Industrial Maintenance Technician

Company: Mars Plastics
Location: Providence
Posted on: February 16, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description Benefits: Competitive salary Opportunity for advancement Paid time off to join our team on 1st, 2nd or 3rd Shift. Our ideal candidate will have at least 1 year of maintenance experience (plastic injection molding). Located in Providence, RI, Mars 2000 provides world class engineering solutions for commodity and engineered products across multiple industries. We engineer innovative ideas for todays complex design and manufacturing issues. We offer competitive wages, paid time off (PTO), and paid holidays. The successful candidate will have experience troubleshooting pneumatic injection molding presses, hydraulic equipment, and various electrical and electronic problems as well as general upkeep of the physical plant. The ideal candidate will be a creative problem solver who is solution oriented and highly mechanically inclined. Candidates should be self-motivated, must be able to work with little or no supervision and must be able to interact with outside vendors and technicians to resolve problems in a timely manner. Duties Include: Ensure that all safety interlocks are working properly and safely Maintain molding machines and auxiliary equipment (training available) Dismantle machines or equipment to examine defects and make repairs Replace defective parts with new parts or fabricated reproductions of defective parts Assemble and tests machine to verify correction of malfunction Clean press barrels and screws Understand and use Lock-out/Tag-out program Other duties that may be assigned Qualifications Include: Communication and interpersonal skills Team building and personnel development Understands hydraulics and electrical circuitry Understands all functions of injection molding machines (training available) Able to read hydraulic and electrical diagrams Able to keep accurate records Licensed to run a fork truck or willingness to learn To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Keywords: Mars Plastics, Manchester , Industrial Maintenance Technician, Engineering , Providence, New Hampshire