Job Title:  Maintenance Technician

Position Summary:

The Facilities/Equipment maintenance technician position is responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain production and facility equipment according to safety, predictive and productive maintenance systems and processes to support the achievement of the site’s business goals and objectives.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility’s equipment.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Perform simple machinist duties and responsibilities.
• Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments.
• Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and plant facilities.
• Perform a variety of plumbing maintenance and carpentry functions.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties.
• Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Technical Capacity.
• Good Troubleshooting Ability.
• Ethical Conduct.
• Communication Proficiency.
• Results Driven.
• Initiative.
• Valid Driver’s License.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma/GED and completion of a craft apprenticeship, or an equivalent number of years of education and production maintenance experience.
• 2+ years of manufacturing experience; some hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and industrial skills with PLC experience, Industrial and Commercial electric, and HVAC.
• AA in mechanical or electrical Engineering or Certificate in Analytical Troubleshooting preferred.  5+ years in manufacturing/facilities maintenance preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 70 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.  Fine manipulation and repetitive motion may be required for some duties.