Job Title:  Maintenance Mechanic

Job Summary:

The Maintenance Mechanic is accountable to supporting the general maintenance, or sub-contracted maintenance, of the facility. The maintenance mechanic will maintain all necessary documentation related to preventative maintenance and repairs. The position will work closely with production leaders and other departments to address any general maintenance needs, repairs, equipment safety concerns, work area projects, etc. They will participate on the Environmental, Health, and Safety Committee, as well as the occasional CI team. The position will enforce all company policies and work overtime when warranted.

Key Responsibilities:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Maintain accurate preventative maintenance logs and schedules
• Participate on EHS committee to determine potential workplace risks and work to provide and implement solutions
• Complete maintenance work to the highest standards of efficiency
• Help manage costs to the departmental budget
• Handle multiple tasks and prioritize work schedule
• Promote workplace safety and general housekeeping
• Promptly address critical equipment breakdowns
• Make sure that maintenance jobs are in accordance with all corporate policies and legislated regulations
• Promote professional communication and good relations between the production, service, and maintenance departments
• Achieve departmental as well as personal goals
• Assist in identifying, developing, and documenting “process improvement” activities
• Participate in all in-house training

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate Degree in a technical discipline or 5 – 7 years of comparable work experience
• Technical experience in troubleshooting electrical and mechanical systems

Desired Qualifications:

• Possession of relevant technical knowledge and safety awareness
• Possess solid building maintenance and problem-solving skills (electrical, plumbing, basic carpentry, general repair, etc.)
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with others toward mutual objectives
• Effective communication skills
• Must have and maintain a clean driving record

Physical Requirements

Medium work:  Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Stooping:  Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.  This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Crouching:  Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

Reaching:  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Standing:  Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Fingering:  Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping:  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Feeling:  Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Hearing:  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels or without correction.  Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and make fine discriminations in sound.

Repetitive Motions:  Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Talking:  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.  Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.