Maintenance Mechanic - 3rd Shift

Job Description

Job Description

Maintenance Mechanic - Dayton, NJ

Shift: 3rd Shift

Pay: $35.39/hr

The Opportunity:

As a Maintenance Mechanic at our Dayton, NJ facility, you will play a critical role in keeping our operations running safely and efficiently. You'll use your mechanical skills to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain equipment that produces the packaging solutions customers rely on every day while continuing to develop your expertise in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What we offer:

• Full benefits package to include (Medical, Dental, Vision).
• Paid parental leave.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Paid holidays and Vacation Days.
• $1250 referral incentive program.
• Reimbursement for steel toes boots/shoes and prescription safety glasses.
• Additional site-specific benefits may include overtime opportunities, hands-on training, development programs, employee recognition, team events, wellness resources, and other offerings that support your success at work and beyond.
• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential.
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

How you will impact WestRock:

• Troubleshoots and repairs mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical/electronic equipment including but not limited to programmable controls, numeral controls, power supplies, drives, gages and test equipment.
• Plans and performs work requiring a thorough knowledge of electrical/electronic and mechanical theories and principles, writing specifications, local and national electrical codes, properties of various materials, and principles of operation and application of electronic equipment.
• Installs, starts up and shuts down equipment in accordance with company safety procedures for machine activation and shutdown and in line with OSHA requirements.
• Advises operators and line mechanics of operation procedures and requirements for working safely with electrical/electronic and mechanical equipment and components.
• Informs appropriate management and line mechanics of potential electrical/mechanical problems and inherent dangers involved.
• Maintains company-required performance and maintenance records for identified equipment.
• Performs preventive maintenance functions as directed.
• Assists maintenance personnel with technical troubleshooting.
• Assists and trains other maintenance and/or other technical level employees.
• Performs other duties as required.

What you will need to succeed:

• Must be educationally certified through a tech or trade school beyond High School.
• Must be highly safety conscious.
• Proven experience in the electrical/electronics, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic fields are required and the ability to demonstrate high proficiency in these areas.
• A thorough knowledge of electrical/ electronic components and equipment including the use of special instruments for diagnostic purposes.
• Willing to work any shift and overtime as required.
• Computer experience/operation and PLC programming are necessary.
• High degree of precision working with minimum tolerances required.
• Ability to climb in overhead structures, to work beneath machines and in close quarters performing analysis and repair work.

Physical Requirements:

• The employee is frequently required to walk, occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects up to twenty (20) pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to fifty (50) pounds.
• May on occasion have to work long hours and overtime during emergencies, weekends, holidays, planned major equipment outages, etc.