
Maintenance Technician
Slate Auto · Louisville, KY
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 23 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Slate Auto (automotive) in Louisville, KY.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Tools it names
- 5S, Root cause
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
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.
Kentucky plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 32 other live reliability postings in Kentucky.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- PLC 52%
- Automation 36%
- ✓ Root cause 33%
- Robotics 33%
- Welding 33%
- Team leadership 30%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for 5S, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Slate Auto
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
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requirements
dictated by equipment manufacturer
- ✓Review dashboards, complete assigned work orders, help create daily work plans and provide detailed updates to a wide audience
- ✓Coordinate with vendors and partner teams as maintenance operations contact
- ✓Support shop housekeeping, 5S, and safety compliance; maintain a clean and organized work environment.
Education
- ✓Knowledge of basic computer business applications such as MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook
- ✓High school diploma or equivalent
- ✓3+ years electrical, mechanical and/or HVAC experience in critical infrastructure – or technical school certification equivalent and 1+ years of equivalent experience
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About slate
At Slate, we’re building safe, reliable vehicles that people can afford, personalize and love—and doing it here in the USA as part of our commitment to reindustrialization. The spirit of DIY and customization runs throughout every element of a Slate, because people should have control over how their trucks look, feel, and represent them.
Who we are looking for
We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician to support Wraps Facility operations by maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving vinyl wrap equipment including printers, laminators, cutters as well as other repairs or maintenance at the facility and its equipment. This role ensures maximum uptime of production equipment while implementing upgrades, running changes, and continuous improvements across various wrap production equipment and fulfillment center equipment.
What you get to do
- •Perform troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance on printers, laminators, industrial cut tables, work stations, and other material handling equipment.
- •Diagnose mechanical issues in printers, laminators, industrial cut tables, work stations, and other material handling equipment using diagrams, precision instruments, and diagnostic methods.
- •Dismantle, repair, and replace defective parts using needed tools and equipment
- •Support equipment upgrades, running changes, and system updates with minimal disruption to production.
- •Install and align new machinery and equipment using various tools and working with suppliers to ensure proper repair process.
- •Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) for mechanical failures, throughput losses, and quality issues; drive corrective actions.
- •Partner with maintenance and operations teams to develop documentation, training, and preventive maintenance plans.
- •Apply national mechanical safety standards and ensure compliance with guarding, interlocks, and mechanical safety devices.
- •Independently execute preventive and corrective maintenance on equipment
- •Perform functional checks, moderate to advanced troubleshooting and root-cause failure analysis on equipment
- •Identify, procure and maintain an inventory of single point failure critical spare parts
- •Troubleshoot moderate to advanced complexity mechanical and electrical issues without established procedures, job plans and safety documents
- •Help create comprehensive equipment maintenance procedures, job plans and safety documents
- •Identify electrical and other utility
Technical Skills
- •Applied competency with hand, diagnostic and precision measuring tools
- •High attention to detail while maintaining impeccable quality standards
- •Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and control systems
- •Troubleshooting experience using procedures, technical documentation, and drawings
- •Demonstrated capability reading and interpreting technical prints and schematics
- •Help create comprehensive equipment maintenance procedures, job plans and safety documents
- •Proficiency in mechanical assembly/repair of motors, drive chains, sprockets, sheaves, pulleys, rollers, conveyor belts, bearings, and screws.
- •Ability to read blueprints, mechanical drawings, and schematics.
- •Partner cross functionally with operations, safety, facilites and vendors to accomplish a given task
WHY JOIN TEAM SLATE?
At Slate, we’re fueled by grit, determination, and attention to detail. The start-up spirit of ingenuity and resourcefulness move our business forward. Team Slate fosters a culture of excellence, innovation, and mutual respect, and is motivated by shared principles.
- •Safety First
- •Delight Customers
- •One Team
- •Relentless Improvement
- •Fast, Frugal, and Scrappy
- •Respectful Collaboration
- •Positive Legacy
WE WANT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT REFLECT THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE OPERATE.
slate-talent_acquisition@slate.auto.
