Your Job
As a Maintenance Mechanic, you will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing manufacturing equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation within an aerospace and defense manufacturing environment. You will play a critical role in minimizing downtime, supporting production schedules, and maintaining compliance with quality and safety standards in a mission-critical facility.
This role may require working a rotational schedule to support continuous manufacturing operations.
Our Team
Our manufacturing team operates in a high-reliability, highly regulated aerospace and defense production environment, where equipment performance, uptime, and safety are essential. Maintenance is a key partner to operations, manufacturing engineering, and quality, ensuring that production equipment and infrastructure are capable of meeting demanding performance and compliance requirements.
The team supports low-to-medium volume, high-mix manufacturing, requiring strong technical skills, adaptability, and disciplined preventive maintenance practices. Maintenance mechanics are empowered to identify issues, recommend improvements, and contribute directly to operational excellence.
What You Will Do
In this role, you will provide hands-on technical support to maintain manufacturing readiness and equipment reliability. Key responsibilities include:
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues on manufacturing and facility equipment.
- Perform scheduled preventive and predictive maintenance to minimize unplanned downtime.
- Support production by responding promptly to equipment breakdowns and operational issues.
- Maintain and repair automated and semi-automated manufacturing equipment.
- Read and interpret technical manuals, schematics, drawings, and work instructions.
- Document maintenance activities, repairs, and parts usage in maintenance management systems.
- Identify recurring equipment issues and recommend corrective actions or improvements.
- Support equipment installations, moves, upgrades, and commissioning activities.
- Follow all safety, quality, and regulatory requirements, including lockout/tagout and EHS procedures.
- Collaborate with manufacturing engineering, operations, and external vendors as needed.
- Support audits and inspections by maintaining equipment compliance and documentation.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives related to equipment reliability and maintenance practices.
- Work assigned shifts, including rotational schedules, overtime, or on-call support as required.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- High school diploma or equivalent; technical certification or vocational training preferred.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience as a maintenance mechanic or technician in a manufacturing environment.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting and repairing industrial manufacturing equipment.
- Working knowledge of mechanical systems, electrical controls, pneumatics, and hydraulics.
- Ability to read and understand technical documentation and schematics.
- Ability to safely lift, move, and work around industrial equipment.
- Willingness and ability to work a rotational schedule as required.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience in aerospace, defense, electronics, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
- Experience with automated equipment, PLC-controlled systems, or robotics.
- Preventive and predictive maintenance program experience.
- Familiarity with CMMS systems and maintenance documentation practices.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Ability to work independently and prioritize work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
In order to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, this position requires applicants to either provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status or be eligible to receive an export authorization (a license) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulation
For this role, we anticipate paying $20 - $35/hr. (Based on Experience). This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .
Who We Are
As a leader in aerospace and defense electronics, Molex is a leader committed to engineering and manufacturing excellence.
With a legacy of over six decades, we take pride in our team of passionate and skilled professionals who play a pivotal role in developing and manufacturing mission-critical products. Our cutting-edge solutions are not only found on Mars, in fighter jets, submarines, and in the far reaches of space. We understand the mission-critical environments in which our products operate, and our commitment to excellence drives us to ensure their unwavering reliability. Whether you are a seasoned industry expert or have fresh talent seeking to soar in your career, we invite you to embark on a journey of creativity, growth, and achievement with us.
Discover how your talents can take flight and make an impactful contribution to our mission-critical endeavors at Molex!
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ).
