Maintenance Engineer

Position Title

Department

Reports To

FLSA Designation

Position Purpose

Essential Functions

• Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment.
• Listens for unusual sounds from machines or equipment to detect malfunction and discusses machine operation variations with supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problem or repair machine.
• Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.
• Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Installs and repairs electrical apparatus, such as transformers and wiring, and electrical and electronic components of machinery and equipment.
• Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
• Repairs and maintains physical structure of establishment.
• Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery and equipment such as robots or programmable controllers.
• Operates cutting torch or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.
• Fabricates and repairs counters, benches, partitions, and other wooden structures.
• Maintains a Preventive Maintenance Program within the rooms to insure they are being kept up to standards on a quarterly basis and the proper documentation is being recorded.

Specific Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

• Regularly stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Frequently reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Talk or hear.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.

Work Environment

• Near moving mechanical parts.
• Occasionally outside weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Risk of electrical shock.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Qualification Standards

• Education: One year certificate from college or technical school; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience: Three to six months related experience and/or training.