Maintenance Technician

Electric Maintenance Technician

Hourly - Full Time

About Welch Packaging
Headquartered in Elkhart, IN, Welch Packaging was started in 1985 with four employees. Since then, Welch has become one of the most dynamic independent packaging companies in the United States. Welch now has multiple sheet plants throughout the Midwest. Welch Packaging has grown from four employees to over one thousand employees.

Summary
The Maintenance Electrician is a highly skilled hourly position requiring a thorough understanding of safe work practices, troubleshooting, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment both electrically and mechanically. This position creates value for the facility by performing preventative and corrective maintenance, leading to increased uptime and reliability, thus helping the facility to meet their production and quality goals.

• Performs Lockout/Tag-out per procedure for required operations.
• Installing, lubricating, troubleshooting and repairing equipment in compliance with plant codes, policies and procedures.
• Repairing and maintaining machinery in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals and manufacturer specifications.
• Read and understand drawings, troubleshoot and repair hydraulic and pneumatic mechanical systems including valves, solenoids.
• Responding to all maintenance issues, both mechanical and electrical.
• Adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies and procedures and actively participating in the safety program.
• Effectively communicating work performed and equipment statuses both written and verbally.

• Strong knowledge of electrical maintenance.
• Ability to use Excel, Power Point, VPS and email communication.
• Needs to be able to communicate effectively both verbally and via email.
• Effective organization and time management skills.
• Prefer at least 2 years of electro‑mechanic experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficient in reading blueprints and schematics.
• Will be required to learn and operate several different computer software programs.
• Must be able to operate equipment including but not limited to fork trucks and other lifting devices.
• Ability to start machines and equipment to test the operation following repair.
• Follows verbal and written instructions.
• Communicates clearly with maintenance and operators.
• Familiar with PLC hardware and software.
• Familiar with test equipment such as meters, micrometers, calipers, etc.
• Be able to troubleshoot electrical motors, drives, and PLCs.
• Use machine shop and other tools such as power drills, reciprocating drill, band saw, reciprocating saw, hand grinder, and bench grinder.
• Ability to work independently.
• This position will report directly to the Maintenance Lead.
• All candidates must be willing to work any available shift, as well as overtime as needed.

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 stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel;

and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision.