As a Mechanical Setter / Maintenance Technician (Setter Manutentore Meccanico), you will set up, adjust, and maintain production and machining equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation. You will play a critical role in minimizing downtime, supporting production schedules, and upholding quality standards. This role may require working a rotating shift schedule.
Our manufacturing team operates in a fast-paced, quality-driven production environment where equipment performance, uptime, and safety are essential. Set-up and maintenance are key partners to operations, engineering, and quality, empowered to identify issues and drive improvements.
•Set up, adjust, and change over mechanical production and machining equipment to meet production requirements
•Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues to minimize downtime
•Perform scheduled preventive and predictive maintenance on manufacturing equipment
•Read and interpret technical drawings, schematics, and work instructions
•Respond promptly to equipment breakdowns and set-up needs to support production
•Document maintenance activities, repairs, and parts usage
•Identify recurring equipment issues and recommend corrective actions or improvements
•Follow all safety, quality, and lockout/tagout procedures
•Technical diploma or vocational training in a mechanical field, or equivalent experience
•2+ years of experience setting up and maintaining production or machining equipment
•Working knowledge of mechanical systems, pneumatics, and hydraulics
•Ability to read technical drawings and schematics
•Willingness to work a rotating shift schedule as required
•Experience in electronics, automotive, or precision manufacturing
•Familiarity with CNC equipment set-up and tooling
•Preventive and predictive maintenance experience
•Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive ownership mindset

Based in Wichita, Kansas, Koch is one of the largest private companies in America. A diverse set of businesses and industries across the world, we work together to keep improving and exploring new ways to make life even better.
With a presence in more than 50 countries, Koch companies employ about 120,000 people worldwide, with nearly half of those in the United States. Koch offers abundant opportunities to improve life’s most necessary things – like food, clothing, water, transportation and technology.