Technician, Maintenance

Avient Corporation; Riyadh Region; On-site; SAR 66,960 - 133,920; Full time

Job summary

Avient Corporation in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Maintenance Technician responsible for maintaining and repairing equipment to meet plant goals. The role requires a multi-skilled approach across various craft disciplines and a proactive mindset to minimize downtime.

You will troubleshoot mechanical devices, operate shop machinery, and support preventive maintenance programs while following safety and environmental guidelines.

Qualifications

• Maintenance technician with multi-skill capabilities across craft disciplines.
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical devices and replace defective parts.
• Experience with shop machinery is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Completes projects with minimal guidance to minimize downtime and production loss.
• Troubleshoots mechanical devices in operation; dismantles and repairs parts.
• Operates lathe, drill press, grinders, band saws, torch, welder and uses hand/pneumatic tools.
• Installs or repairs hydraulic and pneumatic equipment as needed.
• Improves reliability and uptime through preventive maintenance.
• Operates forklift and hydraulic working platform as needed.
• Maintains maintenance logs and related paperwork.
• Follows Safety, Health and Environmental guidelines.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Troubleshooting

Reading schematics

Forklift operation

Job description

Job Description

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for completing maintenance assignments to build, repair and/or maintain all equipment in good operating condition as quickly and accurately as possible while keeping associated costs to a minimum to help meet Plant goals. The Maintenance Technician is expected to be multi-skilled and able to contribute to plant maintenance activities in a variety of craft disciplines.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Completes projects with minimal guidance showing a proactive attitude to minimizing equipment down time and lost production capability.
• Troubleshoots mechanical devices in operation. Dismantles and examines devices to gain access to and remove defective parts. Adjusts, repairs or replaces defective parts.
• Sets up and operates shop machinery such as lathe, drill press, grinders, band saws, cutting torch, welder, etc. Uses hand tools and pneumatic tools to modify or repair parts and equipment.
• Installs new or repairs/modifies hydraulic and pneumatic equipment as needed.
• Improves reliability and uptime of all equipment. Takes a proactive approach to equipment issues with a preventive maintenance mentality.
• Operates forklift and hydraulic working platform as needed.
• Researches supplies, parts and tools needed to complete work orders.
• Assists in identifying and maintaining an accurate inventory of parts.
• Contributes to upkeep and updating of required paperwork such as records, maintenance logs, documents, manuals, drawings, PM logs, etc.
• Supports the vision, mission and guiding principles of the company.
• Follows applicable Safety, Health and Environmental rules and guidelines while performing job duties.
• Maintains departmental housekeeping.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical/Environ. Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and use foot/feet to operate machine. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and frequently move more than 250 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc. Work is inside and the typical noise level is loud. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; and explosives. Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.