Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintenance and repair on all facilities, machinery and equipment, operation of plant utilities, and the commissioning of new equipment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintenance and Repair
• Preventative maintenance activities
• Purchasing of required emergency and spare parts
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders
• Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment
• Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas
• Coordinate and assist subcontractors in maintenance and repair activities

Plant Utilities:

• Operate and monitor performance of the wastewater filtration system
• Operate and monitor performance of the plant tower water systems

New Equipment:

• Build and install new equipment under the direction of engineering
• Assist in the evaluation and debugging of new equipment

Other:

• Complete work order paperwork
• Track time on Maintenance Time Report
• All other tasks as assigned by the manager

Skills:

• Mechanical aptitude
• Problem solving abilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Initiative
• Results driven

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 75 pounds.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position, and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday. All three shifts, 7:00am 3:30 pm; 3:00 pm 11:30 pm and 11:00 pm 7:30 am may be worked. There may be times when more than 40 hours is required and/or days of work may extend into Saturday and Sunday.

Required Education and Experience:

3 years of experience in a manufacturing maintenance environment. Broad spectrum proficiency in general maintenance skills including machine repair, millwright, pipefitting, welding and electrician. -OR- 3 years BPC manufacturing experience. Proficiency in two of the above preferred general maintenance skills.