Maintenance Technician 1 - 12hr Night A (6:00pm to 6:15am) but will train on 1st shift (6am-2:30pm)

Job Description

Job Description

The Maintenance Technician 1 performs highly diversified work involving electrical and mechanical equipment maintenance of a skilled and complex nature. Installs, repairs and maintains manufacturing equipment and plant facilities necessary for the satisfactory operations of equipment and processes. 

  The Maintenance Technician 1 is expected to:

·         Minimize downtime on equipment

·         Maximize effectiveness and completion rate on PM system.

·         Ensure newly maintained equipment meets 100% of general safety standards

Machine Maintenance                                                                                                            30%

·         Diagnoses complex machine and electrical equipment malfunctions and operation difficulties and determines how to correct them checking blueprints, repair manuals or parts catalogs as necessary.

·         Able to identify and coordinate improvement projects with engineers, vendors, and or contractors

·         Able to interpret servo drive error codes and error messages displayed on HMIs.

·         Performs routine maintenance work including inspecting drives, motors and belts, checking fluid levels and replacing filters

·         Helps in the investigation of operating difficulties and assists in taking corrective action.

·         Troubleshoots PLC malfunctions

·         Able to research, spec out and order parts accurately for repairs and upgrades

Equipment Assembly                                                                                                              30%

·         Helps construct new equipment, machinery, or facilities as required.

·         Sets up and operates various types of machine shop equipment.

·         Reads, understands and implements electrical, electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical diagrams and schematics required to install production machinery and safety equipment.

Facility Maintenance                                                                                                              20%   

·         Assists in the maintenance of heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment.

·         Performs general building maintenance and minor repairs throughout the facility including painting, carpentry, plumbing and plastering

·         Works in conjunction with outside vendors

EHS & Documentation                                                                                                           20%

·         Maintains related records, performs associated handling duties and maintains work areas in a neat and orderly manner.

·         Assists in managing hazardous materials including maintaining an accurate inventory, ensuring proper storage, scheduling/documenting of hazardous waste shipments and proper disposal.

·         Assists in audits for ISO 14001

This position has no talent management responsibilities.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

·         High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or at least 3-5 years of maintenance experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION

·         None

TECHNICAL SKILLS

·         Knowledge of plant equipment & machinery

·         Precision shop measuring devices and meters

·         Forklift operator

·         Mechanical aptitude

·         MS Word

·         MS Outlook

OTHER SKILLS

·         Manual dexterity

·         Spatial dexterity

·         PLC and test equipment repair

·         Read and interpret

o   equipment manuals

o   work orders

o   hydraulic schematics

o   electrical schematics

o   pneumatic and mechanical schematics

·         Verbal communication

·         Able to work at heights

·         Able to work with chemicals

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to touch, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift, push, pull, carry and/or move up to 50 pounds alone and more than 50 pounds with assistance.

While performing this Job, the employee is regularly required to exhibit strong manual and spatial dexterity.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is frequently exposed to hazards including fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or airborne particles and hazardous chemicals.

The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and outside weather conditions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.