Job Description
Job Overview:
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.
