1st Shift Maintenance Technician

We are seeking an Industrial Maintenance Technician to join our team. Your primary responsibility will be maintaining, repairing industrial converting, and corrugating equipment to minimize downtime.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• 2+ years of manufacturing maintenance experience
• Electrical and mechanical experience

Candidates are preferred who have prior work experience in the corrugated industry.

Responsibilities

• Apply safe working practices and understand the principles of preventive and first-line maintenance
• Maintain and optimize equipment performance by troubleshooting and repairing equipment
• Correctly diagnose a range of mechanical faults and plan a suitable course of action
• Understand the principles of power transmission systems; recognize, remove and refit taper-lock bushes, keyed shafts, belts, chains & couplings; install & align shafts; tension drive train components
• Correctly remove and refit various types of bearings (roller, ball, etc); identify various bearing types, understand their typical applications & recognize common defects
• Recognize stripped threads and correctly use thread repair equipment
• Manufacture gaskets and understand how to remove and replace seals and gland packing
• Understand the operation of various gearboxes (helical, spur and worm-wheel)
• Correctly dismantle and replace drive belts
• Recognize various types of conveyor systems and their main components; identify typical faults and correctly remove, replace and track a conveyor belt
• Employ the appropriate welding process (MIG, TIG, or Stick, as appropriate)
• Use maintenance software programs effectively (i-maintenance)
• Optimize equipment usage by conducting daily preventive maintenance and promptly reporting in a timely manner
• Taking care of in-house wastewater treatment (on-site training provided)
• Adhere to all machine calls between start and end of shift, communicating with Machine Operator(s) and teams to diagnose and fix problems
• Demonstrates effective and appropriate communication with coworkers, leadership and management
• Ability to work well with others in a team-like atmosphere and comes to work with a positive attitude
• Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping
• Additional duties may be assigned by management

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior work experience in the corrugated industry

Skills

• Language Skills: Ability to read and follow instructions on factory masters
• Mathematical Skills: Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy; calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate; apply concepts of high school math
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form; deal with problems involving one or more concrete variables in standardized situations
• Technical Skills: Working knowledge of equipment design and capabilities, product layouts and production specifications, product quality specifications, and quality standards

Certificates & Licenses

May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License and Man Lift Operator License.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Occasionally required to sit
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts
• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud

Performance Measurements

• Operating standards: Meet or exceed the Operating Standards in the areas of quality, cost, safety, customer satisfaction, and productivity (standards set annually and communicated to the employee)
• Personal growth: Annual goals developed and agreed upon with superior
• Employee relations: Evaluated on behaviors associated with appropriate human interaction, respect, and communication
• Creativity: Evaluated by participation in advancing the business through new and innovative ideas