Maintenance Technician

Standex International is a global industrial growth company operating through our market-leading brands in electronics, cutting-edge forming technologies, engraving, and scientific refrigeration. We work with our customers to advance progress through innovation. From inventing and producing parts for next-generation space vehicles to evolving vaccine refrigeration, designing functional textures for everyday products, improving renewable energy technology, and much more, we are focused on making what’s next possible.

Standex Electronics designs custom engineered solutions across sensing, switching, and power magnetics for high-reliability applications.

Organized around three strategic platforms—DETECT, GRID, and EDGE—we design and manufacture technologies that enable precision sensing and measurement, efficient power conversion, and advanced electronic performance. Our solutions support the global acceleration of electrification, expand energy infrastructure, and power next-generation technologies across critical markets. We drive growth through new product development, deeper engagement with customers’ engineering, geographic expansion, and targeted acquisitions.

Our global manufacturing footprint spans the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, China, and India.

The Maintenance Technician will oversee the plant’s daily operations. This position will lead risk assessments for each station and work with other areas to implement actions to reduce risk of accidents or incidents. It will work with 5S coordination and help maintenance manager to perform PM (Preventive Maintenance) and Maintenance work order control. Contribute to internal and external system audits as needed

What You’ll Do

• Preventive Maintenance (PM) Implementation. Assist in the implementation of a preventive maintenance program to reduce downtime and improve equipment lifespan.
• Automation Integration. Support the integration of automation where possible to streamline maintenance processes and improve productivity.
• License Expiration Control. Monitor and manage the expiration dates of important licenses and certifications, such as fire extinguishers, elevators, and air compressor annual verifications.
• Supplier Development. Develop relationships with external suppliers to perform mechanical, electrical, and facility maintenance services as needed, ensuring optimal performance of critical assets.
• Problem solving using PDCA
• Help to implement KPI like: MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure), MTTR (Mean Time to Repair), PM (Preventive Maintenance) and WO closed on time

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum high school

• 5 years’ production experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Knowledge and experience in Lean Principles, Problem solving, flow, standard work, Kanban, 5S

• Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to effectively communicate throughout all levels of the organization.

• Challenge and persistence: Continues to take challenges without fear of failure, persistently challenges; embraces change, exercises curiosity, and keeps moving forward once a decision has been made

• (CSC) Sense of Crisis, Sense of Speed, and Sense of Communication: acts promptly with a sense of urgency/crisis, speed to solve the issue, and communication

• Computer skills

• Excellent excel skill, Microsoft offices

• Certificates, licenses

• PDCA (preferred)

What We Value

• Detail-oriented with a commitment to quality and safety.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
• Problem-solving oriented

Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.