Maintenance Mechanic

Overview

Posted Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) is one of the largest glass fiber manufacturers in the world, with manufacturing and sales in all three major world regions (Americas, Asia and Europe).The Glass Fiber Division is one of several businesses that make up the global NEG Group – a leading manufacturer of specialty glass, headquartered in Otsu, Japan - that manufactures and sells a broad range of high technology glass products.

NEG has a strong focus on customer satisfaction, technology and social responsibility.

The global NEG Glass Fiber business has a mission of being the world’s leading manufacturer of high-performance, high-quality glass fiber products, with a focus on investing in the growth of the business in all regions.

NEG-US Glass Fiber includes the former PPG Glass Fiber business unit in the Americas, as well as Sales and Marketing resources that import products from other NEG locations.

The NEG acquisition of PPG’s US Glass Fiber operation was completed on September 1, 2017.The US operation has been in existence since 1959 and includes two manufacturing sites in North Carolina (Shelby, NC and Lexington, NC).There is also a Research & Development site in Shelby, NC and a Sales/Business office in the Pittsburgh  total, NEG-US employs close to one thousand people in a wide variety of commercial, technical, manufacturing and business roles.

The Glass Fiber Division manufactures a range of thermoplastic and thermoset compatible direct roving and chopped strand products, along with continuous strand mat, multi-end roving and wet used chopped strands.

These products and NEG’s technical and commercial resources support a wide range of applications in the market – including transportation, wind energy, oil and gas piping, infrastructure and construction.

NEG’s glass fiber is used as the primary reinforcement in these applications.

NEG-US offers competitive salaries and wages along with a 401(k) program that includes an employer match and additional employer contribution. Health care benefits, life insurance, disability, paid vacations and holidays are also provided. If you desire to be part of the NEG-US organization, please review a list of open positions, and we invite to apply for position(s) you may be qualified to perform.

We look forward to your interest in NEG-US.

The Maintenance Mechanic reports directly to the Maintenance Group Leader and performs a variety of tasks based on the needs of the department. The Maintenance Mechanic must be able to work without close supervision in completing assigned tasks, and must exercise initiative and responsibility in performing duties within their capabilities

Duties of the position include:

• Performs maintenance and repairs on all equipment as assigned.
• Perficient with welding related equipment including Arc Weld, Oxygen/acetylene torch, Heli-arc, Plasma and Wire Welder.
• As assigned, installs and commissions new equipment.
• Trained to operate the emergency diesel process water pump as directed.
• Responds to all types of emergencies in the plant (except medical).
• Maintains any required logs, records, and reports.
• As scheduled, performs preventive maintenance on all equipment in the plant as designated by the preventive maintenance program and supervision.
• Performs duties within normal industrial environmental conditions for maintenance.
• Performs other miscellaneous and related duties as assigned. Is required to maintain a safe and clean work area. Is required to observe all plant and departmental safety rules.
• Assists other maintenance crafts as required.
• Will be required to change bushings and winders as needed.
• Will be required to work crew rotation to cover vacancies if plant needs require.
• Will be added to a rotating on-call schedule that would require availability to answer after hours calls and ability to come on site to assist with work and troubleshooting efforts when required.
• Will assist in maintaining and rebuilding spare equipment inventory, i.e. cam boxes, auto winds, chopper cots, spare winders, spare winder parts, free wheel pulley assemblies.

• Certification or 2-year degree in a Maintenance related…