Senior Maintenance Technician

Join our team as a
Senior Maintenance Technician!
This is an ONSITE role based in Brooklyn Park, MN.
As a Senior Maintenance Technician, you'll play a key role in keeping our manufacturing operations running at their best. In this hands-on position, you'll maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and install complex production equipment while driving equipment reliability, safety, and efficiency. You'll also have the opportunity to mentor team members, solve challenging technical issues, and make a direct impact on production success in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What You Will Do:

- Diagnose, troubleshoot, repair, and install complex manufacturing equipment to keep production running smoothly and efficiently.

- Perform preventive maintenance activities, including inspections, lubrication, adjustments, component replacements, and equipment optimization.

- Serve as a technical resource and mentor, helping develop the skills and capabilities of fellow maintenance team members.

- Investigate equipment failures, identify root causes, and implement effective, long-term repair solutions.

- Utilize the CMMS system to manage work orders, track maintenance activities, and support equipment reliability initiatives.

- Champion a safe, organized, and high-performing work environment focused on quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

- Identify opportunities to enhance equipment performance, streamline processes, and increase operational uptime

- .Maintain compliance with all safety, quality, and operational standards while supporting a culture of excellence.

What It Takes:

- Advanced technical degree, certification, or 4+ years’ experience

- Associates degree in a technical field or equivalent work experience.

- 4+ years hands-on experience maintaining and repairing complex electrical and mechanical equipment

- General maintenance experience to include compressed air, mechanical and electrical

- Experience in a production environment related to Injection Molding and CNC Machining is preferred

- Strong electrical knowledge

- Advanced trouble shooting skills on all types equipment

- Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings

- High Mechanical aptitude

- Ability to mentor, coach and provide training to less experienced team members

What's In It For You:

- We offer a competitive salary and total rewards package

- We offer amazing benefits including but not limited to:
- Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan

- Flexible Spending Accounts

- Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)

- Dental and Vision

- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance

- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

- Paid caregiver leave

- You will receive at least 3 weeks of PTO + Wellness + Holiday Pay + Volunteer Hours

- 401k with company match and immediate vest

- Employee Stock Purchase Program at a discounted rate

- Matching grants through Protolabs foundation

- And More!

Proto Labs maintains ITAR-compliant operations in all of our United States based facilities.  Due to ITAR regulations, this role is only open to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders) or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status.  Individuals with temporary visas (e.g. E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, TN or OPT) are not eligible for hire in this role.
 
Proto Labs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
 
Physical Demands:
While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use a computer keyboard, monitor and mouse, telephone and printer; reach with hands, and arms, talk, see and hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop or kneel and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Work Environment:
Indoors (A/C); nonsmoking; the majority of this job function is performed in an office setting requiring normal safety precautions. However, there may be job duties that require the employee to spend time in the manufacturing areas exposed to machinery and noise; eye protection occasionally required. Occasionally works in outside weather conditions. Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

Protolabs offers a competitive total rewards package, and compensation mix vary based on position, such as base wage, as well as other earnings including incentives and commissions. Actual pay offered will vary depending on multiple factors which may include, without limitation, job function, work experience, specialized skills, training, education, and certifications.