knowledge base, learn the application of new equipment, or better utilization of existing machinery.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- ✓Industrial Maintenance Degree
- ✓Industrial Electrical Degree
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Your Contribution
As a Maintenance Technician reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, you will be responsible for the effective operation of facility packaging equipment, material handling equipment, and the maintenance of plant facility equipment and grounds.
- •Electrical Troubleshooting and Repair
- •Mechanical Troubleshooting and Repair
- •PLC Troubleshooting and Repair
- •Operate PIT equipment along with aerial lift equipment.
- •Maintain all equipment in optimum operating condition.
- •Track and report on equipment down-time and preventive maintenance actions.
- •Implement and maintain a preventive maintenance program for assigned plant equipment.
- •Perform scheduled work assignments, assisting in the completion of tasks as needed.
- •Train and develop technical abilities of equipment operators assigned to machinery.
- •Assist in all actions required to prolong the durability and reliability of equipment.
Summary
Position is primarily responsible for the effective operation of facility packaging equipment, material handling equipment, and the maintenance of plant facility equipment and grounds. Is assigned to and responsible for specific equipment in the plant and where feasible is employed in the preventive maintenance and repair of this assigned equipment.
Behavioral compentenices
- •Self- Management- self-awareness, continuous learning, resiliency
- •Collaboration- Communication, Networking and knowledge sharing, diversity and inclusive mindset
- •Change & Innovation- change mindset, innovation focus, acceptance of uncertainty.
- •Performance Orientation- Responsibility, Solution Orientation, Efficiency
- •Value Creation-Holistic Thinking, Customer Value added, Market Orientation
- •Functional Expertise- Expertise & product Knowledge, Process & method knowledge, Digital Skills