Maintenance Technician - 3rd Shift

Maintenance Technician

Position is responsible for completing maintenance assignments to build, repair and/or maintain all equipment in good operating condition as quickly and accurately as possible; while keeping associated costs to a minimum and meet plant goals.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Completes projects with minimal guidance showing a proactive attitude to design and installations.
• Troubleshoots mechanical devices in operation.
• Dismantles and examines devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments, repairs or replaces defective parts.
• Troubleshoots and repairs input/output devices using PLC systems.
• Troubleshoots, completes, designs, upgrades and installs electrical equipment, circuits and systems.
• Troubleshoots, repairs/replace electrical components at the component level.
• Sets up and operates shop machinery such as lathe, drill press, grinders, band saws, cutting torch, welder, etc.
• Uses hand tools and pneumatic tools to modify or repair parts and equipment.
• Installs new or repairs/modify hydraulic and pneumatic equipment as needed.
• Improves reliability and up time of all equipment.
• Takes a proactive approach to equipment issues with a preventive maintenance mentality.
• Operates the cooling water and waste water system in compliance with EPA regulations.
• Operates forklift and hydraulic working platform as needed.
• Researches supplies, parts and machines needed to complete work orders.
• Assists in organizing and maintaining an accurate inventory of parts.
• Performs and documents work orders and preventative maintenance tasks as assigned.
• Documents work completed.
• Contributes to upkeep and updating of required paperwork such as records, maintenance logs, documents, manuals, drawings, PM logs, etc.
• Supports the vision, mission and guiding principles of the company.
• Follows applicable ISO, Safety, Health and Environmental rules and guidelines while performing any procedure.
• Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical/Environ. Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and/or hear, and taste or smell. Occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and occasionally handle up to 250 pounds.

Specific vision abilities may require close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with the exception of high noise areas.

Proper safety personnel equipment needs to be used while performing this job and that equipment is dictated by the plant Safety guidelines. Occasionally works in heights exceeding 30 feet. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, dust, fumes, airborne particles, chemical dust, risk of electric shock, vibration, non-hazardous chemical agents, and outside weather conditions.

The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts.

Scope Manufacturing Plant

Competencies:

Education:

Technical School Degree or equiv exp Completed Associates Degree or equiv exp

Experience:

Manufacturing
- Carpentry 2 Years Manufacturing
- Electrical 2 Years Manufacturing
- Welding/Brazing 2 Years Manufacturing
- Refrigeration 2 Years Manufacturing
- Forklift 2 Years Manufacturing
- Machine 2 Years Manufacturing
- Plumbing 2 Years Manufacturing
- Construction 2 Years Manufacturing
- Hydraulics 2 Years Manufacturing - PLC Troubleshooting and Repair 2 Years Manufacturing
- Industrial Operations 2 Years Cross Functional
- Process Improvement 2 Years Manufacturing
- Mechanical 2 Years Manufacturing
- Pneumatics 2 Years

Skills and

Certifications:

Personal Skills
- Manual Dexterity Intermediate Personal Skills
- Statistical Skills Intermediate Personal Skills
- Research Intermediate Personal Skills
- Quantitative Skills Intermediate Personal Skills
- Reading/Comprehension Intermediate Personal Skills
- Self Motivated Intermediate Software Skills
- Microsoft Office Intermediate Software Skills
- Microsoft Word Intermediate Software Skills
- Internet Intermediate Software Skills
- Microsoft Excel Intermediate Personal Skills
- Ability to Multitask Intermediate Personal Skills
- Organizational Skllls Intermediate