Maintenance Technician

JOB SUMMARY

Provide maintenance support to manufacturing plant and/or assigned manufacturing operational area. This position acts as the key resource for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing production equipment. This position maintains key communications between operational areas, maintenance personnel, and manufacturing engineering. Additionally, this position works with its peers to communicate best practices and machine/process specific learning to make the entire maintenance team stronger. Must be available to work frequent overtime and have own tools.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair production equipment.
• Perform Preventive Maintenance on production equipment.
• Facilitate continuous improvement and optimization by working closely with Manufacturing Engineering and Line Lead Techs to support production and make manufacturing processes more reliable and productive.
• Install, Relocate, or Decommission new or existing manufacturing equipment.
• Works on special projects for Manufacturing Engineering.
• Completes assigned tasks on Maintenance Work Orders.
• Provide machine repair part information to Maintenance Planner to assure that required parts are ordered quickly.
• Work with outside vendors and/or contractors to determine best method of repair or to troubleshoot equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.

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.

1. A) EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Education: High School Diploma or GED. College, Technical School, or Apprenticeship advantageous

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial maintenance in automotive industry or high volume production
• Must have experience with electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems in a manufacturing environment.
• Maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, and mechanical systems.
• Ability to read and interpret equipment manuals, blue prints, and schematics
• Maintain and troubleshoot PLCs:

Allen Bradley SLC500, MicroLogix, Compac Logix using RSLogix500

Experience optional but a plus:

• PLC: Allen Bradley Control Logix using RSLogix5000.
• PLC: Siemens S7-300 family.
• Human Machine Interface (HMI) Proface.
• AC, DC, Servo Drives.
• Industrial Networks.
• Fabrication of basic fixtures and jigs including welding.

1. B) CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Certified Electrician or other Industrial Maintenance certifications a plus

1. C) HARDWARE/SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and Outlook, as well as PLC and other machine/process related software.

1. D) LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to speak, read, analyze, and interpret drawings, schematics and technical procedures in English. Ability to read and speak German a plus.

1. E) MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, geometry and to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Ability to work in both English and Metric systems.

1. F) REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Skillful in identifying and resolving problems quickly; gathers and analyzes information skillfully and accurately; Develops alternative solutions.

1. G) OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Ability to use Lathes, End Mills, and Surface Grinders

Welding

Allen Bradley SLC5000 using RSLogix5000

Siemens PLC control systems (S7 Family)

Human Machine Interface (HMI)

AC, DC, and Servo Drives

Fabrication of basic fixtures and jigs

1. H) PERSONAL DIMENSIONS

Technical Ability: Thorough knowledge of basic and advanced electrical applications; A demonstrated record of success in troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and PLC related problems; Strong mechanical skills and an in-depth knowledge of software applications to mechanical processes.

Analytical: Synthesizes complex or diverse information; collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to do the following: stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Work requires handling up to 50 lb materials or equipment.

WORKPLACE 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

About Aerotek:

Aerotek, headquartered in Hanover, Md., is a leading provider of technical, professional and industrial staffing services. Established in 1983, Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group, the largest provider of staffing services in the U.S. Aerotek operates a network of more than 200 non-franchised offices throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. For more information, visit .

Aerotek is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.