Maintenance Technician

Job Title

Shift: Monday- Friday or Friday- Sunday available

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• #1 Priority—Address all safety concerns
• Full time member on the Safety Committee.
• Visually inspects and listens to machines and equipment to locate causes of malfunctions.
• Dismantles machines and equipment to gain access to problem area.
• Inspects and measures parts to detect wear, misalignment, or other problems.
• Removes and replaces worn or defective parts of drive mechanism or hydraulic system.
• Realigns and adjusts components such as spindles and clutches.
• Locates damaged air and hydraulic pipes on machine, and measures, cuts, threads, and installs new pipe.
• Starts machines and equipment to test operation following repair.
• Repairs broken parts.
• Sets up and operates metalworking tools such as lathe, drill press, or grinder, to make or repair parts.
• Purchase parts through Purchasing Dept and with approval of Plant Manager, has use of the company credit card for approved company purchases.
• Assists Mechanical Engineer to modify sketches or computer generated designs of machine components such as hydraulic system and drive mechanism.
• Responsible for installation of equipment; new, rebuilt, upgrades, part changes. Does maintenance repairs.
• Keeps track of essential paperwork for Quality Department.
• Reviews weekly maintenance form
• Logs daily work activity
• Calls on outside services for routine and repair equipment maintenance, including but not limited to: scales, cranes, fork lifts, slitters, shear, CTL, Edgers, electrical work and machine shop work.
• Assists outside during inclement weather conditions, ie. clearing walkways, spread ice / snow removal.
• Assists on the shop floor during a staffing shortage.
• Develops and maintains a Preventive Maintenance Program.
• Responsible for implementing established maintenance procedures and record retention of documented maintenance activities as required by the UPM quality management system.
• Responsible for following all procedures pertaining to the work area, this includes the work instructions manual.
• Responsible for the documentation of and the proper training of employees in your area, including safety and work related training.
• Responsible for following all of safety policies.
• Responsible for monitoring supply levels in your area. Please advise Plant Manager to place supply orders.
• Responsible for maintaining good Housekeeping. Work area needs to cleaned at the end of each shift.
• Responsible for turning off all equipment, radios and fans at the end of the shift.
• Responsible for following all lockout / tag out procedures when working on machines, ect.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) with two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Please advise.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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