Maintenance Tech

Purpose

Maintains mechanical performance for all plant equipment—including performing repairs, installations, operational inspections and participating in developing improvements.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs repair-oriented activities on a daily basis, based upon immediate needs and maintenance scheduling.
• Performs various types of welding, burning, fabrication and repairs and improvements to equipment throughout the plant.
• Conducts preventive maintenance checks on all equipment.
• Performs mechanical repairs on all the process equipment and auxiliary equipment throughout the plant.
• Performs minor electrical repairs as needed.
• May perform minor carpentry work.
• Operates mobile equipment as required to perform maintenance work.
• Reports any problems or safety issues to appropriate personnel.
• May take a lead role in maintenance projects or oversee contract work.

Requirements

• Performs activities based on priority, criticality, machine availability, and available funding. Although some of the aspects of work may be defined, parts may be variable.
• Participates in problem solving activities related to improving the production process and work environment.
• Two years related training from college or vocational school; and/or one to two years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, mechanical blueprints, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to present information to small groups.
• Work requires resolving mutual problems and collaborating with others.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute and/or understand rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and/or interpret graphs.
• Ability to calculate figures, amounts, lengths, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply and/or understand concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems using available tools, resources, etc.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands and/or fingers to handle or feel, reach above shoulder height, stoop, kneel, crouch or squat, twist, crawl, drive (forklifts, loaders, or other vehicles), and climb ladders.
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and talk or hear.
• The employee is also required several times each week to climb and/or balance on flights of stairs of more than 25 steps.
• The employee is required to lift, push, or pull up to 25 pounds periodically and occasionally up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Hearing protection is often required.
• May be required to wear respiratory protection.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is periodically exposed to working in wet or humid non-weather conditions, working in high or precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme non-weather cold, extreme non-weather heat, and vibration.
• The employee is also frequently exposed to working near mechanical and electrical processes, outdoor weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment may require hearing protection.