Maintenance Technician 1 - 2nd Shift

Position Summary

Responsible for required preventative maintenance, equipment corrective maintenance, and facility maintenance procedures. 

Essential Job Functions and Accountabilities

• Makes general plumbing, electrical, and mechanical repairs, as needed
• Repairs all common machine control components, including, PLC’s, switches, sensors, valves, actuators, and other items.
• Troubleshoots and diagnoses all mechanical malfunctions and upkeep of equipment.
• Assembles and disassembles various mechanical assemblies for repair and maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Provides support for promoting and sustaining a continuous improvement program that achieves cost reductions in equipment related items.
• Recommends improvements in equipment set-up and operational procedures, which will improve productivity, product quality and worker efficiency.
• Supports other maintenance technicians for the maintenance of all facility equipment, exterior building structures, auxiliary support equipment and factory grounds.
• Executes a total maintenance program
• Maintains equipment maintenance records.
• Assists other workers with specific tasks as requested.
• Inform Supervisor of any issues with operation, safety or quality
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• At least three to five years’ experience as a maintenance technician repairing electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical systems.
• Proficient in use of precision measuring instruments (e.g., micrometers, Vernier, scales, gauge blocks, indicators and comparators).
• Ability to read and interpret ladder logic, electrical, mechanical and pneumatic drawings, component parts and assembly drawings.
• Thorough understanding of elctro-mechancial concepts, with the ability to troubleshoot problems to a component level.
• Excellent communication skills
• Must have good small dexterity skills
• Must have general math skills;
• Able to read blue prints
• Must be able to read and write English
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 pounds frequently