Maintenance Tech I
Medline · Lithia Springs, GA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 28 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Medline (medical devices) in Lithia Springs, GA. 3 year of experience with conveyor, automation, or robotics equipment repair and maintenance.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause, PLC, Robotics, Automation
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 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 1616 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 40 other live reliability postings in Georgia.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 4+)
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ PLC 56%
- ✓ Root cause 44%
- ✓ Team leadership 34%
- Welding 24%
- ✓ Robotics 24%
- EHS / safety 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Job Summary
We are seeking a Maintenance Technician to join our high-speed manufacturing facility in Lithia Springs, GA. Primary
responsibilities
are to maintain and repair industrial equipment to support production and ensure quality standards. Under limited supervision you will be responsible for setting up, adjusting, performing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairing equipment to minimize downtime and maintain optimal production performance.
Job Description
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Responsibilities
- ◆Perform routine inspection, preventive maintenance, repair, and rebuild on assigned converting equipment, production lines, automation, and ancillary equipment as needed.
- ◆Perform routine troubleshooting of assigned out of service equipment and correct issues, act as an escalation point for lower level technicians, and escalate to leadership and/or more senior technicians as needed. Record all maintenance issues in maintenance log for each line.
- ◆Document all work in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and ticketing systems as appropriate and maintain accurate records of all operating logs for hammermills, unwinders, dust collector system, stacker/bagger, case packers & other converting equipment.
- ◆Perform root cause analysis of major downtime events.
- ◆Assist maintenance mechanics in work that requires two people or when operational needs demand.
- ◆Assemble and test equipment to verify correct operation and production. Analyze and record cause of production delays on daily production reports and initiate procedures to solve equipment malfunctions.
- ◆Examine defects and analyze root cause analysis and, where possible, take corrective action and verify the corrective action has eliminated the problems.
Education
- ✓High school diploma or equivalent
Work Experience
- ✓3 year of experience with conveyor, automation, or robotics equipment repair and maintenance
- ✓Fundamental understanding of machinery/equipment
- ✓Basic skill level in multiple computer software packages including Microsoft Excel
- ✓Basic understanding of inputs, outputs, and PLC logic systems and ability to troubleshoot these systems
- ✓Write documents and reports using CMMS (EAM infor) program
- ✓Read information, often in small print (drawings)
- ✓Follow appropriate safety procedures such as Lock Out/Tag Out, Arc Flash, etc. and use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while maintaining equipment, and ensure a safe work environment by eliminating potential equipment safety hazards
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓At least 3 years of high-speed manufacturing experience performing preventative maintenance and troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing converting equipment and production lines.
- ✓Experience removing, rebuilding, and replacing major production line modules (e.g., belts, gearboxes, bearings). Experience repairing and maintaining conveyor, automation, or robotics equipment is a plus
- ✓Associates Degree in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or equivalent. Technical degree at a trade school in a related field.
- ✓Graduate of an apprenticeship program or hold current trade certification.
Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.