Maintenance Technician

Petoskey Plastics aspires to stand out as an industry leader in sustainability, using advanced recycling technology to manufacture high-quality films, bags, and resins from post-consumer materials.

Our commitment to eco-friendly innovation sets us apart, as we strive to earn the appreciation and respect of our customers, associates, and communities. If you are seeking a family-oriented company that values career growth and provides robust paid training, explore the comprehensive benefits listed below to see how Petoskey Plastics can support your professional journey.

We’re headquartered in Petoskey where our Lake Michigan shores are clasped by rhythmic waves of seafoam and cobalt. We’re honored to have roots in Texas, Tennessee, and Indiana as our production has expanded over the years. Our custom-engineered solutions tackle a variety of industries, including automotive, industrial, institutional, retail, construction, home improvement, medical, and more. Always moving forward!  IN THE NEWSA few of our over 20 competitive benefits:

Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision benefits - valued at $4/hr over your base pay!

PTO - start accruing just two weeks after your start date

Earn a $500 bonus for maintaining a full-time status for the first 90 days of employment with good attendance.

Petoskey Plastics pays 3% of your annual earnings into your 401k regardless of your contribution!

Profit Sharing Birthday Pay Call-in Bonus Safety Shoe and Safety Glasses Reimbursement Tuition Reimbursement Wellness Reimbursement (up to $400 annually)
Life Insurance Short- and Long-Term Disability The Maintenance Technician is tasked with maintaining manufacturing equipment, conducting both preventive and reactive maintenance. They will perform equipment repairs based on management's requests and priorities, work on PLCs, and document all activities in the work order module.

Responsibilities Work efficiently with Maintenance Coordinator to ensure proper spare part min/max and reorder levels, PM documentation, part purchases, and crib organization

Approve PM activities by completing work orders, attaching parts, and updating and closing work orders

Provide operator equipment training when needed

Ensure drawings, programs and manuals are accurate, available and complete

Ensure that all effected associates are not only aware of work performed, but are working safely together as well Identify areas for improvement and work to plan improvement projects with management and safety committee

Use mechanical knowledge and math formulas to calculate force, and change gear/drive ratios to properly size components, etc.

Examine problems to determine root cause of failure and devise permanent solutions

Read and interpret ladder logic symbols, basic power and control logic flow, symbols and notation, and normally open vs. normally closed

Use schematics to troubleshoot, repair, modify and upgrade circuits

Have a good understanding of the following with regards to PID control: proportional, integral and derivative. Make adjustments to a PID loop and understand the effects of making adjustments

Perform ampacity calculations to determine wire sizing

Understand how to select overcurrent protection, power supplies, contractors, etc.

Understand the effects of heat on systems

Apply basic knowledge, tools, and concepts to troubleshooting electrical circuits using tools such as digital VOM, ammeter, megohmmeter, and phase sequence tester

Troubleshoot in a consistent, logical and methodical way to determine the root cause of the failure, before replacing components

Understand how to read IO physically. Read and interpret digital, analog and temperature (thermocouple) inputs

Understand the differences between mA, mV, and volts as they relate to the PLC’s analog IOAbility to connect to various PLC’s, get online and read register data, force IO, upload and download programs, reassign IO, and make basic program modifications

Understands the following: drive/motor operation, mechanical starters, single phase motor operation, 3 phase motor operation, overloads, and single phasing

Understand the theory of DC motors and drives. Know the difference between armature and…