Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance Technician is a strong team player responsible for performing a wide range of preventative maintenance and repair tasks around a facility.  The Maintenance Technician performs his/her duties and makes decisions in a manner that ensures production schedules, quality and safety goals are being achieved.   

• Reading blueprints to analyze and troubleshoot hydraulic, pneumatic and HVAC systems, diagnosing, and correcting the problems quickly to avoid production delays; analyzing and troubleshooting electrical malfunctions in equipment and related components, diagnosing, and correcting the problems quickly to avoid production delays; Performing mechanical and electrical preventative and corrective maintenance on plant equipment.
• Performing preventative maintenance or repairs on all production and facility equipment (hydraulic presses, conveyors, mixing machines, etc.) adhering to published PM schedules; utilizing original equipment manufacturer and technical literature to coordinate preventive maintenance, systematic maintenance, predictive maintenance and critical spares.
• Complying with established facility safety policies and procedures, including lockout/tagout (LOTO), machine guarding and other regulations as applicable. Writing and updating Safe Operating Procedures: Maintaining safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations and identifying, reporting and correcting at risk situations and behavior.
• Understanding and owning reliability metrics and machine performances (Uptime, MTBF, PM% completion, etc.); applying Lean Manufacturing principles to remove waste and non-value activity; proposing and executing projects to improve performances.
• Training Manufacturing Production Technicians to perform routine maintenance and adjustments to machinery to control downtime; monitoring compliance to routine maintenance.
• The Maintenance Technician is subject to general work instructions, analyzes and determines action to be taken within standard practice and procedure.
• The Maintenance Technician requires general direction, usually operates alone using standard procedure; checks with Supervisor when in doubt.

• The Maintenance Technician obtains cooperation and uses tact to avoid friction.    

  Education / Skills / Knowledge

• Requires high school diploma or G.E.D equivalent 

• Strong computer skills and previous experience using on-line work order/preventive maintenance tracking system

• Knowledge of pneumatics and repair skills

• Ability to read drawings, schematics and blueprints

• Demonstrable knowledge and skills for electrical installation, maintenance and repair of electrical systems and equipment

• Strong math, analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong understanding of Lean manufacturing principles

• Understanding of basic safety/OSHA standards

• Strong interpersonal skills in dealing with coworkers, contractors and vendors

  Work Experience

• The Manufacturing Production Technician requires a strong track record of maintaining technical competency and five plus (5+) years of industrial manufacturing maintenance experience in a highly-automated, batching environment along with experience working on PLC (Modicon and Allen Bradly).

  Physical and Environmental Requirements

• Physical Activity:  Requires more than 2/3 of time reaching climbing/balancing; 2/3 of time standing, kneeling, crawling speaking/hearing; and less than 1/3 of time sitting, 

• Lifting:  Requires lifting to 100 pounds less than 1/3 of time.

• Vision:  Requires accurate close and distance vision, color vision, and the ability to focus.

• Environment:  Requires 2/3 or more of time working near moving mechanical parts and less than 1/3 working in high, precarious places, exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic/caustic chemicals, outdoor weather, and/or in extreme heat.

• Noise:  Requires exposure to very loud noise.

  This job description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continuous basis. It does not exclude other duties as assigned.