Maintenance Technician

Express Employment Professionals is seeking full-time
Maintenance Technicians for a high-quality paperboard packaging company located in Buffalo, NY. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established, dedicated team!

2nd Shift:Mon-Fri 1:50pm-10:00pm,$0.50 differential

3rd Shift: Mon-Fri 9:50pm-6:00am,$1.00 differential

Payrate:$27.50–$37.50/hr based on experience

• Repair or replace defective equipment parts, using hand tools and power tools, and reassemble equipment.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, or the physical condition of buildings does not deteriorate.
• Inspect drives, motors, and belts, check fluid levels, replace filters, or perform other maintenance actions, following checklists.
• Use tools ranging from common hand and power tools (hammers, hoists, saws, drills, wrenches) to precision measuring instruments and electrical and electronic testing devices.
• Assemble, install, or repair wiring, electrical and electronic components, pipe systems and plumbing, machinery, and equipment.
• Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, and parts catalogs as necessary.
• Inspect, operate, and test machinery and equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.
• Record type and cost of maintenance or repair work.
• Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Dismantle devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools.
• Plan and lay out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, and schematic diagrams.
• Order parts, supplies, and equipment from catalogs and suppliers, or obtain them from storerooms.
• Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges.
• Paint and repair roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, and other parts of building structures.
• Operate cutting torches or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.
• Align and balance new equipment after installation.
• Inspect used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments.
• Set up and operate machine tools to repair or fabricate machine parts, jigs and fixtures, and tools.
• Maintain and repair specialized equipment and machinery found in cafeterias, laundries, hospitals, stores, offices, or factories.
• Fabricate and repair counters, benches, partitions, or other wooden structures.
• Estimate repair costs.
• Lay brick to repair and maintain buildings, walls, arches, and other structures.
• Grind and reseat valves, using valve-grinding machines.
• Perform any additionally assigned duties as requested.

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 3 years previous experience
• Relevant college or vocational training, or an equivalent amount of education and experience

• Ability to read, speak, and understand the English language
• Follow procedures, specifications, and guidelines for the position
• Work at an efficient pace meeting all expectations
• Be able to work overtime as required
• Ability to communicate effectively (written or verbal)
• Have good team working skills
• Exercise accuracy in all functions of the position
• Accept levels of responsibility and accountability commensurate with the position
• Have an appreciation for the demands of the business
• Ability to establish and maintain positive interpersonal communications
• Positive attitude, responsible, organized, flexible & adaptable

• Shop setting, with occasional exposure to outside elements.
• Noise typical of a production environment, with sound levels within acceptable ranges.

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