Maintenance Technician

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for general maintenance duties on building and machines; including troubleshooting to determine root cause of issue and best way to repair, performing preventative maintenance on plant machines and fork trucks.
• Maintain machinery, equipment and tools by cleaning, lubricating, greasing and/or oiling to ensure optimum working order.
• Affords assistance to workers in diagnosing malfunctions in machinery and equipment.
• Performs minor electrical work not requiring a licensed electrician such as replacing light bulbs and fuses; assists in minor carpentry and repair work. If licensed, maintains and makes routine repairs to electrically powered equipment and appliances according to instruction from senior technicians, supervisor and/or equipment service manuals.
• Affords assistance with servicing and replacing minor plumbing fixtures.
• Applies paint, varnish, and stain to all types of surfaces to protect and beautify surfaces using appropriate tools and equipment.
• Responsible for setting up, removing and storage of production molds in accordance with documented procedures.
• Maintain usable fill guns and ejectors through bench testing, cleaning, rebuilding, and inspecting.
• Water treatment: collect, test and report water samples for hardness, pH and etc. at various stages throughout the process.
• Responsible for following plant specified job specification, task list and completion of all requirement paperwork.
• Maintain reliability of equipment through implementation and execution of a preventative and predictive maintenance program.
• Responsible for conducting him/herself in a safe manner and adhering to all required safety protocols and policies, including lockout/tagout.
• Required to wear PPE properly and comply with company safety standards.
• Keep the area around your workstation clean and free from dirt and debris; this may include cleaning assigned areas of the building or pieces of equipment as instructed by your supervisor.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma / GED
• Two-year degree or technical certificate preferred
• Three years of related experience
• Associates at this level are expected to have developed a trade of expertise and have the ability to work independently in the performance of standard maintenance and repairs.
• Experience with MRP/ERP work order processes
• Experience monitoring and maintaining with low pressure boilers, air compressors, air driers, and vacuum pumps.
• Experience maintaining forklifts
• Proficient in reading schematics to trouble shoot hydraulic / pneumatic and electrical issues.
• Must be able to work assigned shifts, including working overtime and attending after hour meetings as needed.
• Manufacturing experience preferred.