Updated June 30, 2026

20 open positions

Equipment Maintenance Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ equipment maintenance jobs at companies offering compressed weeks and 9-day fortnights—full pay and a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include City of Harker Heights, Marathon Petroleum, and Washington University in St. Louis.

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10+

Companies

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Licensed Veterinary Technician II - Large Animal Operating Room

Cornell University

HybridIthaca, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Research Technician II - Surgery

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Senior Equipment Operator - Streets

City of Harker Heights

OnsiteHarker Heights, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$46k

Mechanic

City of Harker Heights

OnsiteHarker Heights, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$46k

Terminal Operator

Marathon Petroleum

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Maintenance Mechanic

Marathon Petroleum

OnsiteCarlsbad, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Plumber

City of Henderson

HybridHenderson, USA

69 · GoodCompressed week

Cleanroom Technician III

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

OnsitePasadena, USA

68 · Good9 day fortnight

Fire Protection Inspector

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

OnsiteOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Laboratory/Facilities Technician

OnsiteAlbuquerque, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Cage Wash Technician - Comparative Medicine

Washington University in St. Louis

HybridSt. Louis, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Audio Visual & Media Technician (Faculty of Humanities AMBS Focused)

14d

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Public Works Technician I

11d

City of Forney

OnsiteForney, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$40k - $49k

3rd Assistant Engineer - Marine

15d

ConocoPhillips

HybridHouston, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Utility - Marine

1mo

ConocoPhillips

HybridHouston, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Engineer

2mo

Empire State Realty Trust

OnsiteNew York, USA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer

Machine and Plant Operator (Retraining)

1mo

Zalando

HybridLahr, Germany

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Fabrication Technician

1mo

Sesame

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Firefighter

28d

City of National City

OnsiteNational City, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$82k - $104k

Advanced NDT Specialist Tank Team

2mo

Applus+

OnsiteRotterdam, Netherlands

56 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO€3,200 - €4,000/mo

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Equipment Maintenance on this page include City of Harker Heights, Marathon Petroleum, and Washington University in St. Louis. Equipment Maintenance roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Equipment Maintenance is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Equipment Maintenance roles span the full seniority range — we list 20 open roles requiring Equipment Maintenance across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Equipment Maintenance hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Equipment Maintenance roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Equipment Maintenance candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Equipment Maintenance on current listings.