Lead CNC Maintenance Mechanic

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary: Must have demonstrated experience in troubleshooting, repairing, & maintaining CNC equipment. Must have strong problem-solving skills and proficiency with diagnostic tools.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Prioritizes, assigns, & follows up on daily work orders, & balances emergency calls vs. planned PMs
• Leads shift huddles; communicates equipment status, hazards, & downtime recovery plans
• Coaches, trains, & evaluates technicians; provides input on hiring, scheduling, & performance
• Ensures accurate CMMS use (work orders, labor time, parts, failure codes)
• Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment.
• Provides emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service
• Reads and interprets equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service
• Detects faulty operations, defective material and reports those and any unusual situations to proper supervisor
• Listens for unusual sounds from machines or equipment to detect malfunction and discusses machine operation variations with supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problems or repair machine
• Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts
• Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery
• Installs and repairs electrical apparatus, such as transformers and wiring, and electrical and electronic components of machinery and equipment
• Repairs, builds, and maintains manufacturing equipment and plant facilities
• Works with vendors and part suppliers on needed equipment and parts including estimates and quotes
• Moves machinery within plant, pre-plans layout, utility, and safety requirements and rigging
• Prioritizes repairs and maintenance to support production
• Trains operators in preventative maintenance
• Assures cleanliness of working areas
• Rotates on-call maintenance schedule
• Trouble shoots machinery or equipment issues
• Changes light fixtures when necessary
• Installs air condition units
• Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment
• Repairs and maintains physical structure of establishment
• Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery and equipment such as robots or programmable controllers
• Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathe, grinder, drill, and milling machine to repair or fabricated machine parts, jigs and fixtures, and tools
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of industrial maintenance experience (precision manufacturing preferred), including CNC troubleshooting; 1-2 years in a lead or mentoring role. Must be highly proficient with maintenance on 3, 4 & 5 Axis Mills and Lathes. (Okuma and Haas mostly)
• High school degree or equivalent, plus specialized training; technical certificate or AAS in Industrial Maintenance/Mechatronics preferred
• Technical Skills:
• Excellent attention to detail
• Knowledge in a variety of mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines
• Knowledge of location and proper use of maintenance/facilities, tooling, supplies and equipment
• Able to read and interpret schematics and blueprints
• Comfortable operating heavy equipment and power tools
• Forklift certification
• Mastery of basic math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions)
• Problem solving abilities
• Ability to use calipers, micrometers, etc.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills to get along with co-workers and be a team player
• Understand and obey safety requirements
• Commitment to keep work area clean and free of debris
• Physical Requirements:
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50lbs or more
• Frequently required to handle; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, bend, crouch or crawl
• Specific vision abilities include close and distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• Ability to use hands to finger, handle, or feel, as well as reach with hands and arms for extended periods of time to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.