Discover Maintenance Engineer opportunities with employers seeking experienced professionals to keep equipment, facilities, and production systems safe, reliable, and efficient. Ladders features vetted professional jobs paying $100,000 or more, including senior engineering and leadership positions for qualified candidates.
Maintenance Engineers develop and improve maintenance programs that help prevent failures and extend the life of critical assets. Their work may include analyzing equipment performance, planning preventive and predictive maintenance, troubleshooting complex issues, coordinating repairs, and ensuring compliance with safety and operating standards.
Employers commonly look for a degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial, or a related engineering discipline, along with experience in manufacturing, facilities, energy, or another asset-intensive industry. Valuable capabilities include reliability engineering, root-cause analysis, condition monitoring, maintenance planning, project management, and familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS). Requirements vary by employer and role.
Maintenance Engineers can advance into senior engineering, reliability, maintenance management, plant operations, or facilities leadership roles. Opportunities span industries such as manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, data centers, utilities, transportation, and energy. Explore current listings to find positions aligned with your experience, specialization, and career goals.
Search Ladders for vetted professional opportunities paying $100,000 or more. Use filters to focus your search by location, industry, and experience level, and review each listing for details about responsibilities and qualifications.
Category Manager II / Senior Category Manager – MRO & Renewable Energy - EnergyLink
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$90K - $110K *
Empower project success by leading electrical commissioning for critical systems. Oversee planning, execution, and testing to ensure compliance and performance across diverse infrastructure projects...
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Transportation CAD Designer - OpenRoads
$74K - $130K *
Elevate your career by leading design efforts in transportation projects, utilizing OpenRoads Designer. Collaborate with engineers to deliver high-quality solutions while ensuring compliance with stan...
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Fire Protection & Plumbing Engineer III
$104K - $130K *
Engage with our engineering team to enhance your expertise in fire protection and plumbing design for commercial projects. Collaborate closely with project management, produce construction documents...
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$126K - $162K *
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Join a dynamic team to lead connectivity projects for leased data centers, ensuring compliance with standards and managing cross-functional collaboration from site assessment to operational handoff. D...
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Senior Manager - Field Services
$110K - $130K *
Advance your career by leading maintenance teams to optimize processes, ensure safety compliance, and enhance operational efficiency. Collaborate with stakeholders to drive cost-effective solutions an...
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Elevate your career by leading critical building automation projects, ensuring innovative solutions, and guiding a dynamic team to exceed client expectations in a collaborative, remote environment...
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$142K - $184K *
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Innovate and drive technical strategy for AI-powered products at scale. Empower teams to build transformative software solutions, oversee complex projects, and deliver exceptional results that reshape...
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$92K - $149K *
Drive strategic growth in the North American Metals industry by building relationships with key stakeholders, influencing investments, and promoting advanced drive solutions to enhance productivity an...
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Unlock your leadership potential by guiding product engineers in creating exceptional developer experiences. This role blends technical expertise and product vision, enabling you to drive impactful in...
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Technical Director-Train Control/ATS
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Transform transit operations by leading complex Automatic Train Supervision initiatives. Drive collaboration across technical and operational teams, ensuring system performance and reliability for maj...
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Contractor - Mechanical Engineer 4 (NSSS Vessels & Structures)
$110K - $130K *
Join a team that's engineering advanced nuclear components to meet industry standards. You'll perform design and stress analyses, ensuring compliance with ASME codes while mentoring junior engineers a...
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Senior Engineer - System Protection and Control (Remote)
$110K - $130K *
Join a team that's dedicated to delivering expert engineering solutions while managing projects safely and efficiently. Leverage your technical expertise to mentor others and drive innovation in gener...
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$102K - $163K *
Lead the charge in designing and overseeing digital instrumentation and control systems, ensuring compliance with industry regulations while coordinating workflows and schedules with subcontractors to...
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Pioneer project success by leading the design and implementation of electrical systems. Collaborate with teams to ensure timely delivery, budget adherence, and client satisfaction while providing tech...
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Sr Engineer - Identity Governance & Administration (Remote)
$110K - $130K *
Help us enhance our Identity & Access Management systems by engineering and implementing advanced IGA solutions. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure secure, compliant, and efficient identity gover...
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Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure
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Drive the reliability and scalability of cloud infrastructure across multiple deployment models, ensuring performance and incident response ownership while collaborating with a senior engineering team...
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Project Manager, Hydrogen Systems (Pre-Construction & Permitting Focus)
$86K - $135K *
Lead the charge in optimizing pre-construction workflows for hydrogen systems. Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to ensure timely project execution and regulatory compliance, driving efficiency an...
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What does a Maintenance Engineer do?
A Maintenance Engineer helps keep equipment and facilities safe and dependable by developing maintenance strategies, analyzing failures, coordinating repairs, and improving asset performance.
What qualifications are typically required for Maintenance Engineer jobs?
Many roles seek a bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline and relevant industry experience. Employers may also value expertise in preventive maintenance, reliability, troubleshooting, safety, and CMMS tools; requirements differ by position.
Where do Maintenance Engineers work?
Maintenance Engineers work across manufacturing, energy, utilities, pharmaceuticals, data centers, transportation, and facilities operations, among other industries.
What career paths can follow a Maintenance Engineer role?
Experienced professionals may move into senior or reliability engineering, maintenance management, plant operations, or facilities leadership, depending on their skills and industry.
How can I find higher-paying Maintenance Engineer jobs?
Browse Ladders for vetted professional job listings paying $100,000 or more, and use available filters to narrow opportunities by location, industry, and experience level.