Job Description
Job Description
Job Title: Maintenance Technician
Department: New and/or Repair
Reports To: Plant Manager
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Position Overview:
The 1st shift Maintenance Technician will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems on production equipment (i.e., Mazak CNC's) to ensure maximum uptime and efficiency. You will play a critical role in minimizing production interruptions by performing preventive maintenance, diagnosing equipment issues, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate has strong technical knowledge, a proactive attitude, and experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Essential Duties: (Additional duties may be assigned as required.)
- Plan, coordinate, and execute manufacturing shop floor activities
- Works with manufacturing personnel and address open issues on general machine and shop maintenance
- Assists in developing and performing preventive maintenance as required.
- Work closely with the manufacturing planner to ensure scope and alignment of scheduled projects.
- Ensures all projects are properly aligned with required materials, tools, and equipment before starting up.
- Develops and maintains a "pit crew" portable cart to house all necessary tools and equipment, and miscellaneous materials.
- Assumes various roles in the manufacturing process as directed by the plant manager in emergency situations.
- Conducts maintenance and housekeeping audits and address issues as needed including trash bins.
- Performs other miscellaneous minor maintenance duties in the buildings pending plant manager approval.
- Maintains a safe work environment when performing all projects and clean up area accordingly.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above, and 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.
Language Ability:
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.
Math Ability:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, including whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage 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.
Education/Experience:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Equipment:
- Micrometers
- Calipers
- Hand tools
- Overhead cranes
- Forklift
Knowledge, Skills, and Other Abilities:
• Ability to analyze data and workload
• Ability to establish priorities for completing projects
• Verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to be innovative and creative
• Ability to follow up.
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, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25+ pounds.
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 required to wear safety glasses and hard sole/close toed shoes with a low heel when walking through the manufacturing shop and/or repair shop whether as part of performing their job or just passing through. In addition, long hair must be tied back when around hazards of flame, machinery, or equipment.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.