Sr. Mechanical Technician

Title

Sr. 1 Mechanical Technician

To perform all duties assigned, which fall under the maintenance area of responsibility.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Vocational education desirable.
• Previous maintenance experience required.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematics.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ensure consistent, dependable attendance and demonstrate a willingness to accommodate non-standard work hours as necessary.
• Capable of effectively managing job-related stress and fostering productive workplace interactions.

• Must have regular, reliable attendance, and be willing to work outside the regular schedule as required.
• Willing to handle job stress and interact with others in the workplace.
• Consistently demonstrates safe work habits.
• Adhere to all company rules and policies.
• Has complete understanding of the plant and department safety rules.
• Demonstrates good housekeeping by ensuring assigned area is kept clean.
• Works efficiently with other employees in order to meet plant and department goals in safety, quality, production and housekeeping.
• Follows oral and written instructions from higher management.
• Works and cooperates with other departments within the plant.
• Attends scheduled department safety and training meetings.
• Ability to receive constructive suggestions.
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment, i.e. FMC bag machine and winder, kiefel extruder and winder, amplast unwinder, ktron resin system.
• Comply with all written and verbal safety rules using personnel protective equipment as required by department and plant safety programs.
• Plan and carry out tasks to accepted national and local standards and codes.
• Identify and correct, in a timely manner, problems in all areas of the plant including production equipment, material handling equipment, etc. to within accepted codes.
• Ability to coordinate and lead small work groups to complete assigned tasks.
• Check voltage with volt meter.
• Check amperes with amprobe.
• Read electrical and construction schematics pertaining to electrical.
• Understand electrical diagrams.
• Troubleshoot electrical motors.
• Install bearings and deals in electrical motors of all sizes.
• Replace electrical motors (AC and DC).
• Do PMS on electrical equipment.
• Troubleshoot and replace heater bands.
• Replace and repair heat controls if possible.
• Troubleshoot replays, starters, circuit breakers and replace when needed.
• Be able to bend rigid or EMT pipe.
• Check and replace fuses.
• Read dial and venire calipers.
• Be able to read metric and standard measurements.
• Check and repair or replace thermocouples.
• Must know about resin systems.
• Must know how to download and reload computers.
• Must be able to set up and run a job without being supervised.
• Must be able to install starters, wiring, etc. in panels.
• Must be able to repair faulty wiring.
• Must know all wire sizes and voltage and amp ratings.
• Identify and understand the function of equipment.
• Provide timely preventive maintenance support and record all test data.
• Ability to properly fill out necessary paperwork associated with work orders, historical files, time cards and issue tickets.
• Must have and properly select tools required for task being performed.
• Able to disassemble equipment, make necessary repairs and restore to normal operations.
• Perform job task without supervision.
• Ability to train other personnel effectively.
• Planning and achieve job tasks in a timely manner.
• Ability to seek methods by which to improve department efficiency.
• Available for overtime, call-ins, and rotating schedule.
• Willingness to learn and upgrade skill level.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Provide timely preventive maintenance support coordinating with production personnel.
• Responsible for good housekeeping in assigned and work areas.
• Make any mechanical repairs on equipment as necessary.

• Inside environmental conditions protected from weather conditions, not necessarily temperature conditions.
• Outside environmental conditions, no effective protection from weather.
• Inside and outside environments apply.
• Subject to extreme cold; temperatures below 32 degrees for periods…