Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Electrical/mechanical troubleshooting of primary production plant and supply facilities including equipment troubleshooting and general maintenance to equipment. Ability to support SONAC quality standards through installation, upgrade, and maintenance. Traveling will be a requirement to fulfill these job responsibilities and overall company goals and objectives.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. These duties are required to be completed at Sonac sites as well as at Sonac suppliers' sites.

• Locates sources of problems by observing mechanical devices in operation, listening for problems, and using precision measuring and testing instruments.
• Fabricates needed repair parts and other items by using maintenance shop machinery and equipment.
• Reads and interprets drawings, blueprints, electrical code specifications and schematics in order to effectively troubleshoot, maintain and repair equipment.
• Diagnoses, locates the cause of, and repairs malfunctioning systems and components using test equipment.
• Ensures proper completion of preventive maintenance requirements.
• Assists to develop and improve current preventive maintenance instructions and practices.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with all directives, procedures, rules, and regulations related to personal safety, manufacturing practices and protection of the products.
• Properly completes maintenance records as required to document the maintenance process. These include, but are not limited to: Work Orders, Hot Work Permits, Confined Space Entry Permits, Clean Tags, High Care Intervention forms, Parts order Log, and Inventory use sheets.
• Uses computerized records to document maintenance activities.
• Assists in maintaining adequate spare equipment, parts, and supply inventories by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed equipment, parts, and supplies; placing requests for needed equipment and identifying and up-channeling shortages.
• Required to be on call on a rotating basis for maintenance coverage of operational hours outside of normally assigned work hours.
• Travels to supply sites as needed to perform maintenance, training, and troubleshooting of collection systems.

Minimum qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), AND
• Minimum two to three years related experience, OR
• Equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong electrical/mechanical aptitude
• Must demonstrate ability to work in high stress environment

Additional requirements

• Must be able to travel regionally (~25%) for overnight stays and maintain valid travel documents such as a driver's license

Preferred qualifications

• Manufacturing environment experience with liquid products preferred.
• Ability to manage time effectively, work independently and display solid follow up techniques.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Exceptional problem solving & organizational skills; works proactively, able to multi-task.
• Proficient computer skills.

Physical demands

• Frequently required to sit, reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally walk, stand, balance, stoop, bend and kneel.
• Occasionally must push, pull, move or lift up to 50 lbs.
• Regularly required to reach with hands and arms.

Work environment

Job functions will be carried out in a manufacturing environment; the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Sonac is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.