Preventive Maintenance Technician

Ira Green

Providence, Rhode Island

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Continuous Improvement, Documentation, Electrical Engineering, Electricity, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Hydraulic Engineering, Identify Issues, Maintenance - Electrical, Maintenance Services, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance, Military, OSHA, Plating Processes, Polishing, Preventative Maintenance, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Property Maintenance, Record Keeping, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Root Cause Analysis, Safety Process, Safety Standards, Time Management
LOCATION
Providence, Rhode Island
POSTED
22 days ago

Preventive Maintenance Technician

Ira Green is a manufacturer of military insignia and decorative metal goods. Our production floor runs a wide range of industrial equipment - stamping presses, hydraulic and progressive presses, an electroplating line, and finishing and packaging machinery. We are building a proactive maintenance function and are looking for an experienced Preventive Maintenance Technician to own equipment uptime across the plant.

This is not a reactive break-fix role. The primary mission is to keep critical production equipment running through a disciplined preventive maintenance program, reducing unplanned downtime, extending equipment life, and protecting on-time delivery. You will respond to equipment failures when they occur, but your core job is preventing them.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, execute, and continuously improve a preventive maintenance program across stamping, polishing, finishing, plating, and packaging equipment, including PM schedules, inspection routines, and standard work.

Perform scheduled inspections, lubrication, adjustments, and component replacement on hydraulic presses, drop hammers, progressive presses, plating/polishing equipment, and packaging machinery.

Diagnose and repair both mechanical and electrical faults - hydraulics, pneumatics, drives, motors, controls, and basic PLC/relay logic, restoring equipment to running condition with minimal disruption.

Maintain accurate maintenance records: work performed, parts used, downtime causes, and recurring failure patterns, to drive root-cause analysis and PM improvements.

Identify chronic problem equipment and recommend repairs, rebuilds, or upgrades, partnering with management on larger interventions.

Manage spare parts and critical-component inventory for key machines so the right parts are on hand when needed.

Follow and help expand plant safety procedures, including lockout/tagout (LOTO); become an authorized employee on assigned equipment.

Verify that equipment operates in a safe, compliant condition - machine guarding properly mounted, emergency stops functional, and machines meeting applicable OSHA, CE, UL, and other regulatory standards - and correct or escalate deficiencies before equipment is returned to service.

Preventive Maintenance Technician (continue)

What You Bring

3+ years of industrial/manufacturing maintenance experience (not facilities or property maintenance).

Demonstrated ability across both mechanical and electrical systems - hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanical drivetrains, motors, electrical troubleshooting, and basic controls/PLC familiarity.

Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance practices; able to build and run a PM program, not just react to breakdowns.

Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills with the judgment to find root cause, not just restore a machine.

Comfort documenting work and using basic systems to track maintenance activity.

Working knowledge of LOTO and industrial safety standards.

Understanding machine guarding, emergency-stop systems, and OSHA/regulatory compliance requirements for production equipment.

Self-directed and reliable - able to own equipment uptime with limited supervision.

Nice to Have

Experience with stamping presses, plating/electroplating lines, or metal-finishing equipment.

Ira Green, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

 

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