Maintenance Technician

Responsible for equipment and facility maintenance. Ensures total productive maintenance strategies are established and executed. Leads a team of maintenance technicians to ensure preventative maintenance tasks are scheduled and performed. Performs minor machinery, equipment, and facility repairs.

Job Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Carries out management responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.

• Provides leadership to team, including direction, scheduling of tasks, training, hiring and reviews.

• Schedules and manages preventative maintenance and repairs on equipment and facility needs.

• Performs equipment and machinery preventative maintenance.

• Established vendor connections for the timely diagnosis and repair of equipment.

• Established key parts inventory considering cost and lead time.

• Tracks repair costs, downtime and other performance measures and works with team and others on continuous improvement of our maintenance costs and effectiveness.

• Ensures environmental regulations are followed during the repair and disposition of facility/processing wastes.

• Maintains an organized, clean and safe environment and maintains 5 "S" standards. Complies with safety rules including PPE and OSHA standards.

• Participates in Lean initiatives eliminating wastes including overproduction, defects, transportation, waiting, inventory, motion, and over-processing.

Required Skills and Experience (Minimum requirements in terms of educational background, work experience, licenses/certifications or other knowledge, skills, and abilities).

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• Leadership experience in manufacturing (5 years +)

• Understanding of metal forming, cutting equipment function, troubleshooting, and repair.

• Ability to read and interpret equipment and machinery service manuals.

• Knowledge of industrial math including arithmetic.

• Knowledge and working experience procurement using the internet.

• Knowledge of General Industry OSHA regulations.

• Ability to identify and evaluate ambiguous mechanical issues and provide well thought out solutions.

• Cooperative attitude, shares critical information, and remains professional in difficult situations.

• Self-directed; ability to work independently and within teams.

• Proficient reading, writing, oral communication, and comprehension in English language.

• Degree in manufacturing or industrial engineering or related discipline

• Previous maintenance leadership experience

• ISO experience

• Knowledge of ERP software, PDM software (Vantage, SharePoint)