DC Maintenance Technician II

General Summary & Scope

The DC Maintenance Technician leads the operation, maintenance, and repair of material handling equipment critical to the safe, efficient distribution of products within the Distribution Center. They ensure maximum equipment uptime by applying advanced troubleshooting skills across a variety of machines and systems. They provide technical guidance, delegate daily maintenance tasks, and ensure clear end-of-shift handoffs.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs preventative maintenance and repairs on industrial electrical systems, motor controls, and electronics.

• Installs, maintains, and troubleshoots power distribution systems, branch circuits, lighting systems, transformers, and wiring methods and materials.

• Designs and builds specifications for new electrical circuits.

• Maintains and repairs Material Handling Systems such as conveyors, case erectors, and sortation equipment.

• Installs, maintains, and troubleshoots relay logic, ladder diagrams, control components, including photo eyes, motor starters, relays, limit switches, proximity sensors, timers, solenoids, Servo drives, frequency inverters, linear drives, tachs, and encoders.

• Troubleshoots PLC ladder logic (read use for troubleshooting), components (CPU back plains, I/O boards, counters, modules, and devices) and communications protocols.

• Modifies programming code to change operation of conveyors, interpreting multiple programming code languages.

• Maintains and repairs battery powered equipment.

• Performs basic maintenance of powered equipment manufacturers, including Raymond, Crown, Toyota.

• Maintains building and grounds, including basic carpentry and HVAC troubleshooting.

• Enters data into the CMMS program, ensuring paperwork completion by all associates at the end of shift and timely completion of associated duties.

• Performs other general warehouse tasks as assigned.

Job Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED, or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.

• Experience: Minimum 2 years’ experience conducting preventative maintenance and advanced knowledge of machinery.

• Licenses/Certifications: Valid state-issued HVAC technician, Electrician, or Plumber license or certification required. Manufacture certified repair person for powered equipment.

• Skills: Advanced knowledge of communication protocols, such as Profibus, Modbus, Devicenet, ControlNet, etc. Proven ability to troubleshoot MHE peripheral. Developed communication skills. Must be able to communicate on all levels. Must be able to work individually and as a team. Basic ability to understand written and oral instructions in the English language. Ability to follow instructions quickly and accurately.

Special Position Requirements

• Ability to work overtime as needed.

• Flexibility in daily task assignment.