Machine Maintenance Technician – 1st and 2nd Shift

About the role

Principal Manufacturing is seeking a Machine Maintenance Technician to join our team in Broadview, IL. As a leader in fineblanking, conventional stamping and plastic injection molding, Principal Manufacturing sets itself above the competition. The Machine Maintenance Technician ensures that the facility remains in operating form.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, install or repair wiring, electrical and electronic components, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic machinery and equipment.
• Repair or replace defective equipment parts, using hand tools and power tools, and reassemble equipment.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance (PM) to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, or the physical condition of buildings does not deteriorate.
• Work with departments to ensure maintenance activities are performed in alignment with production schedules.
• Inspect, operate, and test machinery and equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions and communicate to management safety concerns.
• Dismantle devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools.
• Perform and/or coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance/repairs of production support and facilities equipment, i.e. air compressors, HVAC system and filtration systems.
• Assist in the installation and commissioning of new equipment.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain all new and existing production and production support equipment.
• Initiate and maintain records within the maintenance electronic tracking system.
• Ensure safety policies and procedures for performing maintenance activities are in place and comply with all State and Federal requirements.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and secure work area.
• Support 5S, lean and continuous improvement activities.
• Monitor work performed by outside contractors.
• Finalize purchase orders for repair parts and maintain inventory of critical parts.
• Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.