Maintenance Technician
SPX Technologies · Michigan
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Experience asked
- 1+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 9 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level reliability role at SPX Technologies (industrial) in Michigan. Plus $0.40 differential per hour worked for working 3rd shift or $0.35 differential per hour worked on 2nd shift.
- They ask for
- 1+ years
- Tools it names
- Welding, Casting, Tooling
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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 1786 maintenance technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Michigan plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 76 other live reliability postings in Michigan.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (1+ vs 5+)
Typical $87k–$145k, from 10 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 58%
- PLC 43%
- ✓ Welding 32%
- EHS / safety 25%
- Robotics 22%
- ✓ Tooling 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Casting, 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 SPX Technologies
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 does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- 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.
Full description from SPX TechnologiesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Requirements
- ✓Journeymen Card or equivalent amount of experience/education
- ✓High School Diploma or GED required
- ✓Proficient in reading and writing
- ✓Willingness to work in non-climate controlled, foundry environment.
- ✓Ability to lift up to 75 pounds.
- ✓Previous foundry experience a PLUS.
How we live our culture
Our culture is at the center of what we do and, more importantly, who we are. Our core values set a standard for how we manage ourselves, and our Leadership Model sets the standard for how we engage with each other. Whether you are an individual contributor or you lead a large team, each of us leads.
What benefits do we offer?
We know that the well-being of our employees is integral. Our benefits include:
- ✓Generous and flexible paid time off including paid personal time off, caregiver, parental, and volunteer leave
- ✓Competitive health insurance plans and 401(k) match, with benefits starting day one
- ✓Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans
- ✓Educational assistance, leadership development programs, and recognition programs
Our commitment to embrace diversity to build a culture of inclusion
We value different backgrounds, experiences, and voices, and we are committed to challenging ourselves, openly communicating, and striving to improve every day. We believe in creating an inclusive work environment where everyone has a voice and is encouraged to realize their fullest potential.
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Building the people that build the world.
With platforms in HVAC and Detection and Measurement, SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world. Through our RiSE talent development framework, we Reach, Identify, Strengthen, and Engage our employees to support them in their continued development. We’re a global company of problem solvers, collaborators, and innovators, and our businesses build solutions that impact the world.
This is a position with The Marley Company, a parent company which provides administrative support to the SPX Enterprises HVAC Heating businesses (such as WM Technologies, LLC, Marley Engineered Products, LLC, Patterson-Kelley, LLC) and includes all Weil-McLain® branded products.
Hourly Pay Rate: $28.73-32.37
Plus $0.40 differential per hour worked for working 3rd shift or $0.35 differential per hour worked on 2nd shift
Location: 500 Blaine Street, Michigan City, IN 46360
Benefits
- •Paid holidays
- •Paid Time Off - 2 weeks by the 1st year and 3 weeks by year 5.
- •Tuition and Gym Reimbursement
- •Medical, Vision and Dental insurance after 60 days of service
- •401K after 1 year of service
Weil-McLain in Michigan City, Indiana is looking for motivated people who have the desire to work for a strong, growing company. At Weil-McLain, you will learn new, diverse skills as you build your career. Generations of families have chosen Weil-McLain in Michigan City as their employer, join us and become part of the legacy. As the contractors’ choice for hydronic comfort heating systems since 1881, we have a place for you.
Include
- •Install, maintain and repair a variety of machinery and related components and accessories.
- •Perform required electric arc and acetylene welding operations.
- •Test, inspect, lay out, maintain, and replace or install all types of pipe lines, tubing, fittings & fixtures in plant maintenance & construction.
- •Occasionally lay out and direct work of helpers, mentor and assists lower scale maintenance techs
- •Other duties as assigned
Tools and equipment you will utilize include variety of power and hand tools, maintenance and measuring devices for machinery. Electric arc welding equipment, acetylene burning & welding equipment, various types of flux, rod, electrodes, hand tools, clamps, forklift, etc.
Materials you will work with include various woods, concrete, grout, fluids and oils used to install and maintain equipment. Various types of structural steel, iron and alloy metals Various types and sizes of pipes, fittings, fixtures and tubing, seals and packing for installing materials and hardware.