Senior Manufacturing Technician

Senior Manufacturing Technician

Job Description

Come join a team that makes a difference here and around the globe!

Peerless Pump Company, an Indianapolis based subsidiary of Grundfos, is seeking an experienced Senior Manufacturing Technician to join its Maintenance Engineering group.

Founded in 1923, Peerless Pump Company is a US-based manufacturer of horizontal and vertical centrifugal pumps for fire, industrial, and municipal applications. With pump installations in 145 countries, Peerless is globally recognized for engineering tough, reliable, and versatile pump solutions with extensive flow and pressure capabilities. From our production facilities in Indianapolis and Houston to our service centers in Lubbock and Fresno, Peerless pumps are designed to protect people and property from fire and to bring water where it’s needed most.

Our product quality is second to none, but it’s our people who’ve made us Peerless for over 100 years. Our legacy of innovation is fueled by attracting, training, and retaining employees from diverse backgrounds. With competitive benefits and a strong emphasis on development, growth, and innovation, Peerless employees come seeking a job but stay to build a career.

The Senior Manufacturing Technician role will repair, adjust, and maintain all types of machinery and mechanical equipment, including delicate mechanical instruments.

Make sophisticated OEM level repairs to machine tools and related systems.

This position reports directly to the Maintenance and Facilities Manager and will operate daily out of the Indianapolis, IN facility (primarily Mon‑Fri).

Relocation for this position cannot be supported and qualified candidates must have authorization to work in the USA without support.

• Diagnose problems, dismantle, inspect, clean, lubricate, repair, replace worn or damaged parts, reassemble and adjust all types of machine tools, miscellaneous machinery, mechanical equipment, etc.
• Diagnose and repair CNC control/ servo drive, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues quickly and accurately.
• Thorough knowledge of PLC and CNC controls and ladder logic.
• Develop, build, fabricate, fit or alter parts and rebuild a variety of special machines, machine attachments, fixtures, miscellaneous machinery, mechanical equipment, etc.

Production order on‑time performance and both internal and external customer support are key to achieving company goals. Problem solving skills and interpersonal skills are a must to succeed in this role.

This role will be working under Maintenance Manager and APU Manager and will also provide support to Maintenance Team, Production Supervisors.

We imagine that you have:

• High School Diploma, GED/HSE/HiSET or equivalent
  * required
• Additional Technical training
  * much preferred.
• 5 years experience maintaining and repairing CNC machine tools
  * much preferred
• Veterans with MOS experience maintaining and repairing sophisticated or precision mechanical systems are strongly encouraged to apply.
  * much preferred

• Must have a thorough knowledge of machine construction, functions and methods of repair and adjustment.
• Diagnose and repair CNC control/ servo drive, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues quickly and accurately.
• Thorough knowledge of PLC and CNC controls and ladder logic.
• Experience maintaining and repairing CNC machine tools and manual machining equipment.
• Electrical installation and repair up to 480v.
• Cranes, hoists, material handling equipment.
• Computer (MS Windows, SAP, Excel).
• Manual, power driven, and pneumatic hand tools, and machine tools.
• Mechanical aptitude and the ability to read and apply mathematics to work from engineering drawings, schematics, and blueprints.
• Ability to operate precision instruments, manual machining equipment and lifting equipment.
• Mathematics skills including proficiency subtracting, multiplying and dividing for the purpose of calculating material fabrication.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally in the…