2nd Shift Maintenance Technician

HOUSTON APARTMENT FOUNDATION; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The Houston Apartment Foundation is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic Assistant to help maintain and repair machinery. Key responsibilities include troubleshooting equipment, performing maintenance tasks, and working efficiently within a team to support production needs. A certificate from a college or technical school and experience in maintenance are preferred for candidates.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance or related training.
• Ability to adapt to changes quickly.
• Organizational skills to maintain inventory.

Responsibilities

• Installs and troubleshoots molding machines.
• Performs preventative and predictive maintenance on equipment.
• Documents repairs in the Maintenance Work Order System.

Skills

Strong organization and communication skills

Detail oriented

Critical thinking

Problem-solving skills

Education

One-year certificate from college or technical school

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Description

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

Assists Maintenance Mechanic in repairing and maintaining machinery and mechanical equipment by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (other duties as assigned):

• Installs, sets up and troubleshoots molding machines, auxiliary equipment, and assembly equipment.
• Diagnoses malfunctions through use of proper test equipment.
• Performs preventative and predictive maintenance on all injection molding machines, auxiliary equipment and assembly equipment.
• Properly documents repairs through use of Maintenance Work Order System.
• Participates in problem solving and process improvements on existing and new equipment.
• Performs all general equipment maintenance.
• Performs general housekeeping by keeping the Molding Floor and Maintenance areas neat and organized.
• Maintains compressed air, and machine water towers.
• Works effectively in a team environment to assure maintenance responsibilities are covered for production needs even on off shifts (24 on call).
• Responds after hours to emergency issues affecting production or the facility.
• Actively participates in continual improvement/innovation, corrective action, and internal/external customer satisfaction.
• Performs work on electrical circuits using proper Lock-Out Tag-Out procedures.
• Orders repair and maintenance components and supplies as needed.
• Keep organized component inventory, both physically and electronically.
• Participates in weekly safety meeting with maintenance staff.
• Operates forklift.
• Performs other routine duties related to the maintenance of molding machinery and support of the molding department.

Requirements

EDUCATION AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• One-year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong organization and communication skills with internal costumer.
• Detail oriented with the ability to adapt to changes quickly.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.