Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift

Shift: Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 3:15 PM

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k, Sick Time, and PTO after 90 days!

Summary: Performs preventative maintenance and repair on a wide variety of plant facilities, fixtures, machinery, and equipment using machine and hand tools, applying knowledge of mechanics, shop mathematics, material properties, and layout

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Observes and listens to operating machines or equipment to diagnose machine malfunction and determine need for adjustment or repair

Studies blueprints, sketches, machine parts, or specifications to determine type and dimensions of materials required

Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on surfaces using such measuring and marking devices as calibrated ruler, micrometer, caliper, and scribe

Dismantles machines or equipment, using hand tool or power tools to examine parts for defect or to remove defective part

Replaces defective part with new part or repairs or reproduces part from various kind of material, using hand tools, such as scraper, press brake, file, offhand grinder and drill

Assembles and test operates machine to verify correction of malfunction

Performs scheduled inspection, maintenance, and lubrication of machinery and equipment 

Fabricates weldments from sketches and blueprints, using arc or gas welding equipment

Diagnoses and repairs or replaces faulty electrical components such as wiring, switches, or relays

Diagnoses problems in hydraulic and pneumatic systems and make repairs

Diagnoses and repairs or replaces piping, plumbing, painting, lighting, and simple HVAC

Performs environmental sampling and record keeping 

Troubleshoots and corrects robotic programs and automation

Troubleshoots and corrects to PLC controlled automation

Education and/or Experience:  

High school diploma or general education degree (GED). One to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Requirements

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 stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

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. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and high, precarious places. The employee is frequently exposed to risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.