Industrial Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

On-Board Engineering is hiring a Maintenance Technician in Newark, NJ! For immediate consideration please send your resume to View email address on click.appcast.io Subject Line: Position and State Located

Position Type: Full-Time

Job Location: Newark, NJ

Benefits: Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, 401k and more.

Compensation: $35 - $40/hr, depending on experience and qualifications

Drug and background screenings required

Our client is a global leader in nutrition, health, and beauty. They focus on creating innovative solutions that address essential needs for life, societal desires, and sustainability challenges. This site focuses on Perfumery & Beauty: Developing high-quality fragrances and beauty products.

In this role, you'll be responsible for the mechanical maintenance of Ingredients process equipment systems on a daily basis.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain, install and troubleshoot process equipment systems comprised of pumps, agitator, heat exchangers, tanks, reactors, piping systems, valves, and other mechanical systems
• Ensures operation of process equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements, follows diagrams, operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, and engineering specifications, troubleshooting malfunctions.
• Monitor, repair, maintain and document all field mechanical equipment including plant safety systems and plant power systems
• Removes defective parts by dismantling; using hoists, cranes, and hand and power tools; examining form and texture of parts
• Determines changes in dimensional requirements of parts by inspecting used parts, using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments
• Ensure that all equipment are safely released and all documents are in order prior to starting work
• Ensure all work orders are completed and closed out properly in the CMMS system. (SAP PM)
• Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing technical publications; establishing personal networks
• Conducts job tasks in compliance with company, state and federal safety and environmental procedures, rules, and regulations
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Primary Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED, engineering degree preferred
• At least 10 years of mechanical maintenance experience in chemical, food, or pharma environment
• Experience with rotating equipment
• Knowledge of Reliability Maintenance Techniques, with formal training a huge plus
• Experience with CMMS (SAP PM)
• Preferred: Certification in one of the following:
• Thermography
• Oil Analysis
• Vibration Analysis
• Lubrication
• ISA Certified Industrial Maintenance Mechanic (CIMM)

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.

Physical work environment requires working outdoors during inclement weather, in and around production equipment at heights and confined spaces.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach, push, pull, twist with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, for extend periods of time and on regular basis, or crawl; talk, hear and smell
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus
• The employee must frequently utilize forklift trucks for movement of heavy material
• Ability to be on call as necessary and provide technical assistance as required, including evenings, holidays and weekends, via telephonic or on-site work.