Warehouse Maintenance Technician

Company Overview

Come join a winning Team! Since 1970 Plastic Express has met the bulk trucking, bulk terminal, packaging, and warehousing needs of the plastics industry. Our strategic locations, modern systems, and dedicated employees allow us to provide custom tailored logistical solutions to fulfill the most challenging needs of our customers. Plastic Express operates from 22 full-service facilities, more than 40 bulk terminals, and 52 railcar terminals offering more than 8,500 railcar spots across the country.

We are located near 9 major ports in the U.S. and rely heavily on our rail infrastructure to handle imports /exports as well as regional distribution. At many of the Plastic Express sites, we also handle some non-plastic commodities, which include; paper rolls, steel, building materials and other dry bulk materials. Plastic Express owns and operates roughly 250 trucks, with approximately 250 trailers performing full bulk truck distribution business.

Plastic Express is headquartered in Houston, TX and has over 600 employees nationwide. Our goal has always been to exceed our customer's expectations, and our can do-attitude is what differentiates us from the competition.

Plastic Express employees have always been our key to success and total customer satisfaction. We are always looking for dependable & talented business professionals that will help us to grow and to continue our “Can Do” tradition.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Warehouse Maintenance Technician position, reporting directly to the Warehouse Maintenance Supervisor, assists with managing local scheduling and real-time operations that facilitate the maximization of resources (human and automated) to achieve customer satisfaction, productivity, schedule adherence and economic goals. The Warehouse Maintenance Technician will possess electro-mechanical knowledge and experience in diagnosing and repairing various warehouse and packaging equipment.

• Assist Warehouse Maintenance Supervisor with disassembly of damaged and broken equipment so that it can be more easily repaired. Reassemble equipment after repair work has been successfully completed.
• Assist Warehouse Maintenance Supervisor with troubleshooting equipment issues that cause operational inefficiencies. Correct problems to ensure proper and safe function of equipment at the highest level of effectiveness to ensure maximum readiness of site.
• Receive deliveries of tools, equipment and supplies and transfer them to work stations or other areas as directed by seniors.
• Hold or hand off tools, equipment and parts to workers who are actively working on maintenance or repairs.
• Examine machinery to ensure that it is functioning properly and to check for defects in components or parts.
• Move or position vehicles, physical structures and other equipment to ensure easy access for workers who will be troubleshooting, installing, assembling or disassembling them.
• Use hand or power tools to disconnect, connect or adjust tubing, wiring and other equipment as needed.
• Receive work orders and determine what parts, equipment and services are needed to perform necessary maintenance and repair work. Submit order requests for parts, equipment and services required of third parties in support of maintenance and repair work.

• High school diploma or two years’ experience in similar field.
• Knowledge of basic maintenance functions: basic mechanical, basic electric, painting, HVAC, minor physical structural repairs, and snow removal (if required by locale).
• Strong communication skills to effectively convey…