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Maryland · week of October 19, 2026

Maryland plant jobs: 110 open roles at 45 manufacturers

Who's hiring plant engineers, technicians and supervisors in Maryland, what it pays, and what they ask for.

See all 110 Maryland roles →What Maryland plants ask for →

110
open plant roles
19
posted in the last 7 days

17% of all openings

45
manufacturers hiring

Catalent, Rocket Lab, Eaton

$91k–$123k
typical engineering base

-3% vs the US

The takeaways

  1. 1

    Manufacturing has the most openings in Maryland: 30 roles, ahead of production (21).

  2. 2

    $101k–$155k is the typical base for lean / ci engineers, the best-paid team here (3 postings list pay).

  3. 3

    3% below the US typical engineering base: Maryland pays $91k–$123k.

  4. 4

    Catalent is hiring the most, with 9 open plant roles, 2 of them new this week.

Explore by team

Openings and pay, team by team

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Open roles

openposted this week

Typical base pay (engineers and senior engineers)

  • Lean / CIBest paid$101k–$155k
  • Controls$91k–$140k
  • Process$99k–$123k
  • Manufacturing$72k–$116k
$70k$115k$160k

Skills plants name most

  • Team leadership#1 ask33%
  • Root cause29%
  • Lean25%
  • Automation22%
  • New product launch22%

Top 5 shown. See all of them →

Hiring the most

  1. 1Catalent9
  2. 2Rocket Lab9
  3. 3Eaton8
  4. 4Stanley Black & Decker8
  5. + the rest of the top hirers with a free account

By state

Where the plant jobs are

Maryland: 110 open roles · #32 of 51

Top 5:1. California 1,4332. Texas 9703. Ohio 5574. Michigan 4645. North Carolina 409

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Who plants are hiring

Engineers, techs and supervisors

75 engineering and Lean / CI roles; 35 technician and supervisor roles on the same teams.

34%Engineer
  • Engineer37 · 34%
  • Senior15 · 14%
  • Manager / lead23 · 21%
  • Supervisor10 · 9%
  • Technician25 · 23%

How fresh

When these roles went up

Roles posted in the last two weeks get the fastest replies from teams.

  • This week19
  • 8–14 days15
  • 15–30 daysMost51
  • 30+ days17
  • Date not listed8

Where

Top cities

  • Towson, MDMost roles9
  • Harmans, MD8
  • Middle River, MD8
  • Hagerstown, MD8
  • Rockville, MD7

Industries

Which industries are hiring

Openings by industry

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Go deeper: what moves pay

Belt and license premiums, pay by years asked, skills that come as a package, and the unusual perks plants offer.

See the findings →The pay model →

Source and method

Source
ShopFloorJobs analysis of 110 live plant job postings from 45 manufacturers' own careers sites (Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle, iCIMS, Greenhouse and others), not job boards.
Collected
Week of October 19, 2026. Postings are re-checked daily; closed roles drop out.
Method
Each posting is counted once per role and city. Teams and levels are read from the job title; pay is the middle of each posting's listed range, for engineer and senior engineer levels, shown where at least 3 postings list one; skills are counted when the posting names them.

Cite this report

ShopFloorJobs, "Maryland plant jobs report, week of October 19, 2026," Week of October 19, 2026. https://shopfloorjobs.com/reports/maryland

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