Maintenance Technician

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Troubleshoots, repairs and modifies production equipment, and other process related equipment. Applies principles and theories of mechanical and electromechanical repair and testing.
• Responsible for maintaining facilities including buildings, lights, HVAC, compressed air systems, parking lots, and other facility equipment.
• Operates hand and bench drills, mills, lathes, grinding wheels, welders or other machine tools to fabricate parts.
• Checks functioning of equipment to evaluate system performance under actual operating conditions.
• Set-ups, maintains and/or calibrates equipment on a regular or as needed basis.
• Assembles, disassembles, modifies, inspects and reworks various production equipment. *Works with others to streamline process flow and reduce waste.
• *Assists in the development and documentation of procedures.
• Promotes company safety policies, workmanship standards and operational procedures among team members while displaying strong quality consciousness at all times.
• Keeps supervisor informed of any situations that may be detrimental to production, quality, or safety goals.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Education: Associate degree in Maintenance Technology or equivalent.
• Experience: Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of experience as a maintenance technician within a consumer goods environment.
• Certification in Natural gas preferred (Please note that in house training will be provided if not already certified)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in effectively troubleshooting and repairing equipment and systems.
• Demonstrates a broad understanding of production processes. Demonstrated skills and abilities in mechanical dexterity, assembly, manufacturing, soldering, and inspection.
• Knowledge of mechanical and electromechanical electronics processes and procedures.
• Skills in reading, understanding and adhering to engineering drawings, documents and procedures.
• Ability to function as a team while completing multiple tasks effectively with minimal supervision. Take initiative to aid fellow employees to smooth overall process flow.
• Ability to manage time effectively.
• Ability to recognize equipment/tooling malfunctions to detect irregular or deficient product.
• Excellent problem solving and communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to drive to corrective actions with minimal supervision.
• Above average computer literacy and math abilities.