Maintenance Technician

About the role

The Maintenance Technician position at Niagara is for individuals passionate about contributing to our mission of providing the highest quality, most affordable bottled water. This role offers the opportunity to work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment, fostering lasting relationships and building a fulfilling career.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and repair all production equipment including injection molders, blow molders, fillers/cappers, labelers, case packers, conveyors, palletizers, and stretch wrappers.
• Perform troubleshooting and repair of facilities and auxiliary equipment such as chillers, air compressors, Reverse Osmosis, and other water filtration equipment.
• Maintain industrial control systems and perform general maintenance of the plant.
• Work independently and with other team members to resolve mechanical issues during shifts.
• Propose solutions to complex and recurring problems on production equipment to senior mechanics and management.
• May fill in for production operators as needed.
• Create and report repairs throughout shifts and complete required work order paperwork.
• Document parts and material usage and understand and follow plant safety rules including safe lifting practices and safe machine operation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in field or similar maintenance environment.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in the position.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience managing people/projects.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and resolve issues across multiple departments.
• Basic experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Effective communication of issues and solutions to cross-functional team members.
• Skilled in reading and interpreting schematics: electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic.
• Skilled in the use of shop equipment such as hydraulic and mechanical presses, bench grinder, drill press, mill and lathe, and assorted power tools.
• Proficient skills with precision measuring equipment, such as calipers, dial indicators, bore gauges, and depth gauges.
• Willingness to be a technical leader and trainer within a specific area of plant or machine center.
• Own toolbox and basic tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in field or similar manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in the position.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience managing people/projects.
• Experience in high-speed manufacturing, bottling, beverage, packaging, or plastics industries.
• Experience with Krones, Sidel, or Husky equipment.
• Experience with Variable frequency drive (VFD), servo drives, and servo motor.
• Experience with Rotary equipment such as rotary press or filler.
• Experience with Thermodynamics, heat transfer, or plastics processing.
• Experience with HVAC including chillers and/or air compressors.
• Experience working with electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics for troubleshooting.
• Experience with fabrication capabilities such as cutting and welding (mig, tig or stick).
• Experience with electrical systems including 480VAC & 24VDC power.
• Experience with reading and interpreting schematics for process and instrumentation diagrams.
• Experience with repairing variable frequency drives, servo motors and controllers, communication systems (asi-bus, can-bus, profi-bus, ethernet), PLC input/output cards, and safety modules.

Competencies

• Lead Like an Owner: Makes safety the number one priority, keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately, prioritizes tasks based on department goals, shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly, responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers, responds to customer issues effectively.
• InnovACT: Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products, demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances, increases performance through greater efficiency.
• Find a Way: Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts, understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions, seeks solutions rather than placing blame.
• Empowered to be Great: Consistently looks for ways to improve oneself through growth and development opportunities, communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across, communicates effectively to manage expectations.

Benefits

Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive benefits package for regular full-time team members, and a limited benefits package for part-time, intern, and seasonal team members. Benefits include paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, health savings account with company match, flexible spending accounts, expanded mental wellbeing benefits, tuition reimbursement, and more!