Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
Night Shift 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM, Rotating Schedule
As a Maintenance Technician, you are responsible for maintaining the equipment in the facility on the production floor, warehouse and the office area.
ELECTRICAL EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION.
Responsibilities:
· Repair / replace extrusion process line equipment as needed to ensure safe and efficient operation.
· Prioritize breakdowns based on the input from production.
· Troubleshoot equipment problems in coordinated effort with production personnel.
· Ensuring work orders are completed in a timely fashion and all parts used are accounted for.
· Responsible for ensuring all equipment is diagnosed and repaired in a timely manner or elevating to the Maintenance Manager level when the repairs will take longer than allotted time.
· Performs preventive maintenance inspections and service on machines.
· Thoroughly cleans machines and machine parts, removing parts and reinstalling as necessary.
· Oils and lubricates moving parts on machines to ensure effective performance.
· Records and reports damaged, worn, or broken parts.
· Identifies the causes of unexpected breakdowns of machines.
· Cleans, organizes, inventories, stocks, and otherwise maintains shop areas, parts, tools, and supplies.
· Coordinates with managers to schedule regular maintenance on machines.
· Collaborates with production manager or plant engineer regarding new products being added and modifications that will be required.
Makes necessary modifications and implements tests runs; confers with production manager regarding test results and makes additional alterations to machinery as required.
Requirements:
Skills Required:
· Understands electrical diagrams, familiar with 12 VDC to 480 VAC electrical wiring, with diagnostic capability.
· Previous experience with PLC’s, VFD’s, and relay-based logic.
· Multi discipline mechanical, electrical, HVAC skills and the ability to quickly learn new process/equipment.
· Effective communication, observation, planning, writing, reading, basic math, problem solving and prioritizing skills.
· Proficient computer skills to receive/close work orders, view/search different folders for manual, notes and/or documents.
· Demonstrated good house keeping practices and 5S principles.
· Mechanically inclined with great problem-solving skills.
· Works well independently and with others.
· Good communication skills.
· Organized with attention to detail.
· Ability to work in a fast-paced and stressful environment.
Education and Experience:
· 3-5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment with a track record of improvements.
· 3-5 years’ experience in a maintenance environment with a track record of improvements.
· Some vocational or community college with related coursework or equivalent experience, preferred.
Physical Requirements:
· Prolonged periods standing and walking.
· Able to bend, stretch, push, pull, and move as needed to reach, clean, and service machinery.
· Must be able to visually inspect machines.
· Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.