Manufacturing Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance Technician works directly with the Maintenance & Technical Supervisor to keep manufacturing equipment, tooling, and facility assets safe, clean, reliable, and production-ready. The role performs hands‑on inspections, preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, setup support, and documentation on electromechanical equipment and related controls across manufacturing, lamination, slitting/foil, packaging, and related facility areas.

• Complete scheduled preventative maintenance, inspections, lubrication, adjustments, and repairs using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), under the direction of the Maintenance & Technical Supervisor.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and process‑related equipment issues, including related controls, using electromechanical tools and test equipment, within training and authorization.
• Service and repair programmable logic controllers (PLCs), motors, and drives.
• Determine the most cost‑effective repair or upgrade; disassemble equipment, repair or replace defective components in kind, reassemble, and start up equipment.
• Assemble and maintain electrical and electronic devices and systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and other production mechanical systems as necessary.
• Respond to equipment breakdowns, identify likely causes, complete approved repairs, and communicate unresolved issues promptly.
• Assist external contractors, equipment suppliers, and service technicians during specialized repairs, installations, and commissioning.
• Help reduce unplanned downtime by identifying recurring issues and recommending practical improvements.

• Provide hands‑on technical support to manufacturing, lamination, slitting/foil, packaging, and material‑handling operations.
• Work with production supervisors and operators to complete maintenance with minimal disruption to the production schedule.
• Assist with machine setup, changeovers, line adjustments, equipment upgrades, and trial runs.
• Support plant layout, installation, modification, and start‑up of new or existing equipment, including one‑off projects requested by production, engineering, and other personnel.
• Confirm equipment is safe, functional, and ready before returning it to production.
• Support operators with basic equipment‑care practices and elevate technical or safety concerns to the supervisor.

• Inspect, clean, maintain, repair, and properly store manufacturing tooling, fixtures, and setup components.
• Prepare the correct tooling for scheduled production runs and report damaged or unavailable items.
• Assist with tooling refurbishment, replacement, tracking, and preventative maintenance activities.
• Organize, label, protect, and count spare parts, maintenance supplies, and consumables.
• Help maintain an inventory of critical and other repair parts to ensure uninterrupted production, and notify the supervisor when critical parts reach reorder levels or when inventory records require correction.

• Keep the maintenance shop, tools, work areas, equipment, and storage locations clean, organized, and safe.
• Perform basic facility and asset maintenance involving utilities, storage systems, material‑handling equipment, and production‑support equipment.
• Protect parts, tools, tooling, and company assets from contamination, loss, or damage.
• Participate in equipment‑condition and housekeeping audits and correct assigned deficiencies.

• Complete work orders, inspection records, downtime notes, service records, equipment histories, and…