SITE MANUFACTURING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN - PAINT
OP Mobility · Anderson-South Carolina, SC
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at OP Mobility (automotive) in Anderson-South Carolina, SC.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- 5S, Robotics
- 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 the US: typical posted base $62k–$88k.
Median of the low and high ends of 74 live postings that list pay, out of 2992 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
South Carolina plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 87 other live reliability postings in South Carolina.
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 45%
- PLC 36%
- Welding 33%
- EHS / safety 32%
- Root cause 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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- 1
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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?
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This plant: OP Mobility in Anderson-South Carolina
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Full description from OP MobilityAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Qualifications
- ✓Technician certification with a speciality in several of the following fields (mechanical, electrical, hydraulics, penumatics).
- ✓Robotics and application processes
- ✓Good capacity in spoken and written English
- ✓Communication capability skills towards all management levels
- ✓Potential knowledge in HSE, Ergonomics, Energy, or else depending on scope, missions, and localization
Previous Experience
- ✓Proven experience (5 years) in maintenance of big production equipment
- ✓Computer skills
At OPmobility, people truly matter. We are committed to building inclusive teams, promoting diversity and equality, and ensuring that every application is considered fairly - because the future of mobility is built by diverse perspectives, bold ideas, and people who dare to move forward.
Innovation is therefore not a buzzword, but a natural part of everyday work. You’ll grow in an international environment where cutting-edge technologies, industrial excellence, and real-world impact come together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow’s automotive industry.
Founded in 1946 by Pierre Burelle, OPmobility, known until 2024 as Plastic Omnium, has transformed itself into a player in sustainable and connected mobility. Today, OPmobility develops technological solutions across four areas of expertise: exterior and lighting systems, the integration of complex modules, technologies related to energy storage, hydrogen and electrification, and a division dedicated to the development of embedded software and digital solutions.
With €11.5 billion in revenue in 2025, 152 factories, 40 R&D centers, and nearly 38,100 employees across 28 countries, OPmobility combines global scale with local impact. All driven by a shared ambition to accelerate the automotive energy transition.
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Joining OPmobility means stepping into a global group with a purpose to keep people and goods moving safely, smarter, and sustainably everywhere.
Title: Paint MaintenanceTechnician
Work Location: Anderson, SC
Activities
- •Dedication to safety and works according to HSE requirments
- •Plans and carries out preventive maintenance of machinery, systems, and utility services
- •Repairs efficiently paint line and auxilaries during downtime
- •Supervises external companies providing contract maintenance and repair
- •Reduction of unscheduled machinery and equipment downtime
- •Participates in continuous improvement processes and activities
- •Retains and updates maintenance documentation available and updated
- •Retains and maintains document stocks of ncessary spare parts for paining
- •Supports level1 maintenance training
- •Is reponsible for tidiness of his/her work area (5S)
- •May relieve fellow team members for their breaks
- •Actively participates in all the training (in hours, provided by equipment supplier)
- •Implements all procedures in line with POMS and best practice
- •Actively participates in all the training (in hours, provided by equipment supplier)
- •Participates in fine tuning and final setting of the equipment
- •Participates in paint maintenance area set up and follow up installation of small CAPEX related to this area
Missions
- •Engineering degree required (industrial preferred)
- •Ensures that all painting means (paint line and auxiliaries) are kept in a functional and safe condition by dealing with predicitive, preventative, and curative maintenance
- •Flexible to work any shift if needed
- •On-Call duty
Behavioral Competencies
- •Proven problem solving skills
- •Customer orientatined