Maintenance Technician

Hours: 9:00am - 5:30pm M-F


Summary:
Support plant production through troubleshooting, maintenance, and repairs of manufacturing
and facilities equipment, fixtures, and systems through preventative maintenance procedures and root cause analysis.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Troubleshoots, repairs, and performs preventative maintenance on medical device
manufacturing equipment, hydraulics, pneumatic systems, motor and machine controls,
electrical systems, and electronics.
• Resolves issues related to equipment, process, compliance; performs unscheduled
maintenance and responds to trouble calls in a timely manner.
• Performs daily preventative maintenance tasks to ensure equipment is operational.
• Works in a safe manner always, and is trained in Arc Flash, Lock Out Tag Out, Basic
Electrical Safety, Ladder Safety, and other plant programs.
• Ensure work order system, maintenance, and facility procedures are followed and
completed properly, including pre-approvals and signoffs. Follows Good Documentation
Practices (GDP) as always outlined by Baxter policies and procedures. Document all
work in CMMS as required.
• Responsible to maintain spare parts inventory of their assigned area.
• Strict adherence to environmental health and safety (EHS) and manufacturing SOP,
policies, and procedures to ensure safe and quality products are always produced.
• Works with EHS to ensure compliance with global requirements.
• Performs modification, upgrades, and new installation of equipment and machinery.
• Participates in department and site continuous improvement projects.
• All other tasks assigned as required to support plant production and operational
excellence.


Qualifications:
Must have good written and verbal communication skills (ability to read, write and speak
fluent English) and understanding of cGMP regulations. Good procedural writing skills.
• Good computer skills (Microsoft Windows based software, email, Microsoft Office Suite,
internet sites, and PDFs).
• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Maximo
preferred.
• Experience with programmable logic controllers (PLC) systems (Siemens, Allen
Bradley, Omron). SCADA/EMS/Client experience preferred.
• Experience with motor controls, variable speed/variable frequency drives, servos,
stepper motors, high speed packaging equipment, pneumatic systems.
• Candidate must be capable of reading and working with electrical schematics,
mechanical drawings, building drawings, and part diagrams.
• Working knowledge of photo eyes/sensors, limit switches, proximity sensors,
temperature controllers, inkjet printers, and vision systems (Cognex, Keyence
preferred).
• Experience performing maintenance and troubleshooting of high-speed
manufacturing/packaging equipment, including pick-and-place systems, conveyors,
pneumatic systems, hydraulic systems, continuous inkjet printing systems, ultrasonic
welders, extrusion equipment, rubber processing equipment.
• Experience working on facility equipment, including compressed air systems, vacuum
systems, HVAC equipment, RO water systems. Some machining, welding, tooling
experience preferred
Electrical knowledge and experience with AC/DC motors and drives, electrical systems
up to 480V 3-Phase, relays, switches, sensors, solenoids, servo motors, low voltage
systems.
• Incumbent must work in a clean room environment, wearing special garments. Personal
protective equipment (PPE) must be worn due to safety requirements


Education and/or Experience:
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 3-5 years of prior maintenance experience on automate manufacturing
machines/equipment.


Physical Demands & Working Environment:
Physical Activity of this Position:
• Climbing. Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using
feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the
amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
• Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is
importing if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and
back muscles.
• Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Crawling. Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from
work site to another.
• Pushing. Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from
position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires
substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching
with skin, particularly that of the fingertips.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which
they must convey detailed or important spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey
detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.
Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations
in sound.


Physical Requirements of this Position:
• Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and /or up to 30 pounds of force
frequently, and up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.


Visual Acuity Requirements, Including Color, Depth Perception, and Field Vision:
• Incumbent is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness
of the work assigned (i.e., custodial, food services, general laborer, etc.) or to make general
observations of facilities or structures (i.e., security guard, inspection, etc.).


Conditions the Incumbent will be Subject to in this Position:
• Incumbent is subject to environmental conditions. Protection from weather conditions but not
necessarily from temperature changes.
• Incumbent is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside.
• Incumbent is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout to be heard
above ambient noise level.
• Incumbent is subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to
moving mechanical parts, pressurized equipment, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on
scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat, or exposure to chemicals.
Incumbent is subject to atmospheric conditions. One or more of the following conditions that affect the
respiratory system and/or skin: fumes, odors, dust, mists, gasses, or poor ventilation.