Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Summary: Repairs and maintains, according to prescribed specifications, production machinery and equipment using hand tools, power tools, and various testing equipment and fabricates and repairs other related items.

Key Accountabilities:

• Receives and processes work orders
• Uses safe practices such as lockout/tagout, personal protective equipment, arc flash equipment, and good manufacturing practices
• Provides and maintains basic hand tools required for daily repairs
• Examines mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, or pneumatic equipment and using various test instruments or blueprints and schematics as necessary and diagnoses problem
• Determines best method of repair or replacement and secures tools required to perform work, transporting tools to machine or carrying defective parts to maintenance shop
• Dismantles equipment as needed using hoists, lifts, tools, etc. to gain access to problem area
• Examines or measures parts to determine extent of damage and decides whether repair or replacement is necessary
• Repairs parts using hand tools and power tools or secures replacement part from maintenance storeroom
• Reassembles parts and equipment and makes adjustments as required
• Observes equipment and parts when back in operation to assure problem has been effectively resolved and machinery is functioning properly
• Cleans work area around machinery or in machine shop and returns useable items to storeroom and tools to designated storage area
• Fabricates racks, buggies, tables, etc.
• Utilizes machine shop equipment including drill press, mill, lathe, band saw, grinder, welder, etc.
• Performs some design work on special projects and initiates purchase requisitions for parts and other supplies as needed
• Completes preventative maintenance assignments as required and reports malfunctioning production machinery to Maintenance Manager
• Installs new equipment and machinery as designed by Engineering Department and Maintenance Manager
• Assists in training other technicians
• Keeps company equipment and tools organized, cleaned and operational
• Performs daily, weekly, monthly, or other periodic inspections as assigned through the work order system
• Maintains an accurate log of hours worked in the work order system and provides details of repairs made daily
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Previous maintenance technician experience preferred
• Experience with mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment

Skills, Abilities, and Competencies:

• Ability to read and comprehend work orders
• Ability to analyze and solve problems
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational skills