Maintenance, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic

At Gentex, you’ll help create innovative technologies that improve how people live, travel, and stay connected. Join a company driven by quality products across an evolving range of industries.

The Maintenance I – C will support manufacturing primarily through execution of routine and repetitive work during non-downtime events.

• Perform pre-planned corrective and preventative maintenance tasks on equipment, fixtures, and tooling.
• Assemble and verify applicable fixtures and tooling.
• Assist in the installation, modification, and relocation of equipment.
• Develop and expand skills and knowledge by learning from and working with more experienced maintenance team members.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Problem solving:
  Defining a problem, determining the cause, identifying, prioritizing, and selecting alternatives for a solution, and implementing a solution.
• Nimble learning:
  Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning experiences.
• Individual efficiency:
  Effectively managing time and resources so that individual work is completed efficiently.
• Personal accountability:
  Keeping promises and honoring commitments, accepting responsibility for one's actions and assuming responsibility when dealing with problems, crises, and issues.
• Maintaining high level of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality with respect to company matters.
• Complying with all Company policies and procedures, safety regulations, company safety policies and safely perform all duties, including but not limited to, promoting a safe workplace.

• Basic understanding and knowledge of mechanical, electrical, vacuum, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
• Completion of the Standard Timing Model mechanical assessment.
• Basic Microsoft Office knowledge.
• Meet the Following Physical Demands:
  • High level of hand dexterity/coordination
  • Ability to stand, remain stationary, and/or move about for 8 hours.
  • Ability to ascend ladders and traverse multiple building floors and areas.
  • Ability to regularly lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Bending, reaching, squatting, or otherwise positioning body around equipment of varying heights
• Must be able to work overtime as needed.

• Experience working in manufacturing or a manufacturing technical support role.

Gentex extends equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees regardless of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), disability, marital status, military service, height, weight, genetic information, or any other reason protected by law.

Gentex is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at  Gentex will not discriminate against any qualified individual who can perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

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