From HVAC to aircraft, you’re a guru of keeping things running reliably. Prove that to hiring managers and facility owners with a finely tuned maintenance resume.
A poorly maintained resume can do to your career what vapor lock will do to a pipeline—Stop it dead in its tracks.
Get it up and running again by overhauling your existing resume or building a new one from scratch. Look after your maintenance resume, and it’ll look after you.
In this guide:
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Wayne Cook
Maintenance Technician
Personal Info
Phone: 561-635-1948
E-mail: wayne.a.cook@reslab.com
linkedin.com/in/wayneacook
Summary
Self-motivated maintenance technician with 4+ years’ experience working in large, highly secure facilities. At Macasa, installed and maintained HVAC equipment worth over $100,000 while training, managing, and working alongside seven junior electricians and technicians. Seeking opportunity to save Rocklea Manufacturing 80% on technician call-out fees.
Experience
Maintenance Technician
Macasa, Tampa, FL
September 2019–present
Maintenance Worker
Palmseed Properties, Tampa, FL
August 2017–September 2019
Education
Associate's Degree in Building Maintenance
Irving Lee Community College, Bakar County, FL
2015–2018
Certifications
Languages
Key Skills
Now here’s how to write a maintenance resume they’ll love:
Look, there’s your maintenance resume in the hiring manager’s hands. He’s getting ready for a meeting, gathering a shortlist of resumes. But yours is left sitting in a tray marked “recycle” as he leaves the room. What happened?
Your resume was about as organized as a junk drawer and as enticing as stripping out old caulk from a restroom. Make your resume format clean, clear, and a pleasure to read. Here’s how:
As for the file format, PDF is better for preserving your resume layout than *.docx files are. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to be the best tool for the job. Some companies use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATSs) that don’t handle PDF too well. So always check the job ad for preferred file formats. If the ad doesn’t mention it, stick with a PDF.
Confident handshake or looking away and mumbling—How do you introduce yourself on site?
It’s the same with your maintenance resume. Start confidently, write clearly, inspire confidence. Use your resume profile to show you know what you want and have what it takes.
Got a year or more of experience in maintenance? Use a resume summary. It’ll help you get the most out of that experience.
Use:
These maintenance resume summary examples show how:
Self-motivated maintenance worker with 4+ years’ experience working in large, highly secure facilities. At Macasa, installed and maintained HVAC equipment worth over $100,000 while training, managing, and working alongside seven junior electricians and technicians. Seeking opportunity to save Rocklea Manufacturing 80% on technician call-out fees.
Maintenance worker with 4 years’ experience. At Macasa, installed and maintained HVAC equipment while training, managing, and working alongside junior electricians and technicians. Seeking opportunity to join a forward-thinking company with a great work atmosphere and decent pay.
The first example puts accomplishments front and center, and it does this by basically putting numbers to duties.
Don’t have enough maintenance experience to pull this off? Write a resume objective instead. It’ll help you shift the focus onto relevant achievements from other jobs. Take a look at these resume objective examples:
Highly organized assistant maintenance worker with 1+ years’ experience working with HVAC systems and doing general maintenance. At Palmseed Properties, achieved lower microbial counts in air-conditioning system while using over 20% less ozone and saved the company at least $1,000 p.a. when ordering materials. Seeking opportunity to save Rocklea Manufacturing at least 40% on technician call-out fees.
No experience working as a maintenance worker, but nearing 18 months as an assistant maintenance worker. Looking to join an easy going team with a variety of task to prevent boredom.
The first example includes quantified accomplishments in place of duties. It’s also focused on what the candidate can do for the company, not the other way around (never a good look).
Stuck and not sure how to get moving? Write your resume profile (summary or objective) last of all. It’s that simple, and it never fails.
Short of a live demo, what’s the best way to show you have what it takes? By giving concrete examples of times you’ve done it all before. Make your resume work experience section into a rapid-fire series of professional achievements.
How to write a job description for maintenance workers and technicians:
These maintenance resume examples show how:
Maintenance Technician
Macasa, Tampa, FL
Sept 2019–present
Maintenance Technician
Macasa
2019–present
The first example makes it clear that you’ve got what it takes. Nothing convinces like hard facts and actual numbers. Use relevant accomplishments from non-maintenance jobs if you don’t have enough maintenance experience.
One more thing: You’ll need skills to put on a resume. But less is more. Cover what the job ad mentions and don’t go too far beyond that. Here are some examples to show you what’s possible:
Hard skills
Soft skills
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Maintenance is a field so broad you can get into it with all kinds of education. Whatever your educational background, do it justice in your maintenance resume.
For college degrees: List your degrees (with majors), school names, and years attended.
For high school: List the school name, location, and years attended. Only list your high school if you have no higher education or you’re still in the process of obtaining a degree. Lastly, add bullets that point to key maintenance skills.
This maintenance resume example shows how:
Associate's Degree in Building Maintenance
Irving Lee Community College, Bakar County, FL
2015–2018
Low on maintenance experience? Extend your resume education section with projects, classes, and accomplishments that show maintenance skills like troubleshooting and analytical thinking.
Maintenance work requires more than sections like work experience, education, and skills can capture. Fix that by adding one or two extra sections that fill in the blanks:
These two maintenance resume examples show yes vs no:
Certifications
Languages
Certifications
Hobbies and Interests
The first of those maintenance resume samples is all about relevant skills.
Hobbies aren’t a bad thing at all, they just have to obey the one golden rule: Everything you include in your resume has to be obviously relevant to the job ad.
One more rung and you’re there. You just need a cover letter to go with your maintenance resume. Unless you’ve been told not to include one, write a cover letter that explains why you want the job and why you’re the perfect fit for the role.
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