Maintenance Technician II
Oshkosh Corporation · Spartanburg, SC
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 8 days ago
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A technician-level reliability role at Oshkosh Corporation (automotive) in Spartanburg, SC. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.
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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 42 other live reliability postings in South Carolina.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 56%
- PLC 33%
- Welding 28%
- Tooling 23%
- EHS / safety 23%
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This plant: Oshkosh Corporation in Spartanburg
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Full description from Oshkosh CorporationAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Essential Duties
- ◆Resolves daily technical issues and repair breakdowns and malfunctions
- ◆Maintains equipment and machinery compliance with operating standards and process specifications
- ◆Maintains preventative maintenance schedules
- ◆Support and maintain facility systems
- ◆Troubleshooting, problem solving, and modifications or upgrades on electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic machinery and equipment
- ◆Provide support for Programmable Logic Controllers and robots
- ◆Assist in installing new electronic/electrical control equipment
- ◆Repair and replace motors, pulleys, and conveyors
- ◆Setup and operate lathe, drill press, grinder, and other metalworking tools
- ◆Other duties, as assigned
Qualifications
- ✓Ability to become forklift certified
- ✓At least three years of applicable position experience
- ✓Applicable training or certification program in equivalent field (Certified Maintenance and Reliability Tech)
- ✓Knowledge of general maintenance processes and methods
- ✓Solid computer, math, and reading skills
- ✓Maintain competency to perform task independently or as a team
- ✓Ability to multi-task and adapt to an ever-changing environment and processes
- ✓Must be able to follow established methods and procedures and perform work accordingly
- ✓Ability to communicate with leadership and fellow team members in both written and verbal forms at a level above standard
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Experience in automotive manufacturing
- ✓High School Diploma/GED
requirements
- ✓Flexible: Ability to respond, modify, and integrate change with minimal personal resistance
- ✓Identification with Management: Ability and willingness to understand, accept, and carry out decisions and measures from managers
- ✓Initiative: Recognize and create opportunities and act accordingly rather than waiting passively for opportunities to happen
- ✓Innovation: Creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems
- ✓Insight: Having and gaining insight into situations, problems, and processes
- ✓Persistence: Continuance in a course of action despite difficulty or opposition
- ✓Integrity: Adhering to standards, values, and code of conduct within position
- ✓Stress management : Ability to perform under pressure and within fast-paced environments
- ✓Reliability : Extent to which you can be counted on to do what is expected (completing assigned tasks, projects, and meeting deadlines)
- ✓Team-oriented: Working well with others and maintaining a focus and value on team
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About Oshkosh Delivery, an Oshkosh company
Oshkosh Delivery is dedicated to redefining the future of last-mile and commercial delivery. Built on Oshkosh Corporation’s legacy of engineering excellence and innovation, we design and manufacture advanced delivery vehicles that are durable, efficient, and sustainable. With a focus on reliability, driver experience, and cutting-edge technology, Oshkosh Delivery empowers fleets and businesses to move goods smarter, safer, and with confidence, today and for the road ahead.
Summary
Maintenance Tech II will perform a variety of skilled journey-level duties which involves inspection, diagnosis, troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and installation.
Competencies
- •Accountability : Responsible for the consequences of one’s actions
- •Analytical Thinking : Requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems
- •Attention to detail: Ability to see and become attentive to details
- •Cooperation: Ability to work effectively with others to achieve a shared goal, even when the object at stake is of no direct personal interest
- •Dependability: Being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations; punctual and meeting work attendance and deadline
Working Conditions
Physical Demands: Prolonged periods of standing and walking. Occasionally required to sit. Must frequently squat, stoop, kneel, reach above the head, and reach forward. Ability to climb ladders, bend, and crawl in awkward spaces. Use of hands and fingers to grasp tools, supplies, and equipment (manual and finger dexterity). Must be able to frequently lift and move up to 50 lbs. on a continuous basis. Ability to see details at a distance and at close range.
Environmental Demands: Indoors/Outdoors (extreme cold and/or heat) ; Frequent Task Changes, Tedious/Exacting Work, Dust, Temperature Extremes, Loud Noises. Occasionally work with toxic or caustic chemicals such a petroleum product, degreasers, and spays. Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles.
Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or char