Maintenance Technician
Quanex · Mounds View, MN
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 25 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Quanex (industrial) in Mounds View, MN. Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain manufacturing equipment.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- PLC, CATIA / NX
- 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.
Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 86 other live reliability postings in Minnesota.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 3+)
Typical $72k–$103k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 43%
- ✓ PLC 32%
- Welding 28%
- Automation 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for CATIA / NX, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
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Full description from QuanexAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Quanex is looking for a Maintenance Technician to join our team in Mounds View, Minnesota.
In this role, you are responsible for performing skilled maintenance and repair work on production equipment and facilities to ensure optimal performance and functionality. This position will require knowledge in hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical, and industrial mechanics.
Schedule: Monday – Friday from 7:00am – 3:30pm
We Offer You!
- •Competitive Wages
- •Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
- •401(k) with 5% company match, yours to keep after 2 years!
- •15% immediate return if you participate in the company’s ESPP
- •Company paid life insurance, short & long-term disability
- •On-Site Physical Therapy
- •Paid Time Off & Holidays
- •Tuition Assistance
- •Dynamic Culture & People - just to name a few!
What’s attractive about the Maintenance Technician?
- •Continued education support
- •Opportunity to partner with a small, close-knit team
- •Culture filled with teamwork and accountability
What Success Looks Like
- •Have a safety-first mindset
- •Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain manufacturing equipment
- •Maintain and order inventory of spare parts and equipment
- •Train and mentor junior technicians
- •Perform preventive maintenances tasks to prevent breakdowns and major overhauls
- •Experience to troubleshoot programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
- •Assist in the selection, installation, and start-up of new equipment and systems
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What You Bring
- •2-year degree in Industrial Maintenance Technician or similar
- •5+ years of industrial, hands-on Maintenance experience, preferred
- •Strong electrical ability and mechanical systems knowledge
- •Strong communication skills, team player, approachability, and eagerness to learn
- •Basic machine tool knowledge
The targeted hourly rate is $31.67 - $47.52 per hour based on experience.
NOTE: For individuals with nut allergies, please be advised that there is the potential to be exposed to nut products when working in our facilities.
About Quanex, A Part of Something Bigger
Quanex (NYSE: NX) is a global, publicly traded manufacturing company primarily serving OEMs in the fenestration, cabinetry, solar, refrigeration and outdoor products markets. We are A Part of Something Bigger by improving the performance and aesthetics of end products through continuous innovation, helping customers achieve greater production efficiencies, dedication to giving back to communities where we operate, producing shareholder value and helping our employees learn, grow, and thrive. Learn more at Quanex.com .