Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Sensience is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered sensing, control, and sealing components. We deliver mission-critical protection and valuable data for a wide range of systems, including appliances, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration units, industrial process equipment, motor vehicles, and aerospace. We have nearly 3,000 employees worldwide across 7 manufacturing facilities dedicated to keeping people and their homes safe.

Sensience brings a track record of over 75 years of innovation, quality, specialized expertise, a highly collaborative approach, and a commitment to growth working together with our customers as valuable partners, helping to meet their critical objectives. We recently re-established ourselves as an independent company and looking for entrepreneurial minded candidates to help our company grow.

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Technician, who would be responsible for general building maintenance, cleaning, safety, operating and maintaining the Chemical Room. Additionally, performing equipment repair and plant maintenance functions.

Position Responsibilities:

• Operates the Chemical Room including managing chemical cleaning requirements for raw components and finished feedthroughs. Maintains compliance with OSHA, HAZMAT, Environmental and other Safety requirements for chemical handling.
• Performs chemical alteration of material: pre and post etching of glass.
• Performs glass lot evaluations to determine pre-etch preparations requirements.
• Maintains equipment and building including preventative maintenance.
• Specifies and orders maintenance equipment and supplies.
• Coordinates with outside vendors and contractors.
• Recommends equipment capital improvement projects and cost reductions.
• May be called upon to make job estimates, material lists.
• Performs general tasks on the maintenance of plant or office buildings.
• Performs, daily, weekly cleaning schedule.
• Mowing, weed whacking, leaf blowing, general outside clean up.
• Must be capable of working off ladders, this includes being able to carry and set up 20ft extension ladder.
• Performs other miscellaneous duties and special projects that may be assigned.

Position Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a Maintenance Technician or equivalent position.
• Ability to work flexible hours and overtime as needed.
• Basic electrical, carpentry, and plumbing skills.
• Basic machine repair skills.
• Good communication skills.

Work Posture Requirements: Balancing 51-75%; Bending 76+%; Climbing 76+%; Crawling 76+%; Crouching 76+%; Kneeling 76+%; Reaching 76+%; Sitting 76+%; Standing 76+%; Stooping 76+%; Twisting 76+%; Walking 76+%.

Environmental Conditions: Inside/outside; walk on uneven surfaces; hot/cold temps; dust/dirt; noise; stand on concrete; vibrations; wet conditions; work with others; work alone; fumes/odors.

Skills & Experience Level: Basic computer skills, math skills; written/oral communication skills; hand tools use; power tools, analytical skills.

Equipment Used: Hand tool, power tools, lawn mower, leaf blower

Dexterity Requirements: Hand/eye coordination; handling (holding, grasping); wrist motion (repetitive flexion/rotation).

Lifting Requirements: Routine weight lifted < 1 pound. Heaviest weight lifted is 75 pounds.

Carrying Requirements: Average weight carried < 1 pound. Heaviest weight carried is < 50 pounds.

Push/Pull Requirements: Occasional

Sensience is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE): race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, or any status protected by applicable law.

This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future are not eligible for hire.