3rd Shift Maintenance Technician
Snap-on · Louisville, KY
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at Snap-on (industrial) in Louisville, KY. Support all departments by maintaining equipment and tools needed to meet production and shipping requirements in a cost efficient and quality manner.
- They ask for
- 2+ years
- Tools it names
- Lean, PLC, Robotics, Tooling, EHS / safety
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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 3018 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 60 other live reliability postings in Kentucky.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ PLC 48%
- ✓ Team leadership 44%
- Welding 30%
- Root cause 26%
- ✓ Robotics 25%
- Automation 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Snap-on in Louisville
1 other open role at this site.
- Quality Control Technician · Quality · Technician
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Responsibilities
- ◆Support all departments by maintaining equipment and tools needed to meet production and shipping
requirements
in a cost efficient and quality manner.
- ✓Maintain the facility and building to ensure a safe and proper working environment
- ✓Implement and support continuous improvements to improve productivity and quality.
- ✓Create and maintain a documented preventive maintenance program facility wide according to manufacturer requirements, including safety checks of equipment as needed.
- ✓Communicate with supervisors to prioritize requirements.
- ✓Emphasize the importance of and ensure a safe, healthy, work environment by ensuring compliance with government and company safety and environmental policies.
- ✓Maintain and order supplies as needed.
- ✓Support production in the development and implementation of tooling/fixtures.
- ✓Support production in the assistance of special orders.
Qualifications
- ✓Minimum 1-2 years facility / equipment maintenance in a manufacturing environment.
- ✓High School diploma required
- ✓Strong knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic systems including PLC and robotic experience a plus
- ✓Knowledge of a powder coat systems helpful
- ✓Proficient in driving a forklift
- ✓Excellent communication skills
- ✓Excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility, and teamwork are required
- ✓Must be dependable
- ✓Must be able to follow through with instructions from the Maintenance Supervisor
- ✓Must be able to focus on tasks at hand and complete them
- ✓Ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time
- ✓Working knowledge of 6S and Lean Manufacturing Principles
- ✓Must be able to make decisions and accept responsibility for those decisions
- ✓Excellent conflict resolution skills
- ✓Knowledge of OSHA compliance and environmental regulations
- ✓Must align with the Snap-on mission statement
- ✓Work flexible hours (i.e. overtime, as needed)
· Must wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which includes; Hi-Vis Vest, Steel Toe Shoes, Safety Glasses or Prescription Safety Glasses (If Applicable), Gloves (If Applicable), and Ear Plugs (If Applicable).
· Must adhere to safety guidelines
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Overview
Challenger Lifts, Inc., a division of Snap-on is seeking a candidate to be responsible to complete assigned tasks in a safe, efficient, and cost effective manner to support manufacturing, shipping and the entire organization by maintaining the equipment and facility.