Maintenance Technician resume keywords
Core keywords are the skill list on the Maintenance Technician resume example.
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Counted on 2026-10-10 from 131 public job postings whose titles match Maintenance Technician. Those postings came from Greenhouse, Lever, and SmartRecruiters. A posting is counted for this role when the longest published job-title phrase in its title is Maintenance Technician. The crawl queried Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and SmartRecruiters for 133 employers in the State of ATS 2026 dataset that use those vendors, and for 279 additional public boards from the extended coverage tier. The extended boards are not part of the 738-company statistics. 361 boards returned postings out of 412 boards attempted, and 46923 postings were scanned. HTML was stripped before counting, and each posting counts once per term. Phrases beyond the published skill list are the most common two- and three-word phrases in the matched postings. Posting text is not stored. A role page shows these percentages only when at least 30 descriptions were counted.
These are the terms to put on the resume when they match work you have done.
- Work Orders
9% of 131 recent postings mention Work Orders.
- Preventive Maintenance
18% of 131 recent postings mention Preventive Maintenance.
- Plumbing Repair
4% of 131 recent postings mention Plumbing Repair.
- Electrical Repair
7% of 131 recent postings mention Electrical Repair.
- HVAC
15% of 131 recent postings mention HVAC.
- CMMS
9% of 131 recent postings mention CMMS.
- Apartment Turns
0% of 131 recent postings mention Apartment Turns.
- Door Hardware
0% of 131 recent postings mention Door Hardware.
- Filter Changes
0% of 131 recent postings mention Filter Changes.
- Troubleshooting
70% of 131 recent postings mention Troubleshooting.
The skills catalog does not name extra terms for this role. The core list above is the published skill list.
These phrases showed up often in the matched postings and are not already on the published skill list.
- maintenance technician
41% of 131 recent postings mention maintenance technician.
- school diploma
35% of 131 recent postings mention school diploma.
- spare parts
32% of 131 recent postings mention spare parts.
- power tools
30% of 131 recent postings mention power tools.
- root cause
26% of 131 recent postings mention root cause.
- machine operation
25% of 131 recent postings mention machine operation.
- microsoft word excel
25% of 131 recent postings mention microsoft word excel.
- alarm handling
24% of 131 recent postings mention alarm handling.
- ensure equipment
24% of 131 recent postings mention ensure equipment.
- xa0 responsible
24% of 131 recent postings mention xa0 responsible.
- change good sense
24% of 131 recent postings mention change good sense.
- communication skill workable
24% of 131 recent postings mention communication skill workable.
Where to place them
- 1
Headline
Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Maintenance Technician | Work Orders | Preventive Maintenance.
- 2
Skills
List the core terms together in the skills section: Work Orders, Preventive Maintenance, Plumbing Repair, Electrical Repair, HVAC, CMMS, Apartment Turns, Door Hardware, Filter Changes, Troubleshooting.
- 3
Experience
Use Work Orders, Preventive Maintenance, Plumbing Repair inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result.
These lines are already published on the Maintenance Technician resume example. Use them as a pattern for where a keyword sits next to a result, and replace the details with your own.
- Closed plumbing, electrical, and door-hardware tickets across a 180-unit apartment community
- Replaced disposals, flush valves, outlets, and closers and finished most of them on the first visit
- Changed filters and belts on a monthly route and cut repeat no-heat calls over the winter
- Wrote the parts on every work order in the CMMS so the shop was not guessing what had already been swapped
Questions about Maintenance Technician keywords
What keywords should a Maintenance Technician resume include?
Core keywords for a Maintenance Technician resume are Work Orders, Preventive Maintenance, Plumbing Repair, Electrical Repair, HVAC, CMMS, Apartment Turns, Door Hardware, Filter Changes, Troubleshooting. Core keywords are the skill list on the Maintenance Technician resume example. Percentages are the share of 131 public postings fetched on 2026-10-10 whose titles match this role.
Where should Maintenance Technician keywords go on a resume?
Headline: Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Maintenance Technician | Work Orders | Preventive Maintenance. Skills: List the core terms together in the skills section: Work Orders, Preventive Maintenance, Plumbing Repair, Electrical Repair, HVAC, CMMS, Apartment Turns, Door Hardware, Filter Changes, Troubleshooting. Experience: Use Work Orders, Preventive Maintenance, Plumbing Repair inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result.
How do I check a Maintenance Technician resume?
Open the free ATS checker with Maintenance Technician prefilled, paste your resume, and compare it with the keyword list on this page.