Job Summary:
The Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing the revenue-generating assets, which include state-of-the-art membrane coating equipment, continuous web handling lines, extruders, automated assembly and packaging lines, and various other manufacturing equipment and support systems. They’ll be the first line of defense for any type of equipment issues. In addition, they could be cross-trained to run equipment within the department.
This will require knowledge of mechanics, metal properties, shop mathematics, industrial electricity, and troubleshooting equipment.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Proactively communicate and address safety concerns
- May set up, operate, and clean production equipment
- Perform troubleshooting to identify and correct the root cause of malfunction to minimize scrap
- Follow all life-critical policies and procedures (Lock-out/Tag-Out, Confined Space Entry, Line-Break)
- May participate in and optimize changeovers in the production process
- Observe and comply with all OSHA and company Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) policies and procedures, including housekeeping practices and participation in EHS meetings, investigations, and audits
- Perform preventative and predictive maintenance following job plans, diagrams/schematics, manufacturer recommendations, and engineering specifications
- Proactive machine monitoring to help identify and implement reliability improvements
- Complete all planned and reactive work orders and document findings, actions, and feedback
- ID sources of problems through observation and use of precision measuring and testing instruments
- Determine wear of parts by inspection using calipers, micrometers, multimeters, and other measuring instruments
- Adjust functional parts or devices and control instruments using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, straight edges, multimeters, etc
- Fabricate parts used in repairs using machine shop instrumentation and equipment
- Perform troubleshooting on PLC, and control circuits
- Utilize CMMS (Maximo) to document unscheduled, scheduled, and completed work
- Maintain technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing technical publications
- Maintain continuity among work teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs to peers and management
- Provide excellent customer service to internal customers and manufacturing teams.
- Other duties as assigned
The job description is not designed to capture all the employee’s responsibilities but is intended to capture essential functions of the role. Responsibilities may change over time and may be assigned at any time.