Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift

The Maintenance Technician helps to maintain manufacturing equipment systems, facilities equipment systems, methods,

strategies and technologies in order to produce reliable products within a reasonable schedule and budget. Provide mechanical and electrical maintenance support to ensure proper upkeep of complex equipment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures cost-effective installation, monitoring and modification of manufacturing equipment. Resolves problems in equipment, process, or materials as needed

• Interfaces with internal and external customers, suppliers, and/or equipment vendors to resolve equipment issues.

• Identifies equipment improvement opportunities and modifies equipment to reinvent improper operation.

• Performs reactive maintenance on production equipment utilizing electrical, electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical trouble shooting techniques.

• Assists in scheduling time to perform PM's on production equipment.

• Assists in development of PM schedule.

• Assists in the training of electro/mechanical technicians as needed.

• Assists in keeping accurate maintenance records and information on production and facilities equipment.

• Assists in maintaining inventory of spare parts and supplies.

• Communicate with Engineering and Production personnel to resolve equipment related process problems.

• Performs PM's and responds to reactive maintenance calls on a variety of production equipment thereby keeping machines operating at peak efficiency.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Working knowledge of mechanical and electrical drawings is necessary.

• Good communication and leadership skills is preferred.

• Basic understanding of Microsoft Windows software is preferred.

• A strong background in electrical and electronics (digital and analog), mechanics, hydraulics, pneumatics is preferred.

• Use of all types of shop equipment so the ability to weld different types of metals, different types of plastics and operate a machine mill & lathe a plus.

• Troubleshoot and upkeep of complex equipment.

Education and Experience:

• Two-year Associate Degree in Electro-Mechanical / Engineering Automation or Industrial Maintenance and/or equivalent skills and three years applicable experience is preferred

• High school diploma or equivalent is required

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