Maintenance Mechanic
Pixelle Specialty Solutions · Spring Grove, PA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 1+ years
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Pixelle Specialty Solutions (packaging) in Spring Grove, PA. Be responsible for performing maintenance and repair duties such as measurements, layouts, fabrication, installations, and repairs while exemplifying Pixelle’s core values of Safety and Excellence.
- They ask for
- 1+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Maintenance Technician roles in Pennsylvania: typical posted base $85k–$107k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 164 maintenance technician openings in Pennsylvania, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 176 other live reliability postings in Pennsylvania.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (1+ vs 4+)
Typical $77k–$107k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 52%
- PLC 37%
- Welding 32%
- EHS / safety 22%
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This plant: Pixelle Specialty Solutions in Spring Grove
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Full description from Pixelle Specialty SolutionsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- ✓Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school in the related field, along with 1 year of related experience and training; or equivalent combination of education and experience equal to 4 years.
- ✓Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
- ✓Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- ✓Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
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This is a Mechanical Multicraft position .
Job Description
Under the direction of the Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor, this position must be skilled in all facets of Industrial Maintenance Mechanical Operations. This includes, but is not limited to, experience with hydraulic systems, pumps, bearing replacements, alignment procedures, rigging, and pipefitting. He/She will be responsible for performing maintenance and repair duties such as measurements, layouts, fabrication, installations, and repairs while exemplifying Pixelle’s core values of Safety and Excellence.
- •Adheres to Pixelle’s safety standards and promotes a safe working environment by attending all training, safety committee meetings, and verifying that all safety concerns are addressed.
- •Upholds safety standards by consistently following safe practices, wearing protective equipment as required when performing overhead work, working on high-pressure steam (up to 900 lbs.), and with hazardous chemical lines by mill safety, housekeeping, environmental, and regulatory standards.
- •Attend the level 1 training and meet the required benchmarks
- •Performs assigned preventative maintenance work according to the precision maintenance standards, ensuring all instructions are followed and that each step is fully executed.
- •Works independently on routine assignments following drawings, sketches, oral or written instructions, established procedures, and accepted practices.
- •Plans own work details on routine assignments following established procedure, safety standards, and mill guidelines.
- •Provides all required documentation, time confirmations, and feedback when the job has been completed.
- •Assists level 1-3 Maintenance technicians on new installations or repairs, assists with on-the-job training of apprentices in correct procedure and methods, and assists other crafts as needed on the job encompassing related equipment
- •Serves as a member of the Pixelle Industrial Fire Team to mitigate risk and escalation of fires within the facility and provides assistance required by your craft, as laid out in the GIFT handbook.
- •Refers unusual problems or concerns to Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 Mechanics or to the craft lead/supervisor when acceptable repairs cannot be completed.
- •Crew Assignments and duties may vary at times based upon job & skill requirements, as well as available crew personnel to complete the work safely and efficiently.
