Maintenance Technician

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Maintenance Technician

United States - MI - Highland Park

Job Summary:

The role of the Maintenance Technician Level 2 is a valuable member of the plant technical team who supports the plant operations so products can be manufactured without interruption. Maintenance Technicians will have a critical role in the organization and will be responsible for performing preventive, planned and emergency maintenance. Level 2 Maintenance Technician will have a trade school degree/certificate and 10+ years of verifiable experience or a Journeyman card and be able to lead level 1 maintenance technicians on work to be performed.

This role reports to the shift maintenance supervisor.

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Work safely by following all rules, processes and procedures established by the plant management team.
• Wear all required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for assigned work area.
• Report to work at least 10 minutes before shift start to receive work assignment and apply all required PPE.
• Day to day coverage of production line equipment: respond to alarms, breakdowns, and production requests quickly and efficiently to minimize downtime.
• Diagnoses equipment failures, find the root cause and communicates actions taken to the rest of the team.
• Maintain facilities and related equipment by properly following preventative maintenance schedules. Troubleshooting and installing electrical and mechanical components as required to keep all facilities functional as needed.
• Performs regular preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs on machines, equipment and plant facilities.
• Maintains 5S and housekeeping in all work areas, especially when completed work on the production floor.
• Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments on machines and equipment.
• Takes initiative to improve PM documents and schedules, under the direction of the Maintenance Supervisor.
• Perform major equipment repairs and rebuilds, (some weekends and holidays required).
• Uses maintenance systems effectively (PM Tracking (Infor), Spares Inventory (Tofino), Issue Tracking).
• Work with Process and Equipment engineering and other cross functional groups to resolve maintenance issues, improve equipment reliability, review procedures, and minimize equipment downtime.
• Recommends countermeasures to prevent repetitive breakdowns.
• Participates in Total Productive Maintenance team while taking on small improvement projects to assist in improving the factory.
• Follows all aspects of Maintenance Safety protocol (LOTO, 5-S, Arc Flash, etc.), to ensure that the maintenance team operates safely at all times, always leading by example.
• Reports injuries, accidents, illnesses, near misses and property damage immediately to your Supervisor.
• Provide complete set of tools to perform maintenance activities.
• Perform work on an aerial lift and operate a industrial fork truck and similar equipment.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or management team.
• International Operating System (IOS):
  Understand, apply and meet all function-related IOS requirements.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS):
  Understand, apply and meet all function-related EHS requirements.
• Product Safety:
  Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
• Compliance:
  Understand, apply and meetall function-related Compliance requirements.
• Information Security:
  Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
• Must comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime asneeded or assigned to complete job duties on time.
• Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels.
• Ability to maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for…