Industrial Maintenance Technician

As a Maintenance Technician, you are responsible for maintaining the equipment in the facility on the production floor, warehouse and the office area.


Day Shift: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM on a 2-2-3 rotating schedule

• Repair / replace extrusion process line equipment as needed to ensure safe and efficient operation.
• Prioritize breakdowns based on the input from production.
• Troubleshoot equipment problems in coordinated effort with production personnel.
• Ensuring work orders are completed in a timely fashion and all parts used are accounted for.
• Responsible for ensuring all equipment is diagnosed and repaired in a timely manner or elevating to the Maintenance Manager level when the repairs will take longer than allotted time.
• Performs preventive maintenance inspections and service on machines.
• Thoroughly cleans machines and machine parts, removing parts and reinstalling as necessary.
• Oils and lubricates moving parts on machines to ensure effective performance.
• Records and reports damaged, worn, or broken parts.
• Identifies the causes of unexpected breakdowns of machines.
• Cleans, organizes, inventories, stocks, and otherwise maintains shop areas, parts, tools, and supplies.
• Coordinates with managers to schedule regular maintenance on machines.
• Collaborates with production manager or plant engineer regarding new products being added and modifications that will be required.
• Makes necessary modifications and implements tests runs; confers with production manager regarding test results and makes additional alterations to machinery as required.

• Understands electrical diagrams, familiar with 12 VDC to 480 VAC electrical wiring, with diagnostic capability.
• Previous experience with PLC's, VFD's, and relay-based logic.
• Multi discipline mechanical, electrical, HVAC skills and the ability to quickly learn new process/equipment.
• Effective communication, observation, planning, writing, reading, basic math, problem solving and prioritizing skills.
• Proficient computer skills to receive/close work orders, view/search different folders for manual, notes and/or documents.
• Demonstrated good house keeping practices and 5S principles.
• Mechanically inclined with great problem-solving skills.
• Works well independently and with others.
• Good communication skills.
• Organized with attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and stressful environment.

• 3-5 years' experience in a manufacturing environment with a track record of improvements.
• 3-5 years' experience in a maintenance environment with a track record of improvements.
• Some vocational or community college with related coursework or equivalent experience, preferred.

• Prolonged periods standing and walking.
• Able to bend, stretch, push, pull, and move as needed to reach, clean, and service machinery.
• Must be able to visually inspect machines.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.