Maintenance Technician

The maintenance technician will play a crucial role in ensuring the efficient operation of blow mold and extrusion machines. This role involves setting up, changing over, and performing maintenance on these machines, as well as troubleshooting various mechanical and electrical issues.

Responsibilities:

• Set up all blow mold machines.
• Change over all blow mold machines.
• Perform maintenance on blow mold and extrusion machines.
• Troubleshoot hydraulics, pneumatics, and electrical issues.
• Troubleshoot switches, sensors, and pumps.
• Manage up to 10 machines simultaneously.

Essential Skills:

• Maintenance
• Hydraulics
• Pneumatics
• Hand tools
• 2+ years of industrial maintenance experience
• Experience with troubleshooting machines
• Proficiency in working on 3-phase motors, switches, sensors, and pumps

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Injection Mold or Blow Mold Experience is a plus
• Troubleshooting
• Mechatronics
• Mechanical
• Repair skills
• Experience with Kuka Robots
• Knowledge of Allen Bradley PLCs
• Familiarity with Husky Injection Mold
• Understanding of 3 Phase Motors
• Experience with Barrings or Grinders
• AC/DC systems

Why Work Here?

Join a Fortune 500 company offering a stable job with great pay in a clean work environment. Benefit from being part of an industry leader known for its commitment to quality and innovation.

Work Environment:

The work environment is a plant dedicated to producing plastic bottles using blow molding and extrusion machines. It is a temperature-controlled, FDA-regulated facility. The role involves working swing shifts from 7 PM to 7 AM, on a 2, 2, 3, 3 schedule, with occasional overtime.

Job Type & Location:

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Smyrna, TN.

Pay and Benefits:

The pay range for this position is $28.00 - $30.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type:

This is a fully onsite position in Smyrna, TN.

Application Deadline:

This position is anticipated to close on Feb 6, 2026.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meet their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.