Maintenance Technician - 2nd Shift

About the Role

Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment such as engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Observes mechanical devices in operation and listens to their sounds to locate causes of trouble.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections.
• Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.
• Repairs or replaces defective parts.
• Installs special functional and structural parts in devices.
• Lubricates and cleans parts.
• Starts devices to test their performance.
• Sets up and operates welding machine, drill press, grinder, and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts.
• Initiates purchase requisition for parts and machines.
• Repairs electrical equipment.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• General knowledge of hydraulics, mechanical presses, electronics, and wiring.
• Ability to read and interpret CST and customer prints and documents.
• Ability to write routine reports in a professional manner.
• Ability to calculate figures such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• 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

• Frequently required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to stand, sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Frequently works near moving mechanical parts.
• Occasionally works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, mild vibrations, and loud noise levels.