Maintenance Technician

Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Location: Carson City, NV 89706

Duration: 6 Months

Payrate: $25/hr on W2

Maintains and repairs machinery such as engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment. Performs maintenance and repairs to physical structures of facility.

• Reads and understands blue prints, schematics, and technical drawings.
• Conducts tests to locate mechanical system malfunction.
• Observes mechanical devices in operation and listens to their sounds to locate causes of trouble.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections.
• Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.
• Repairs or replaces defective parts.
• Installs special functional and structural parts in devices.
• Lubricates and cleans parts.
• Uses machine tools in installation, maintenance or repair.
• Starts devices to test their performance.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and a minimum of five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally required to talk or hear and taste or smell.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 90 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.