Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance Technician will be responsible for the following:

• Responsible for daily operations, maintenance, and repair, including daily logs, preventive maintenance tasks, and reporting.
• Provide equipment inspection, maintenance tasks, troubleshooting and diagnoses of plant equipment and systems.
• Installs, modifies, maintains, repairs, overhauls, tests and adjusts a variety of mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical equipment and machinery.
• Diagnoses problems, troubleshoots and analyzes faulty equipment.
• Performs predictive and preventive maintenance on equipment utilizing vibration equipment, volt-ohm meters, ammeters, temperature sensing and other equipment.
• Utilizes the computerized maintenance management system as necessary to aid in performing predictive, preventive and repair tasks, and assist the supervisor in planning work.
• Periodically checks equipment performance to assure conformance to required standards.
• Estimate materials and specification of same for the purpose of initiating a purchase request.
• Compliance with plant specifications to ensure timely service and reliable product delivery.
• Ensure compliance with company, industry, trade, regulatory and jurisdictional safety standards, practices, codes.
• Performs electrical work as required, such as motor disconnection and phase testing.
• Fabricates parts using shop equipment.
• Interprets and alters drawings or blueprints to make field fits.

• Minimum 3+ years equipment operations experience using mechanical, electrical, instrument or control system skills.
• High School, GED, technical training school, Associates Degree level graduate.
• Must be able to work extended hours according to maintenance schedule.
• Experience performing mechanical maintenance on blowers, compressors, and ancillary equipment.
• Must be proficient in the use of all hand and electrical/electronic analytical tools.
• Must have in depth knowledge of PLC control systems and be proficient in reading and writing ladder logic schematics and proficient at using PLC programs such as R.S. Logic.
• Must have in depth knowledge and understanding of machine control functions and logic.
• Must be capable of engineering power runs from electrical panel to the machinery.
• Must be able to fabricate parts from sketches, blueprints, broken or worn parts.

• Basic computer skills including e‑mail and data entry using Microsoft Outlook, Word, & Excel.
• Ability to lift up to 75 lbs & transport equipment & tools in excess of 300 lbs.
• Strong verbal, written, computer communication and organization skills.

• Notify your supervisor or lead of any quality issues quickly.
• Follow your specific work instructions.
• Stay customer focus throughout your operation.