If you are a **Maintenance Technician** looking for an opportunity to grow your career, this is an exciting role for you! **Based in Rainsville, AL** this role offers the chance to maintain plant facilities, perform preventative maintenance, and repair machinery while supporting a safe, efficient, and continuously improving manufacturing environment. You will play a key role in keeping equipment running reliably, partnering with operations to reduce downtime, and contributing to Lean and 6S initiatives that drive innovation and quality. **In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:** + Follow all safety policies and procedures, including the proper use of required personal protective equipment (PPE), to create a safe working environment for yourself and others. + Disassemble, troubleshoot, repair, or replace circuit boards and electronic controls involving time, speed, interlocks, sensors, solenoids, and servo-control regulators, as well as mechanical components such as spindles, shafts, gears, cams, and bushings. + Perform scheduled preventative maintenance, identifying and correcting excessive wear or material fatigue to minimize unplanned downtime and extend equipment life. + Train machine operators to perform simple preventive maintenance tasks—such as inspecting, cleaning, adjusting, and lubricating equipment—to promote shared ownership of reliability. + Create charts and graphs to collect, track, and communicate preventative maintenance (PM) and equipment performance data, supporting data-driven decision-making. + Participate in Lean projects, helping to identify waste, support continuous improvement, and maintain 6S and Lean Manufacturing standards across the facility. + Perform general maintenance to the interior and exterior of the facility, ensuring a clean, orderly, and well-maintained work environment. + Take part in physical inventory activities, supporting accurate materials management and inventory control. + Safely operate a forklift and other equipment as needed, in line with training and safety standards. + Assist with safety initiatives and improvement activities that reinforce a culture of integrity, responsibility, and care for teammates. + Work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, including standing or walking for long periods, manually handling 25–75 pounds by lifting, pushing, or pulling, performing repetitive hand motions, bending, stooping, reaching, squatting, climbing ladders, and performing overhead work as required. + Perform additional or updated duties as business needs evolve, demonstrating flexibility and openness to new tasks and technologies. **Who You Are:** You communicate clearly and respectfully with colleagues, using your strong verbal communication skills to share information, ask questions, and support safe, efficient operations. You are comfortable reading and interpreting specifications, plans, drawings, shop aids, instructions, and examples, and you use this information to solve problems and complete maintenance tasks accurately. You work independently, understanding workflow and prioritizing your work to meet the needs of the plant while remaining calm and focused in a fast-paced environment. You build collaborative relationships with machine operators and other team members, training and supporting them in preventive maintenance and safety initiatives so that everyone can contribute to equipment reliability and continuous improvement. **For This Role, You Will Need:** + Hands-on maintenance experience, typically including at least one year in a maintenance-focused role or similar practical experience. + Strong verbal communication skills to work effectively with peers, leaders, and operators. + Ability to read and interpret specifications, plans, drawings, shop aids, instructions, and examples to understand and perform maintenance and repair work. + Ability to work independently, understand workflow, and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. + Competency with Microsoft Office programs (such as creating charts and graphs) to document and communicate maintenance and PM data. + Willingness and ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including standing or walking for long periods, manually handling 25–75 pounds, repetitive hand motions, bending, stooping, reaching, squatting, climbing ladders, and performing overhead work. + Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship now and in the future. **Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:** + Prior experience working in a manufacturing environment, giving you familiarity with production processes and equipment. + Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and experience participating in Lean projects to eliminate waste and support continuous improvement. + Experience maintaining 6S and Lean Manufacturing standards, helping create an organized, efficient, and safe workplace. + Experience creating charts and graphs to collect and present PM and equipment data, supporting data-driven maintenance decisions. + Experience safely operating a forklift or similar material-handling equipment. + A high school diploma or equivalent, or comparable practical experience that has equipped you to be successful in a maintenance technician role. **Our Culture and Commitment To You:** At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results. If this role aligns with your skills and career goals, we encourage you to apply and explore how you can make a meaningful impact as part of our team. \#LI-CB3 **WHY EMERSON** **Our Commitment to Our People** At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration. We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor. At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together. **Work Authorization** Emerson will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1(including those with OPT or CPT) , H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire. **Equal Opportunity Employer** Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment. **Accessibility Assistance or Accommodation** If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, please contact: idisability.administrator@emerson.com . **ABOUT EMERSON** Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability. With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety. We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go! **No calls or agencies please.** **Requisition ID** : 26001521 Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.