Maintenance Tech III

Title: Maintenance Tech III

Location: Mebane, NC 27302

Shift: 3rd Shift- 10:30pm - 7:30 a.m.

Pay rate: $34.00/hr to $42.00/hr (depends on the experience and skills)

Must have:

• Two- or four-year technical degree/certificate or 10-15 years of equivalent hands-on experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 8-10 years performing preventive and corrective maintenance in one or more of the following: Injection Molding Compression Molding Composite Molding Advanced ability to read, interpret, and troubleshoot from mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic schematics and technical manuals.
• Skilled in diagnosing and repairing complex equipment issues in mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.

Summary:

Optimizes functionality of machines and equipment while performing corrective and preventative maintenance. Implements improvements through projects to increase machine reliability and output with updated, new, or automated equipment. Installs machines, machine support systems and automation from direction of the Senior Maintenance Tech Supervisor

Essential Job Functions:

• Manually cleans/dismantles/replaces/repairs defective machines or electrical/electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic components of machinery and equipment.
• Locates malfunctions through close observation of machinery, utilizing test instruments and knowledge of machine operation.
• Performs preventative maintenance per defined interval/schedule in a timely manner.
• Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, material handling/transfer equipment.
• Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery and equipment such as robots or programmable controllers.
• Performs machine shop work operating various machines such as drill press, grinder, mills, lathes, and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts.
• Inspects and measures parts to detect wear, misalignment, or other problems.
• Performs welding fabrication using MIG/TIG/stick welders, oxy/acetylene, plasma torch and other cutting equipment
• Visually and/or manually inspects and listens to machines and equipment to locate causes of malfunctions.
• Reads, modifies or creates blueprints, ladder logic, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics to troubleshoot machines.
• Use equipment such as forklifts, hoists, chains, straps or slings to pick up, move or locate equipment or machinery
• Responsible for proper care/cleaning of tools, parts, materials and work area.
• May serve as a liaison with vendors.
• Maintain reliable and consistent attendance, including being punctual, and dependable in order to meet the needs of the department and the organization.
• Execute each essential duty satisfactorily in order to perform job successfully.
• Follows all safety procedures required in work area, wears PPE as needed, attends all safety meetings, and reports safety issues regarding equipment or unsafe/hazardous conditions.
• Performs effectively as a team member, able to work well with others, open to receive and give feedback, and treats everyone with respect.
• Takes ownership of own work and behavior, accepts accountability for own actions, encourages solutions, and communicates status of work/projects.
• Follow all department quality standards/criteria. Raise concerns and issues to immediate manager.
• Able to understand and demonstrate company culture, display company core values (Safety, Quality, Respect, and Service).
• Understands department’s key performance indicators and contributes to achieve these goals both individually and as a team.
• Other duties as needed or required.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Initiates and leads machine modifications and improvements.
• Troubleshoots/replaces/repairs variable frequency and servo drives, motors, and positioning/feedback components.
• Initiates purchase requisitions for parts, services and/or machines.
• Trains others on the proper set up of machines or robots and the manual/automatic operations to verify malfunctions or the success of repairs.
• Experienced Tech III’s are responsible for mentoring new employees and other Techs in the various policies, procedures, repair techniques or the operation of new or modified machines or equipment.
• Recognize and report potential equipment failure or unsafe conditions to the Sr Maintenance Tech Supervisor and assists in developing resolutions/improvements.
• Documents all repairs/resolutions in a CMMS database.
• Assists in maintaining and creating preventative & corrective procedures/processes and checklists for all production equipment.
• Maintain and enhance technical abilities by attending workshops, classes or online seminars or programs.
• Must be able to work overtime as needed, remain flexible and open to possible schedule changes in order to meet business needs.

Required Qualifications:

• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Two (2) or four (4)-year certificate from a college or technical school; or ten (10) to fifteen (15) years related experience in an industrial manufacturing environment, and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Eight (8) to ten (10) years of preventative or corrective maintenance experience in one or more of the following manufacturing processes: Injection Molding, Compression Molding, Composite Molding and Roto Mold manufacturing environments
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as mechanical, electrical and hydraulic prints or schematics, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to use a respirator if needed as the position may be exposed to particulate levels at or exceeding the OSHA permissible exposure limit

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in corrective or preventative maintenance and troubleshooting with:
• Haitian 2 and 3 platen injection molding machines, JSW hydraulic or electric injection molding machines, Husky Hydraulic injection machines, Blow molding machines and Uniloy Structal Web Molding machines
• Star & Yushin Robots
• Ferry Rotational molding machines
• Compression press molding machines
• Martin Pultution molding machine
• Conair and Universal Dynamics (Una-Dyn) material handling equipment, Matsui Dryer material handling equipment
• Previous training/certification in operating forklifts, scissor and boom lifts.