Industrial Maintenance Technician

Position Summary:

This position assists within the maintenance department in handling the day-to-day operations of a manufacturing environment. This includes assisting production in processing, repairing equipment, and preventive maintenance. This position will report to the Reliability and Maintenance Manager and will require strong organizational, analytical, mechanical, troubleshooting and teamwork skills.

Reports to: Reliability and Maintenance Manager

Functional Responsibilities:

• Maintaining, repair and troubleshoot machines, mechanical equipment and buildings that have mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical and control parts.
• Ability to understand how complex machines work, i.e. sensors, HMI screens, basic understanding of programming,
• Critical thinking and advanced troubleshooting skills to assist in keeping production equipment going.
• Fabricate basic components, disassemble and assemble production equipment.
• Complete minor/major preventative maintenance on company assets and production equipment.
• Assist facilities team in maintaining plant support equipment: air compressors, forklifts, boiler, wastewater treatment system, fire systems, HVAC, pumps, chillers.
• Maintain neat and orderly documentation, shop and work area.
• Utilize CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) for preventive maintenance activities and component utilization.
• Perform general building cleaning and upkeep.
• Ability to understand equipment and electrical drawings and determine appropriate replacement parts as necessary.
• Troubleshoot servo driven and PLC based equipment.
• Troubleshoot and maintain high speed packing, labeling and filling equipment.
• Support Equipment improvement activities.
• Weld, perform sheet metal work and employ basic shop floor skills to perform metal working.
• Understand and utilize precision measurement tools with good data techniques.
• Investigate and resolve day-to-day manufacturing floor issues.
• Recommend and implement layout improvements for better material flow.
• Support safety related improvements related to process/equipment.
• Other duties/projects as assigned by supervisor.