Production Maintenance Tech

SCOPE

Maintenance Technicians are tasked with maintaining and repairing production equipment to ensure minimal downtime due to mechanical issues. Production equipment consists of machines such as single spindle, multi spindle, CNC machines, testing equipment, and parts cleaners.

Responsibilities

• Efficiently and effectively provide maintenance support in order to meet the needs of customers, both internal and external while maintaining a safe and clean work environment for employees.
• Provide technical expertise to support daily operations and to achieve significant improvement in production related objectives.
• Actively work on and engage with all department projects, tasks and objectives.
• Perform corrective and preventative maintenance repairs and works on a wide variety of electrical, mechanical, electronic and electromechanical production equipment.
• Must be familiar with typical mechanics hand tools, precision measuring instruments and electrical test equipment such as multi meters.
• Aids with set up activities, installation and setup of new equipment.
• Troubleshoot (diagnose and resolve) breakdowns of hydraulic, pneumatic and high voltage electrical systems without assistance.
• Ability to work from layout plans, blueprints, operating or repair manuals, rough sketches, drawing or verbal instructions.
• Troubleshoots and diagnoses CNC equipment.
• Performs maintenance, repair and calibration on equipment such as control systems of numerically controlled machines (CNC), other controlling or spot-welding equipment.
• Conducts operational test and repairs equipment by disassembling required components, repairing and/or replacing faulty parts, reassembling and adjusting equipment.
• Determines proper setting for timing and control mechanisms.
• Ensures strict adherence to safety procedures and critical facility work rules.
• Must be familiar with proper chemical handling procedures, proper handling of chemicals and SDS documents.
• Must have knowledge of safe work practices and LOTO procedures.
• Ensures work environment is clean, orderly and free of safety hazards.
• Completes all required safety program objectives and training.
• Takes an active part in cost reduction, continuous improvement programs and LEAN objectives.
• Maintains the highest ethical standards as well as absolute personal and intellectual integrity, mature judgement and have the ability to communicate to all levels within the organization.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience in troubleshooting/diagnosing/performing preventive maintenance for CNC equipment.
• Electrical experience-480VAC-120VAC, 120VAC-24VDCHydraulics and Pneumatics experience and the ability to read schematic drawings.
• Strong Mechanical skills related to power transmission, gear reducers, shafts, bearings/couplings, chain driven equipment and pumps.
• Basic knowledge of forklift preventive maintenance and light repairs.
• Ability to communicate effectively, in oral and written form with Operators, Team Leads, Managers, Engineers, Vendors, and Contractors on workmanship, manufacturability and process design issues is key.
• Interface and pass down information between cross functional team members of incoming and outgoing shifts as needed.
• Demonstrated proficiency in English comprehension and expression both verbal and written.
• Must possess basic math skills (i.e. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, and Decimals) as well as basic reading, writing and computational skills.
• Must have a minimum of 5 - 8 years of industrial maintenance experience.
• Must be able to work 8-hour shifts and overtime as required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, ability to use personal computer hardware, business software, email, and CMMS-Computerized Maintenance Management Software.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and facilitation skills.
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
• Must be able to stand, bend, push, pull, and climb.
• Must be able to work in weather extremes.
• Must be able to wear all required PPE.

Education/Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED and 2-years completion of Technical or Community College in the field of Mechatronics, or Electromechanical equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 - 8 years of industrial maintenance experience.