Maintenance Technician

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The Maintenance Technician is responsible for performing routine preventive maintenance and repairs on machinery to ensure optimal operation. This role includes troubleshooting, adjusting, and repairing equipment as needed to enhance production efficiency, product quality, and overall performance of production lines and machinery.

• Ensure the proper functioning and operation of all manufacturing machinery and related equipment, taking proactive measures to minimize downtime and maximize efficiency.
• Inspect compressors to ensure efficient operation.
• Make repair or adjustments to equipment or building as necessary to maintain production, including troubleshooting, repairs, upgrades, new equipment installations, preventative maintenance, relocation, or safety related changes.
• Adjust all equipment to a level whereby maximum accuracy and efficiency is achieved without compromising safety.
• Perform basic preventive maintenance on equipment and building systems, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical systems.
• Conduct routine inspections of equipment, machinery, and facilities to ensure proper functioning and safety.
• Operate newly repaired machinery and equipment to verify the adequacy of repairs.
• Check the pass downs given from the previous shift.
• Responsible for cleaning maintenance shop after completing any projects.
• Must understand VFDs – diagnosing, troubleshooting, and replacing.
• Ability to understand PLCs – diagnosing, troubleshooting, and replacing.
• Assist or provide training to entry level technicians when necessary.
• Complete all necessary training as directed by Supervisor or Manager.
• Respond to maintenance requests in a timely manner.
• Additional duties as assigned.

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands or fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• Regularly/Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly/Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold & heat, risk of electrical shock, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low/moderate.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Two-year Technical Degree: or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key accountabilities of the job required.
• Minimum 1 years’ experience within distribution or manufacturing industrial or commercial environment required
• Minimum 2 years’ maintenance experience in a cGMP-regulated environment preferred
• Knowledge and understanding of Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and OSHA safety requirements as related to industrial operations
• Knowledge and understanding of process support equipment and machinery
• Working knowledge of mechanical functions and systems (e.g., change oil, gears, hydraulic and pneumatic systems)
• Intermediate skills in installation, modification, and repair of mechanical and electrical systems
• Working knowledge of electrical functions and systems (e.g., fuses and power checks)
• Ability to set up drives, read schematics and blueprint
• Ability to safely perform basic machining operations
• Proficient in the use of hand and power tools, and precision measuring instruments (e.g., meters, micrometers, calipers, etc.)
• Advanced proficiency in installation, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining process and support equipment and/or machinery within the facility (i.e., hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, welding, HVAC)
• Intermediate fabrication skills: (i.e., ability to modify tooling/guards, utilize lathes/mills to construct parts)
• Intermediate HVAC skills: (i.e., belt and filter changes, ability to read gauges)
• Knowledgeable of FDA/cGMP regulated environment requirements and documentation practices
• Knowledge of MAPICS MRP system
• High degree of proficiency MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications
• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to…