Maintenance Technician
Owens Corning · Fort Mill, SC
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Preferred
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Owens Corning (industrial) in Fort Mill, SC.
- They ask for
- degree preferred
- Tools it names
- 5S, TPM, Root cause, PLC, Machining, Welding
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
- Openings
- 2 with this title at this site
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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 1786 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 52 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 47%
- ✓ PLC 34%
- ✓ Welding 32%
- ✓ EHS / safety 25%
- Tooling 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for TPM, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Owens Corning in Fort Mill
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- Controls Technician · Controls · Technician
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Position summary
The Maintenance III position is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving industrial manufacturing equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations. The role requires strong electrical, controls, and PLC expertise, with a focus on proactive maintenance programs that increase machine uptime and minimize downtime. This individual will also serve as a mentor to junior technicians while working collaboratively across the organization to support production, safety, and continuous improvement goals.
Requirements
- ✓High school diploma or equivalent.
- ✓Two-year Technical Mechatronics degree preferred.
- ✓Six years’ experience in an industrial manufacturing environment as a maintenance technician preferred.
Requirements
- ✓Demonstrated commitment to maintaining a safe, organized, and well‑maintained work environment (5S/housekeeping practices).
- ✓Highly self‑motivated professional capable of working independently while supporting internal customers and production needs.
- ✓Advanced ability to troubleshoot complex electrical, mechanical, and control system issues using logical, systematic, and root‑cause problem‑solving methods.
- ✓Proven capability to make sound decisions using available data, experience, and technical judgment in time‑sensitive situations.
- ✓Strong organizational skills with the ability to plan, prioritize, and execute maintenance tasks efficiently.
- ✓Ability to identify safety or equipment performance issues and secure appropriate resources to correct conditions effectively.
- ✓Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly and professionally convey technical information both verbally and in writing.
- ✓Demonstrated ability to work effectively under pressure while meeting production and safety requirements.
- ✓Consistently demonstrates conduct aligned with Owens Corning values, standards, and operational expectations.
Computer Skills: Intermediate computer knowledge, at an intermediate level in working with Microsoft Windows to include: Outlook, Word, and Excel.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and climb or balance. The employee is regularly required to hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Any lifting over 50 pounds would require assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
About Owens Corning
Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating
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3rd Shift: Monday - Friday 11:00pm-7:30am
Position description
- •Performs all duties (repair, corrective, projects and PM’s) in an urgent, but safe manner.
- •Develops and recommends changes to proactive programs to increase machine uptime.
- •Ability to install, maintain, and troubleshoot power distribution systems, branch circuits, lighting systems, transformers, and wiring methods and materials
- •Ability to install, maintain, and troubleshoot relay logic, ladder diagrams, control components-- photo eyes, motor starters, relays, limit switches, proximity sensors, timers, solenoids, Servo drives, frequency inverters, linear drives, tachs, and encoders
- •Mentors junior technicians by motivating, providing guidance and directions to help them achieve their goals
- •Develops and maintains a good working relationships across all levels in the organization
- •Strong demonstrated ability with understanding electrical schematics, control logic, volt and ohm meter use.
- •Completes all safety training as assigned by the Company and complies with all safety programs, policies and procedures.
- •Perform additional duties/assignments that may be required by management from time to time.
- •Knowledge and Experience in PM development and evolution using equipment failure history to determine best practices and procedures.
- •Ability to develop procedures and protocols for machine repair, trouble shooting and upkeep.
- •Ability, Knowledge and experienced in using TPM methodology, 5 Why, Root Cause Analysis and Identifying Critical Spare Parts for any equipment assigned.
- •PLC programs, ability to troubleshoot ladder logic (read use for troubleshooting), components (CPU back planes, I/O boards, counters, modules, and devices) and communications modules (Ethernet)
- •Proficient in fabrication, hydraulics, electrical, PLC Programming, machining, welding, rigging and/or Electrical Controls Troubleshooting.
- •Ability to work all days and shifts, including overtime (10 hours a day, 4 days a week operation, including holidays). Friday overtime is frequently scheduled.
- •Ability to understand hydraulic schematics, troubleshoot hydraulic circuits and systems.
- •Follows and Performs all OC Safety Policies and Procedures when working on, in, and around machinery.
- •Other duties as assigned by team lead and/or manager.
