Industrial Maintenance Technician-1st Shift

Industrial Maintenance Technician-1st Shift

Libertyville, Illinois, United States

About the Job Industrial Maintenance Technician-1st Shift

Day Shift: 6:00am-2:30pm

Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineer, the Industrial Maintenance Tech will be responsible for shift support for all electrical/mechanical problems that might arise with equipment/facilities as well as completing all predictive and preventative maintenance work. This position would also be responsible for all machine management and maintenance across the fabrication department and would lead special projects to both equipment/facilities and systems development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following, as well as other duties may be assigned.

• Follow all safe work practices and procedures. Wear all prescribed personal protective equipment.
• Ensure all proper lockout/tag out procedures are followed.
• Provide shift support for all electrical/mechanical and technical problems
• Install, maintain, remove, troubleshoot, and diagnose a wide variety of electrical/mechanical equipment and components used in manufacturing process.
• Troubleshoots, repairs, and maintains a variety of production machinery and equipment including electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems and parts.
• Installs, modifies, and relocates machinery and equipment and performs fabrication, welding, mechanical, electrical, electronics, plumbing, carpentry, or other maintenance skills.
• Repairs and modifies buildings and plant systems as required.
• Troubleshooting and repair of components such as rolls, shafts, bearings, drive belts, drive chains and gear boxes utilizing basic mechanics hand and power tools
• Troubleshooting and repair of pumps, valves, and piping systems to include installation of coper pipes or PVC pipes.
• Reads and interprets manuals, schematics, blueprints, drawings, and other written installation and repair instructions Identify and complete predictive and preventative maintenance work and weekly mechanical press inspections
• Machinery includes NC Turret Presses, Waterjet, Press Brakes, Routers, Welders, Drill Presses, and hand power tools.
• Manage backlog of work orders.
• Maintain Maintenance Area tools and equipment.
• Perform other duties as required to maintain or improve plant reliability.
• Conduct daily safety risk assessments on routine and non-routine job tasks.
• Lead systems development work such as standard work, training, and housekeeping initiatives throughout the plant.

Travel: Minimal; less than 5%

Qualifications

• Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred.
• Machining and fabrication experience.
• High level experience troubleshooting manufacturing equipment.
• Welding, machining, and fabrication skills.
• Demonstrated skill in working with conveyors, mechanical drive systems (gearboxes, sheaves, pulleys, belts, bearings, sprockets, and chains), pumps, hydraulics, and pneumatics.
• Ability to perform precision tasks including alignments using lasers, dial indicators, etc.

Physical Demands

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Plant Environment This position operates in a manufacturing setting and can be subject to extreme cold and hot temperatures; uneven walking surfaces with cords, tools, and other obstacles; intermittent loud noises; and dusty or dirty conditions. Required PPE includes: Hard hat (when required), safety glasses, earplugs, steel toe/composite boots, cut sleeves/cut resistant gloves and fall protection.

Education and/or Experience

• High School or GED education required (Diploma or GED).
• 3+ Years of Mechanical experience in an industrial environment.