Maintenance Technician - Preventative Maintenance

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As a family-owned company with locations around the world, ALPLA offers stable careers, hands-on training, competitive benefits, and opportunities for growth. Whether you're an experienced manufacturing professional or looking to start a new career, we provide the support and development you need to succeed.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Childcare and dependent care savings programs
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and educational assistance programs
• Career growth and advancement opportunities
• Employee recognition programs
• Hands-on training and professional development
• A stable, growing company committed to sustainability

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What You Will Enjoy Doing

The Maintenance Technician - Preventative Maintenance is responsible for maximizing equipment reliability, performance, and uptime through the effective execution of preventive and predictive maintenance programs. This position focuses on planned maintenance activities, equipment inspections, condition monitoring, calibration, and continuous improvement efforts to prevent failures before they occur. The Maintenance Technician works closely with production and maintenance teams to ensure equipment remains safe, reliable, and efficient while supporting overall plant performance objectives.

• Execute scheduled preventive maintenance (PM) activities on production equipment, utilities, and facility systems according to established maintenance plans.
• Perform predictive maintenance tasks including inspections, vibration analysis, thermography, lubrication, and condition monitoring where applicable.
• Conduct routine equipment assessments to identify wear, deterioration, or potential failure points before breakdowns occur.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, PM completion documentation, and equipment histories.
• Perform equipment calibrations and verify proper operation of sensors, controls, and production systems.
• Analyze recurring equipment issues and recommend reliability improvements to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Support root cause analysis efforts and implement long-term corrective actions designed to prevent repeat failures.
• Assist in planning and scheduling maintenance activities during planned downtime and production changeovers.
• Partner with Production, Process Technicians, and Maintenance leadership to improve equipment reliability and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Identify opportunities to improve maintenance procedures, spare parts management, and equipment performance.
• Maintain hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and electrical systems through planned maintenance activities.
• Execute all tasks in accordance with company safety, quality, and environmental requirements.

Performance Metrics

• PM completion rate
• PM schedule compliance
• Reduction in unplanned downtime
• Equipment reliability and availability
• Preventative maintenance backlog management
• Accuracy and timeliness of maintenance documentation
• Safety and quality compliance

Competencies

• Ensures Accountability
• Decision Quality
• Communicates Effectively
• Instills Trust
• Collaborates
• Values Differences
• Drives Results

What Makes You Great

• Min High School Diploma or equivalent required
• 2-year technical degree or equivalent experience at ALPLA or similar industry preferred
• Knowledge of Industrial Maintenance Safety
• Basic mechanical understanding and repair capability
• Basic understanding of hydraulics and pneumatics
• Knowledge of occupational math skills for measurements and calculations
• Problem-solving and team collaboration capabilities

Physical Demands

The physical demands 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 stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and very occasionally to climb or balance.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA).

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.