Maintenance Specialist

Maintenance Specialist

Perform troubleshooting, maintenance repairs and preventive maintenance for all equipment and facilities. Assist production as needed. Maintain the maintenance shop area in a neat and organized manner. Required to monitor and maintain all production, support and auxiliary equipment, to do setup of molds, record maintenance activities. Understand/interpret electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical drawings and specifications; PLC (Programmable Logic Controls) troubleshooting, Work with live and low/high voltage electrical systems in accordance with OSHA and NFPA 70 standards.

Monitor and maintain daily, weekly, monthly preventative maintenance as required on production equipment, as well as, building maintenance. Works closely with all departments to assure that production's operations run at maximum efficiency and quality, with a minimum of downtime. Makes checks on all machines, robots and auxiliary equipment in production for safe and efficient operation. Works with all department(s) involved when necessary, in setting up new or special equipment, automation and robots. Perform and record repairs made to equipment. Must have initiative to report or fix if possible, any potential problems that may arise. Organize and keep inventory of spare equipment and notify Maintenance Manager when replacements are necessary. Ability to understand basic hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical principles and theory of operation; read and understand prints pertaining to them. Insure all mechanical, electrical and hydraulic safeties are working properly and consistently, as determined by O.S.H.A. and other government regulations. Keep shop and work areas clean, as prescribed by company policies. Perform other work as required.

Competencies: Manufacturing Safety, High School Diploma or Equivalent, Maintenance/Mechanical Experience