Facility Maintenance Technician

Job Title: Facility Maintenance Technician

Job Description

The Facility Maintenance Technician is responsible for troubleshooting, maintaining, and performing basic repairs of minor building electrical problems. This includes tasks such as lamp/bulb changes, ballast, fixture, switch, photocell, and outlet issues. The technician will also replace filters on equipment, perform minor repairs and maintenance of external building, grounds, plumbing, and other mechanical systems or equipment. The role involves monitoring fluid levels and changing fluids, including coolant, safely transporting and storing used coolant for collection by authorized waste vendors. Additionally, the technician will perform facility cleaning, including sweeping and mopping floors, sanitizing restrooms, breakrooms, and eyewash stations, and emptying trash and scrap bins as needed.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and maintain building electrical systems, including lamp/bulb changes, ballast, fixture, switch, photocell, and outlet issues.
• Replace filters on equipment and perform minor repairs and maintenance of external building, grounds, plumbing, and mechanical systems.
• Monitor and change fluid levels, including coolant, ensuring safe transport and storage for collection by authorized waste vendors.
• Perform facility cleaning, including sweeping and mopping floors, sanitizing restrooms, breakrooms, and eyewash stations.
• Operate mower, trimmer, and other hand tools to maintain grounds; utilize shovels, plow, or other snow and ice removal equipment as necessary.

Essential Skills

• Facility maintenance expertise, particularly in 110v electrical systems and plumbing.
• Well-rounded electro-mechanical maintenance skills, capable of troubleshooting mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical issues.
• Experience with CNC maintenance, especially with Okuma and Mazak machines.
• Ability to read ladder logic.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Facility maintenance experience

Why Work Here?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401k plan, and opportunities for career growth. Employees can advance to lead, supervisor, or manager roles, with each level offering a pay raise. Enjoy eight paid holidays, annual bonuses based on production, annual salary evaluations based on cost of living, and the ability to accrue up to 80 hours of vacation time. Additional perks include retention bonuses every six months, with the next one at the end of December, and employee referral bonuses ranging from $500 to $1,500.

Work Environment

The work environment includes excessive noise where hearing protection is required, and exposure to dust, smoke, mist, fumes, and vapors regularly. Extreme temperatures may be encountered occasionally. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, from 6:30 AM to 5 PM, totaling 45-50 hours per week.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Athens, Georgia.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $18.00 - $25.00/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 Athens,GA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 8, 2025.

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 meets 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.