Fixed Plant Maintenance Technician / Welder

About the Role

Key duties include performing routine inspections, preventive maintenance, and repairs on stationary crushing, screening, and conveyor equipment. The technician will troubleshoot mechanical issues, replace or repair bearings, belts, pulleys, motors, gearboxes, liners, and conduct welding, cutting, and fabrication work. Additional responsibilities involve assisting with equipment installation, maintaining accurate service records, operating mobile equipment such as forklifts and skid steers, and collaborating with production personnel to minimize downtime while ensuring safe plant operations. • Conduct routine inspections, preventive maintenance, and repairs on crushing, screening, and conveyor equipment. • Troubleshoot and resolve mechanical issues on crushers, screens, pumps, and other plant systems. • Replace or repair bearings, belts, pulleys, motors, gearboxes, liners, and related components. • Perform welding, cutting, and fabrication to repair or modify equipment and structures. • Assist with installation, alignment, and setup of new plant components. • Maintain accurate maintenance and service records. • Collaborate with production staff to reduce downtime and ensure safe operations. • Operate mobile equipment such as forklifts, skid steers, and man lifts for maintenance tasks. • Follow lockout/tagout procedures, company safety policies, and environmental regulations; attend daily safety meetings. • Work the 4 p.m.–2 a.m. night shift, including overtime, weekends, and varying weather conditions.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸preventive maintenance
• ▸mechanical troubleshooting
• ▸component replacement
• ▸welding fabrication
• ▸equipment installation
• ▸mobile equipment

What You Bring

Candidates must demonstrate a dedication to safe work practices, possess prior maintenance experience, and have strong mechanical aptitude for diagnosing and repairing plant equipment. Availability to work the regular 4 p.m.–2 a.m. shift, including overtime, weekends, and outdoor conditions, is required, as is the ability to pass a pre‑employment drug screening. • Demonstrate prior maintenance experience and strong mechanical aptitude. • Pass a pre‑employment drug screening.

Requirements

• ▸maintenance
• ▸mechanical aptitude
• ▸drug screening
• ▸safety
• ▸shift work
• ▸overtime

Benefits

The Princeton Quarry in Princeton, KY, an underground limestone mine, is hiring a full‑time night‑shift Maintenance Technician. The shift runs approximately from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., with a starting wage of $27 per hour ($22 base plus a $5 shift differential) that varies with experience. Employees receive comprehensive health, dental, vision, 401(k), short‑ and long‑term disability, and life insurance benefits, as well as safety equipment, paid holidays, and vacation time. Rogers Group offers group insurance options with a Health Savings Account contribution, company‑paid life and disability insurance, and a 401(k) plan with matching contributions. Employees enjoy a paid holiday shutdown period between Christmas and New Year’s, seven additional holidays, vacation eligibility after a 180‑day probationary period, and annual performance‑based merit increases. The company emphasizes career growth and provides extensive benefits and competitive compensation. • Receive health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, HSA contribution, 401(k) match, paid holidays, vacation after 180 days, and merit‑based salary increases.

Work Environment

Onsite