Multi-Skilled Technician V

Amentum is seeking a 1st shift high-level Multi-Skilled Technician V to join our industrial maintenance team in Lafayette, IN.

Typical work schedule is Monday – Friday, 6:30 am to 3 pm; hours may vary based on business demand.

This position is responsible for acting as a subject matter expert in troubleshooting, servicing, and documenting the electrical, assembly and calibration tools. Responsible for overseeing, managing and performing regularly scheduled and non-scheduled technical calibrations, PM’s and break/fix services of site-specific tools to support production needs. Additional duties in support of facilities maintenance including troubleshooting facility and process equipment in an industrial environment.

Maintains, improves, and participates in a clearly defined calibration program that meets the OEM tooling requirements, and the needs of internal and external laws and regulations including PM, break/fix and calibration services.

• Identify critical spares inventory as needed to meet site-specific tooling requirements

• Understand, utilize and maintain specialty tools and technical software requirements as they apply to production, or production related equipment.

• Works with controls and instrumentation such as thermocouples and transducers, as well as primary voltages up to and including 480v.

• Provides instruction, mentors and trains less skilled technicians as needed.

• Effectively communicates with the site management team and the customer to understand requirements, solve complex problems, and provide solutions to problems

• Demonstrates ability to identify and correct any safety-related issues and perform independent equipment evaluations to identify potential equipment failures.

• Performs General Maintenance of equipment, and facilities as required.

• Maintains, improves, and participates in developing control systems, programming ladder logic / PLCs (Allen Bradley, Siemens, Fanuc, GE, Micro Logix, Control Logix, and PLC-5) and HMI.

• Effectively communicates with the site management team and the customer to understand requirements, solve complex electrical problems, and provide solutions to manufacturing problems.

• Must be self-motivated and demonstrate the strong organizational/time management skills needed to be successful in this role.

• Diagnoses, troubleshoots, maintains, and repairs process/production machines, equipment, and related electrical equipment, such as electrical control circuits from 24v up to and including 480v AC, electro-mechanical test devices, instrumentation devices, PLCs / ladder logic controllers, and variable frequency drives as necessary.

• Calibrates instrumentation equipment and controls for optimum performance.

• Procures parts from crib systems, OEM or authorized vendors.

• Identifies and documents cost savings.

• Utilizes strong mechanical and electrical skills in order to complete assignments.

• Creates and modifies site operations procedures for equipment and recommends facilities reliability improvements.

• Performs preventive maintenance on process/production equipment as scheduled in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

• Responds and provides service and feedback to the customer on all work orders while assuring compliance to codes, regulations and industry standards.

• Recommends activities to improve maintenance methods and equipment performance.

• Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists workers in solving work problems.

• Understands company policies and enforces safety regulations. Safely performs functions of the position including following proper safety guidelines such as job hazard analysis and lockout/tagout procedures and wearing PPE as required.

• Operates various measuring, diagnostic and testing instruments to help provide energy efficiency solutions.

• Operates a variety of equipment such as hand tools, laptop computers and diagnostic hardware to perform work.

• Maintains a strict schedule in order to be successful in the assignment yet demonstrates flexibility in the day-to-day activities and scheduling for the benefit of the customer.

• Exhibits strong leadership skills, such as motivation, delegation, ownership, leading by example, well-developed organizational skills, excellent communication skills, etc.

• Promotes and adheres to the Amentum Safety Structure.

• Other duties as assigned by Manager or Supervisor

• Assist with Root Cause Analysis.

• High school diploma or GED.

• 5 years of experience performing mechanical maintenance and repair on production equipment in an industrial environment or demonstrated equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience trouble shooting machine tools and other complex mechanical systems.

• Experience troubleshooting robotic control systems, such as Fanuc, ABB, etc.

• Must have the ability to work in an aerial lift or scissor lift at heights up to 30 feet or higher.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen

• Associate degree or technical certification in Industrial Technology, Industrial Mechanical, or…