Maintenance Technician

Job Overview

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.
• Troubleshoots, upgrades, and repairs 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, installs or repairs conveyors, electro‑mechanical equipment, replaces pumps, maintains 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.
• Food Safety:
  Responsible for notifying management about actual or potential food safety issues and empowered to act to resolve food safety issues within scope of work.

• Proficient in reading and interpreting documents such as blueprints, work orders, work instructions, diagrams, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Has a thorough understanding of the total process flow; specialized skills in mechanics, pneumatics, hydraulics, machining, welding, and electrical may be required.
• Basic knowledge of a variety of computer software applications, including 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); 3‑5 years of related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience in maintenance.

• Regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk, bend, twist, reach with hands and arms, climb, stoop, kneel, grasp, and feel objects repeatedly; requires hand‑eye coordination.
• Frequently lifts and moves up to 25 pounds and occasionally lifts and moves up to 50 pounds.