Production Maintenance Technician

Gentex At A Glance: At Gentex Corporation, we’ve created an environment where great ideas and great people can thrive. Leveraging a history that spans over 130 years, Gentex is a global leader in personal protection and situational awareness solutions for defense forces, emergency responders, and industrial personnel operating in high performance environments. Join our multinational team of exceptional and dedicated employees around the world and work on challenging and rewarding projects, grow your skills, and advance your career all while making a positive difference in the lives of our customers. Together, you and Gentex can build a career that’s uniquely yours.

About the role

This position is primarily responsible for the repair and maintenance of production equipment.

Responsibilities

• Routine inspections of Mechanical equipment.
• Repair of air cylinders, hydraulic pumps, water jet vacuum systems, punch presses and pneumatic equipment after appropriate training period.
• Changing molds for production, hookup.
• Repair of vacuum systems, punch presses pneumatic equipment
• Schedule flexibility to support critical deadlines may be required.
• Provide assistance as needed to others within the group.

Qualifications

• (2) year Technical Certificate from college, technical or vocational school; or 5 or more years related experience preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills

• Basic knowledge of mechanical and or electrical skills preferred.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to others within the work group.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Diligent, punctual and disciplined. Able to manage own time to meet objectives.
• Flexible and willing to adapt work pace and methods to handle changes, prioritization and meet deadlines.
• Autonomy – is able to work alone and assume responsibility after an appropriate training period. Puts own lee way to good use and exercises discernment in making decisions and taking action.
• Ability to learn mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, steam and related system functions.

Location: Gentex’s Carbondale facility is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania in Lackawanna County. Carbondale, PA is about twenty miles north of Scranton, PA, 50 miles south of Binghamton, NY, and about 125 miles from New York City and Philadelphia. The area hosts numerous nearby state parks, nature preserves and local colleges and universities, including The University of Scranton and Marywood University. Northeast Pennsylvania is a beautiful area and offers an excellent cost of living. It is a great place to work, meet people, raise a family and live!