Industrial Maintenance Technician
About the role
The Industrial Maintenance Technician is tasked with maintaining manufacturing equipment, conducting both preventive and reactive maintenance. They will perform equipment repairs based on management's requests and priorities, work on PLCs, and document all activities in the work order module. Beyond the job description: we need a natural team player with demonstration of embracing technical challenges and a proven track record of contributions to large impacts on the organization. The ideal candidate will also be a source of energy and inspiration to those around them. Petoskey Plastics aspires to stand out as an industry leader in sustainability, using advanced recycling technology to manufacture high-quality films, bags, and resins from post-consumer materials. Our commitment to eco-friendly innovation sets us apart, as we strive to earn the appreciation and respect of our customers, associates, and communities. If you are seeking a family-oriented company that values career growth and provides robust paid training, explore the comprehensive benefits listed below to see how Petoskey Plastics can support your professional journey. We’re headquartered in Petoskey where our Lake Michigan shores are clasped by rhythmic waves of seafoam and cobalt. We’re honored to have roots in Texas, Tennessee, and Indiana as our production has expanded over the years. Our custom-engineered solutions tackle a variety of industries, including automotive, industrial, institutional, retail, construction, home improvement, medical, and more. Always moving forward!
Responsibilities
- Work efficiently with Maintenance Coordinator to ensure proper spare part min/max and reorder levels, PM documentation, part purchases, and crib organization
- Approve PM activities by completing work orders, attaching parts, and updating and closing work orders
- Provide operator equipment training when needed
- Ensure drawings, programs and manuals are accurate, available and complete
- Ensure that all effected associates are not only aware of work performed, but are working safely together as well
- Identify areas for improvement and work to plan improvement projects with management and safety committee
- Use mechanical knowledge and math formulas to calculate force, and change gear/drive ratios to properly size components, etc.
- Examine problems to determine root cause of failure and devise permanent solutions
- Read and interpret ladder logic symbols, basic power and control logic flow, symbols and notation, and normally open vs. normally closed
- Use schematics to troubleshoot, repair, modify and upgrade circuits
- Have a good understanding of the following with regards to PID control: proportional, integral and derivative. Make adjustments to a PID loop and understand the effects of making adjustments
- Perform ampacity calculations to determine wire sizing
- Understand how to select overcurrent protection, power supplies, contactors, etc.
- Understand the effects of heat on systems
- Apply basic knowledge, tools, and concepts to troubleshooting electrical circuits using tools such as digital VOM, ammeter, megohmmeter, and phase sequence tester
- Troubleshoot in a consistent, logical and methodical way to determine the root cause of the failure, before replacing components
- Understand how to read IO physically. Read and interpret digital, analog and temperature (thermocouple) inputs
- Understand the differences between mA, mV, and volts as they relate to the PLC’s analog IO
- Ability to connect to various PLC’s, get online and read register data, force IO, upload and download programs, reassign IO, and make basic program modifications