Automation Technician

Maintenance Technician

Pay Rate: $26 - $32 per hour Location: Warwick, RI Duration: 6 Months

Summary:

Perform vital maintenance, diagnosis, and repair of complex baggage conveyor systems and related equipment at airport facilities. Ensure safety and reliability through technical precision and adaptability to diverse working conditions.

Responsibilities:

• Diagnose, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain baggage conveyor systems, controls, and related equipment.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs).
• Perform both scheduled and emergency maintenance on mechanical and electrical systems.
• Execute mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic repairs as needed.
• Accurately document maintenance activities and input data into the CMMS system.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to carry out maintenance tasks.
• Complete all preventive (PM) and corrective (CM) maintenance logs and paperwork.
• Drive and operate various equipment, including golf carts, company vehicles, and forklifts.
• Support operations by quickly responding to and clearing baggage jams.
• Comply with company safety program and trainings.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Ability to obtain necessary security clearance.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in maintenance operations.
• Available to work 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift, including weekends and holidays.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with 480V and 3-phase motors.
• Skilled in mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic repair.
• Familiarity with airport operations.
• Intermediate understanding of PLC control systems.
• Ability to read blueprints and electrical schematics.
• Experience with passenger boarding bridges and conveyance systems.
• Proficient in word processing, spreadsheets, project management tools, and CMMS software.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to stand, sit, walk, use hands and fingers, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to climb or balance and work in small spaces. Ladder work required.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to work in outside weather conditions on an airport ramp around aircraft and in confined areas of baggage conveyor systems.
• Specific vision abilities required include good, close proximity vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Good hand/eye coordination is required.

Work Environment:

• Similar to airport operation with vehicular traffic.
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, outside weather conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, cold, and vibration.
• Noise level is usually loud.
• Work on an airport ramp around aircraft and heavy equipment.