Maintenance Technician

Job Responsibilities

Responsible for maintaining industrial equipment in a manufacturing facility.  This includes preventive maintenance, replacing equipment, repairing equipment, installing new equipment, troubleshooting and other tasks as assigned.

• Adhere to the Zero Harm/Zero Waste Culture

• Actively support the Responsible Care efforts for facility

• Follows all safety rules policies, procedures, OSHA regulations

• Secures and reports unsafe conditions

• Attends required safety training

• Safely perform tasks and participate in Safety programs

• Perform preventive maintenance on a variety of plant equipment

• Troubleshoot issues with plant equipment

• Repair and replace equipment as needed

• Perform basic welding and pipe fitting

• Be able to successfully complete pipe fitting, bearings, welding, torch, power transmission testing per the schedule 

• Willingness to be on-call and handle plant breakdowns on evenings and weekends as per the schedule

• Ability to maintain mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic equipment

• Be able to replace 120 volt and 480-volt electric motors

• Be able to work well in a group environment and individually

• Be able to learn the process flow of the plant to adequately be able to troubleshoot plant equipment

• Be able to be meticulous when repairing equipment that requires it

• Perform other duties as assigned 

Candidate Qualifications/ Requirements

• 1 year Maintenance experience required

• Must have good understanding of mechanical equipment

• Must be capable of understanding and using computers including Microsoft Office

Physical & Work Requirement

• Must be able to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 lbs.

• List any PPE:  safety goggles, hard hat, steel toe boots, must be medically cleared to wear a full faced respirator. 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts

• High, precarious places

• Fumes or airborne particles

• Outside weather conditions

• Contribute to other projects and plans not specifically noted to reach divisional objectives