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Job Description Summary: A Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for maintaining, repairing, and troubleshooting machinery and equipment, ensuring smooth facility operations through preventive maintenance, emergency repairs, and adherence to safety protocol.
Responsibilities:
Repairs and maintains, in accordance with diagrams, operation manuals, and manufacturer’s specifications, plant machinery and mechanical equipment specific to the operation.
Analyzes and diagnoses production machinery and equipment malfunctions; services, repairs and replaces defective parts using hand tools and power tools and starts machines/equipment to test their performance.
Works safely to prevent on-the-job injuries by operating and repairing equipment in a safe and efficient manner to minimize risk to personnel and damage to equipment and inventory.
Calibrates and makes adjustments on production machinery and equipment to improve operational capabilities using hand tools.
Provides technical assistance to the production department in set-up and changeover of production equipment.
Performs preventive maintenance on machinery and equipment and documents tasks performed in preventive maintenance records.
Identifies ways to improve production methods by observing work processes and working with line personnel.
Modifies machinery and equipment as directed by Management to improve functional performance.
Rebuilds and installs functional parts of production machinery.
Collaborates with outside vendors to enhance in-house maintenance capabilities.
Performs other duties as assigned – not an essential function.
Maintains safe and sanitary working environment by complying with safety procedures, rules, regulations & GMPs for facility.
Experience, Skills, Education:
Minimum of 3-5 years of general maintenance experience in manufacturing environment.
Mechanical aptitude, including a basic understanding of pneumatics, hydraulics, mechanical and piping systems and the ability to identify and understand mechanical components and their relationship in a mechanism in order to make repairs or improvements.
Knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety rules and precautions of various mechanical/electrical systems.
Performs math operations to solve work-related problems.
Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose problems associated with work processes by applying job specific knowledge.
Ability to effectively communicate, train and instruct new mechanics and operators.
Ability to read and understand various set up/operational diagrams, schematics, drawings, manuals, and manufacturing specifications as it relates to plant machinery and equipment.
Ability to understand and carry out written and oral instructions.
Ability to work as a productive member of a team.
Ability to organize and work on multiple tasks concurrently
Compensation Range: $26 - $36 per hour
Benefits:
Paid Time Off (Vacation, Holiday, Birthday & Sick pay)
401(k) Plan
Company Paid: Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance Plan
Voluntary Life insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Employee Discounts
Work-life Balance
Employee Assistance Program
Tuition Reimbursement Program
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