Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift

Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift

Amsted Automotive Group is a growing company that embraces the employee experience through driving a positive culture, respecting and implementing your ideas and providing opportunities for career growth. As an employee-owned company, you will share in the overall financial success of the business. If this is attractive to you, we are looking to add a Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift to our Taylor, Michigan team!

Primary Function Summary:

• Communicates directly with the production department to coordinate maintenance and repair work in process areas.
• Communicates directly with QA department to ensure effective participation by the maintenance technicians in the implementation of QA policies and procedures.
• Communicates regularly with all maintenance technicians, both individually and as a group, to ensure good two-way communication concerning maintenance issues.
• Reviews the operation of plant equipment and systems constantly, to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate solve problems in a timely manner, and to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain and repairs maintenance shop equipment.
• Monitors the use and inventories of spare parts, maintenance supplies, and equipment and initiates reordering when necessary.
• Prepares reports, analyzes data, and makes recommendations for improving plant operations and solving maintenance-related problems.
• Assists with hiring of maintenance personnel.
• Tracks, analyzes and improves key maintenance parameters such as asset utilization, maintenance cost, PM compliance, schedule compliance, etc.
• Ensures city, county, state, and federal regulations relating to the maintenance department are met all times. Shall adhere to all safety, health and environmental procedures, policies and practices, such as; utilizing personal protective equipment and proper attire in keeping with safety standards.

What You'll Need to Succeed:

• Proven ability to work well in a team environment.
• Possess strong motivational and leadership skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent work record history.
• Basic computer skills, including P.C knowledge and current technology software familiarity.
• Must have strong oral and written communication skills and be able to communicate with staff well.
• Quality, safety and environmental focused.

What's in it for you:

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Incentive Bonus
• Medical, Vision, Dental Prescription Drug Plan
• 401K
• Paid Vacation & Holidays
• Short-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health and Wellness Reimbursement
• Employee Recognition
• Discount Programs

What Else You'll Need to Know:

• Ability to regularly stand or work for long periods of time.
• Ability to regularly lift/or move up to ten (10) pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds, and occasionally lift to fifty (50) pounds.
• While performing the job, the employee is regularly exposed to vibration, repetitive motion, bending, lifting, twisting, crouching, reaching, pushing and/or pulling. Ability to endure heat.