Electro Mechanical Technician

Position Overview

Electro Mechanical Technician oversees the facility, manufacturing equipment, machine processes and related tooling. This includes assisting in the scheduling of all repairs/projects, and collaborating with site manager to improve operational efficiency of the facility. Drives activities that result in the repair/maintenance, upgrade, installation of plant machinery. This will include manufacturing equipment, facility maintenance, machine process controls, and the related tooling. Executes a variety of technical tasks related to the facility, manufacturing equipment maintenance, machine process, its’ related tooling, and provides general and/or technical assistance to the Blow Molding Technicians.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with all Health and Safety rules and regulations while using company resources in line with Health and Safety policies.
• Leads, coordinates Technicians' work assignments and any documentation requirements, downtime reporting in Guidewheel with the Plant Site Leader and the Operations Lead.
• Improves facility safety procedures, adheres to OSHA standards.
• Schedules repairs, maintenance and installation of machines, tools, and support equipment to ensure continuous production operations.
• Evaluates maintenance work orders to determine priorities and assignments of using internal or external resources, based on technical expertise and availability.
• Confers with senior technical management to resolve maintenance issues and recommend measures to improve conditions of machines and equipment.
• Develops preventive maintenance program in conjunction with internal or external maintenance staff to ensure optimum equipment uptime.
• Inspects operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards.
• Researches alternative suppliers, methods of technology to perform maintenance work with combination of cost and quality.
• Responds to emergency maintenance requests and determines cause and recommends solutions to Site Manager and Sr. Technical Managers for the related equipment.
• Participates with Site Manager in discussing and reviewing capital expenditure needs and recommends plans to leadership in planning future expenditures.
• Requisitions tools, equipment and supplies required for projects.
• Affords training staff, ensuring best practices are used on all shifts and by all technicians, in how they changeover, set up a blow molder and the related downstream equipment.
• Assists Site Manager and assigns and manages standard facilities duties in landscaping, office, janitorial, carpentry, painting, HVAC, roofing and security using internal and external resources.
• Inspects building and equipment for repair and maintenance.
• Maintains accurate maintenance records and prepares reports for management review.
• May be required to travel throughout the company network to assist other locations in the completion of training or work assignments as requested.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Technical or Vocational degree/certificate and 10+ years related experience in a manufacturing environment; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of advanced mechanical principles including electrical theory and practice, hydraulic theory and practice, pneumatic theory and practice.
• Knowledge of OSHA 70E NFPA standards.
• Basic to advanced troubleshooting of mechanical operated machinery.
• Ability to troubleshoot PLC controlled machinery and ancillary equipment.

Benefits

• Medical (HMO), dental and vision insurance program.
• 401K plan, Employer contributes 3%, up to 4%.
• Vacation and Sick Pay.
• Holiday Pay.
• Basic life insurance (25K).