Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Under the general direction of the Maintenance Supervisor, this position is responsible for ensuring production and facility equipment is always working. He/she will install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain all equipment according to safety. He/she will follow preventative maintenance schedules along with existing equipment protocol including building maintenance.

Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities:

• General knowledge required in mechanics (gears, bearings, pulleys, belts, etc.), pneumatics and electric drives to effectively perform various duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility's equipment.
• Conducts machine setup, troubleshooting, repairs, and preventative maintenance service.

• Provides emergency and unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Prepares and sets up machinery for scheduled production runs.
• Performs mechanic skills including but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic troubleshooting and repair of packaging and production machines.
• Reads and interprets equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Diagnoses problems, replaces or repairs parts, tests and adjusts.
• Will use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters, and material handling equipment in performing duties.
• Ability to comply with all safety regulations and maintains a clean and orderly work area.
• Machine set-up experience required.
• All other tasks as assigned.