Maintenance Technician

Description

Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment, in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, and manufacturer’s specifications. Duties include installation, maintenance and repair of production or processing equipment.

• Observes operating machines, mechanical devices, or equipment to diagnose machine malfunction and determine need for adjustment or repair.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts, may use hoists, cranes, hand tools and power tools; replaces defective part with new part or repair from various kinds of metal stock, using hand tools, such as scraper, file, and drill, and machine tools, such as lathe, milling machine, shaper, borer, and grinder.
• Tests malfunctioning machinery, using test equipment, and discusses malfunction with other maintenance workers to diagnose malfunction.
• Troubleshoot, upgrade, and repair machine control circuitry/controls.
• Conducts tests and inspections of equipment, to evaluate quality or performance.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments, using hand tools, electrical multi-meter, gages, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges.
• Sets up and operates lathe, drill press, grinder, and other metalworking tools to repair parts.
• Fabricates parts, install or repair conveyers, electro-mechanical equipment, replace pumps, maintain fluid collection or distribution equipment; may weld using arc or gas.
• Performs routine preventative maintenance on machines as scheduled and required for TPM.
• Works individually and as a team to develop and implement quality and efficiency improvements.
• Initiates purchase order for parts as assigned.

Responsible and required to notify management about actual or potential food safety issues; and empowered to act to resolve food safety issues within their scope of work. If this position is vacant for any significant period of time the obligation for completion of all food safety and quality related tasks will become the responsibility of the direct manager or a qualified designee.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as blueprints, work orders, work instructions, diagrams, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Possesses all basic and some advanced skills and knowledge. Has a thorough understanding of the total process flow. Specialized skills in mechanics, pneumatics, hydraulics, machining, welding and electrical may be required.

Must have basic knowledge of a variety of computer software applications, in word processing, spreadsheets, and databases. May be required to use and understand electronic equipment.

Requires forklift, crane, and hoist certification.

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and 3-5 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in maintenance.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee must frequently stand, walk, bend and twist, reach with hands and arms, climb, stoop, kneel. Regular fingering, grasping, and feeling, requires repetitive movement with frequent use of hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls and hand-eye coordination.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus regularly.