Maintenance E&I Technician 1st Shift

TemperPack is a rapidly growing company based in Richmond, Virginia with additional locations in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Lansing, Michigan. We design and manufacture innovative, sustainable packaging components for cold-chain shipping of food and pharmaceutical products, providing disruptive, sustainable alternatives to conventional non-sustainable materials like Styrofoam coolers.

About the role

We are seeking a Maintenance E&I Technician to ensure our production and manufacturing assets are fully utilized and maintained daily while adhering to proper safety rules and regulations. The incumbent will perform routine maintenance on sophisticated equipment, work with the Maintenance Manager and Engineering to plan and schedule equipment downtime, and document logs and machine failures.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, and repair industrial control systems and power distribution systems including electric motors, motor control devices, and variable speed drives.
• Perform preventative maintenance and calibrations for all electrical, instrumentation, and process equipment.
• Maintain instrumentation including analytical, flow, pressure, and level transmitters.
• Maintain accurate equipment files such as maintenance and inventory logs, manuals, blueprints, and program revision archives.
• Operate and perform maintenance of hand tools, light, and heavy equipment.
• Read and understand manuals, blueprints, and schematics.
• Install equipment, service it, troubleshoot problems, and make repairs when necessary.
• Install and maintain electrical circuits, repair motors and generators, fix robotics, and program controllers.
• Carry out equipment isolation, planned and unplanned maintenance, inspections, fault diagnosis, calibration, and testing of electrical equipment, instrumentation, and control systems.
• Program and troubleshoot PLCs.
• Understand and apply LOTO (Lock-Out/Tag-Out) procedures.
• Perform preventative maintenance on a wide variety of electrical systems, equipment, and components including transformers, switchgear, bus bars, high and low voltage motors, and panel wiring.

Requirements

• High-level efficiency with hand tools, power tools, drill presses, grinders, etc.
• Knowledge of safe working practices with rotating and high voltage machinery.
• General understanding of OSHA requirements including lock-out/tag-out, confined spaces, and SDS.
• Working knowledge of motor control circuits.
• Understand local, state, and national electrical codes.
• Ability to disassemble and assemble gearboxes and pumps.
• Ability to identify and measure critical tolerances or dimensions.
• Ability to know when gearboxes and pumps need alignment.
• Ability to work cohesively with other team members and contribute positively to the work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with extrusion or lamination machines or comparable manufacturing processes.
• Experience with industrial process equipment and instrumentation.
• Familiar with PLC ladder logic and editing.
• HS diploma or GED required; Technical or Vocational School preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Be on your feet for 10-12 hours.
• Able to lift 40 pounds unassisted.
• Able to reach, bend, kneel, and climb while performing repetitive tasks.
• Ability to work in hot and cold environments.
• Able to correctly wear PPE for entire shifts.
• Able to react and respond quickly to noises, smells, visual hazards, and alerts.

Pay

Richmond, VA: Hourly pay up to $50 for the Maintenance E&I Technician. Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent and ongoing basis. This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.