Injection Molding Maintenance Technician
Silgan Containers · Tolleson, AZ
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Silgan Containers (packaging) in Tolleson, AZ. A supplier of sustainable metal and plastic packaging solutions for consumer goods products for food, beverage, health care, garden, home, personal care, and beauty products.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Injection molding, Tooling
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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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.
Arizona plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 29 other live reliability postings in Arizona.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 60%
- Welding 33%
- EHS / safety 23%
- ✓ Injection molding 23%
- PLC 23%
- ✓ Tooling 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Silgan Containers in Tolleson
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- Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
Full description from Silgan ContainersAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
What you'll do
- ◆Coordinate with the lead the Tooling engineer to refurbish and rebuild molds
- ◆Clean and maintain molds with preventative maintenance, including
What you'll need to have
- ✓Technical degree preferred or equivalent technical experience, 3 to 5 years in an industrial manufacturing environment
- ✓Good verbal and written communications skills
- ✓Good personal leadership and organizational skills
- ✓Understanding of electrical and mechanical maintenance required
- ✓Proficient computer skills to include MS Office and Microsoft Outlook
- ✓Good mathematical and analytical skills
- ✓Ability to read schematics
requirements
are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some
requirements
may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.
Requirements
are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an “at-will” basis.
Silgan is a drug-free workplace.
EEO/M/W/Vet/Disability
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What we offer
- •Starting pay $24 to $32 per hour depending on experience and tenure at the company
- •Paid twice a month
- •Paid lunches and breaks
- •Benefits package includes health, dental, vision insurance and company compensated life insurance
- •PTO
- •Paternal Leave
- •Free food monthly for birthdays
- •Holidays
- •Floating holidays
- •Vacation days
You’ll love it here if you
- •If you are accurate and trustworthy with a positive attitude that embraces change and continuous improvement in a fast paced and dynamic environment
- •Like to figure out troubleshooting machines and maintaining them
- •Like to work in and maintain a safe work environment
Who we are
- •Global Fortune 500 packaging company with 109 manufacturing facilities in North and South America, Europe, and Asia
- •A supplier of sustainable metal and plastic packaging solutions for consumer goods products for food, beverage, health care, garden, home, personal care, and beauty products
- •A stable, reliable, and environmentally conscious company