Maintenance Technician 2-Weekends (Fri-Sun 5am to 5pm)
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. · Ottawa, KS · 5 mo ago
DistributionFull-time
About the role
The Maintenance Technician position involves performing a variety of technical maintenance and service functions on equipment, systems, and facilities in the distribution center. This includes installing, troubleshooting, and repairing material handling equipment, electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems. The role also entails optimizing maintenance resources, controlling downtime, and supporting operations in a safe, customer-focused manner.
Responsibilities
- Installation, troubleshooting, and repair of material handling equipment, including conveyors, motor-driven rollers, gear-reducers, motors, and other associated equipment.
- Installation, troubleshooting, and repair of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
- Performing preventative and predictive maintenance, repair, and installation of machinery and equipment, advanced diagnostic troubleshooting.
- Ensuring full functionality of all forklifts, racking, and other general facility equipment and systems.
- Optimizing maintenance resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
- Informing production workers of routine preventive maintenance techniques; monitoring compliance.
- Using CMMS to search parts inventory, create work orders/requests, input required data, and research for work order documentation.
- Conducting timely and effective preventative maintenance work, with quality and professional results.
- Supporting Operations by working in a safe, customer-focused manner.
- Assisting with building and site start-up as required.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Technical degree, or certificate, or equivalent technical experience and education.
- Minimum 2 years work-related experience in industrial (distribution) maintenance; corrective/breakdown experience.
- Basic knowledge with industrial (distribution) maintenance; corrective/breakdown experience.
- Ability to follow instructions.
- Must follow set safety procedures and guidelines.
- Self-motivated, responsible, safety-oriented individual with time management skills.
- Must earn and maintain Powered Industrial Truck operator certification as well as Yard Truck certification.
- Knowledge of following diagrams, sketches, blueprints, schematic, operations manuals, manufacturer’s instructions and engineering specifications, a plus.
- General plumbing and construction skills.
- Fabrication/welding experience preferred.
- Flexibility to work all days and shifts, including overtime on request.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish, a plus.
- Proficiency with Google Suite, a plus.