Manufacturing Maintenance Technician

Job Summary

A Maintenance Technician in a plant that manufactures automotive parts plays a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of machinery and equipment necessary for production.

Overall, Maintenance Technicians play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, safety, and efficiency of manufacturing operations in a plant that produces automotive parts. Their expertise and proactive maintenance efforts contribute to minimizing downtime, reducing costs, and maintaining high-quality production standards.

Job Responsibilities

Your supervisor may from time to time ask you to perform other related duties not specifically included in this job description.

This job's key responsibilities include:

• Preventive maintenance: perform regular inspections, cleaning, lubrication, and calibration of machinery and equipment to prevent breakdowns and ensure optimal performance. This involves following maintenance schedules and conducting routine checks on various components.
• Troubleshooting and repair: diagnose equipment malfunctions and mechanical failures to identify the root cause of the problem. They then carry out repairs or replacements of defective parts, such as motors, sensors, valves, belts, and bearings, to restore functionality.

• Equipment installation and commissioning: They assist in the installation, setup, and testing of new machinery and production lines. This may involve assembling equipment, connecting electrical and mechanical components, and ensuring proper alignment and calibration before production begins.
• Responding to breakdowns: are on call to respond to equipment breakdowns and emergencies that occur during production. They must work quickly and efficiently to troubleshoot issues, implement temporary fixes if necessary, and restore operations to minimize downtime.
• Safety inspections and compliance: conduct safety inspections of machinery and equipment to identify potential hazards and ensure compliance with safety regulations and protocols. This includes checking for worn-out parts, loose connections, and malfunctioning safety features.
• Documentation and reporting: maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, including work orders, repair logs, and equipment manuals. They also report any significant issues, maintenance trends, or recommendations for improvements to management.
• Continuous improvement: participate in continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing equipment reliability, efficiency, and productivity. This may involve implementing new maintenance strategies, upgrading equipment, or proposing process improvements to optimize plant operations.
• Training and knowledge transfer: may provide training and guidance to operators and other staff on proper equipment usage, maintenance procedures, and safety protocols. They may also share expertise and best practices with colleagues to build a skilled and knowledgeable maintenance team.

Behavioral Expectations

Safety-First . A safety-first mindset is a proactive approach to safety, where all employees keep an eye out for safety issues and avoid potentially dangerous situations which could likely cause danger, risk, or injury. This also means that everyone has responsibility for safety regardless of role, level, title, or job.

Continuous Improvement . Suggest every employee, everywhere is always looking for ways we can improve and standardize our work even when everything is going well. By doing so, it will drive consistent progress toward improved business performance and will tap into people's desire to be the best at what they do.

Compliant . Employee compliance is achieved when workers are familiar with all the laws that govern their industry or job and know how to conduct business in an ethical manner. It often requires procedural training and encouragement to learn from mistakes.

Driving Results. Identify specific purpose, goal, or destination and prioritize making progress toward it Focus discussions on what you want to achieve and why - and then let them do it. Everyone knows their role and is accountable for driving their work to achieve a common goal.

ONE Team. One team means being part of a group that shares strong relationships, trust, respect, and a common vision for what "good" looks like. One team means supporting and relying on one another to achieve to drive the overall business priorities and meet our customer commitments