Highlights
This position is ideal for technicians with experience troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, PLC-controlled, and robotic systems who enjoy solving complex equipment issues while working as part of a collaborative maintenance team. Position Overview: We're looking for motivated Equipment Maintenance Technicians with strong multi-craft maintenance skills to support highly automated manufacturing equipment in a fast-paced production environment.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Orangeburg, SC |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $30–$32 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
Description
Job Title: Equipment Maintenance Technician
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Shift: M-F 5a till 1:30p (2nd Shift also available)
Pay: $30-32/hour
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, and more!
Hire Type: Contract to Hire
Position Overview:
We're looking for motivated Equipment Maintenance Technicians with strong multi-craft maintenance skills to support highly automated manufacturing equipment in a fast-paced production environment. This position is ideal for technicians with experience troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, PLC-controlled, and robotic systems who enjoy solving complex equipment issues while working as part of a collaborative maintenance team.
The ideal candidate has a customer-service mindset, values safety, communicates well with production teams, and thrives in an environment where reliability, teamwork, and continuous improvement are essential.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on automated manufacturing equipment and production lines.
- Troubleshoot and repair electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, robotic, and automation systems to minimize downtime.
- Diagnose equipment failures, identify root causes, and implement effective long-term corrective actions.
- Maintain and repair conveyors, robotic cells, automated assembly equipment, motors, drives, sensors, and other production machinery.
- Troubleshoot AC/DC electrical circuits and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and technical documentation.
- Troubleshoot Allen-Bradley PLC-controlled equipment, including reading ladder logic. PLC programming experience is a plus.
- Read and interpret pneumatic and hydraulic schematics to diagnose and repair system issues.
- Support robotic automation systems and assist with troubleshooting robotic equipment.
- Assist with equipment installation, startup, calibration, modifications, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner with production, engineering, and fellow maintenance technicians to improve equipment reliability and plant performance.
- Accurately document maintenance activities, equipment history, and completed repairs.
- Follow all company safety procedures, including proper use of PPE, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Arc Flash/NFPA 70E requirements, stored energy control, and risk assessment practices.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong electro-mechanical troubleshooting skills.
- Experience maintaining automated production equipment.
- Strong knowledge of AC/DC electrical systems and the ability to read electrical schematics.
- Experience troubleshooting Allen-Bradley PLCs with the ability to read ladder logic. PLC programming experience is preferred but not required.
- Experience troubleshooting pneumatic and hydraulic systems using system schematics.
- Experience supporting industrial robotic systems.
- Strong mechanical aptitude with the ability to troubleshoot and repair production equipment.
- Excellent troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.
- Customer-service mindset with strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Reliable, self-motivated, and committed to maintaining a safe work environment.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs regularly and up to 50 lbs occasionally.
- Ability to stand, reach, crouch, and climb as needed to perform maintenance tasks.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.