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Maintenance Technician

Guardian Industries
Guardian Industries Salary
Galax, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/1/2026
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Guardian Glass is seeking their next Maintenance Technician in Galax, VA!

Maintenance Technicians will work on on either a rotating 2nd shift or rotating 3rd shift. Both available.

Starting hourly wage is $21-23 per hour. $2,000 sign on bonus!

Our Team

Who are Guardian Industries? When you are looking at a city’s skyline or any of the latest cars and trucks, chances are you’re seeing our products. Through Guardian Glass, a Guardian Industries company, we make high- performance, energy efficient glass for homes and buildings.

What You Will Do

  • Perform highly diversified maintenance to production machines and plant facility’s equipment, on mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic for both troubleshooting and repairs
  • Perform basic fabrication duties and responsibilities (welding, cutting, forming,)
  • Diagnose problems, replace, or repair parts, test and adjust with limited operational experience
  • Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment, and plant facilities
  • Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters, and material handling equipment
  • Troubleshoot and diagnose problems in PLC controllers and process automation systems
  • Comply with all safety & environmental regulations and maintain clean and orderly work
  • Able to read and interpret a wide range of electrical schematics and mechanical system drawings
  • Perform tasks such as lifting (up to 50lbs), walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to 12 hours/day in a loud/noisy, hot, cold, humid, dusty, and high-volume environment
  • Maintain a strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Previous experience working in an industrial manufacturing environment; strong hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and industrial electrical skills
  • Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, motors & conveyors


What Will Put You Ahead

  • Minimum of 3 years of industrial manufacturing experience
  • PLC, troubleshooting, and fabrication experience
  • An Industrial Maintenance degree or similar education


At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

Salary : $21 - $23

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