At least 2 years, hopefully more, of direct hands-on experience supporting industrial machinery in required. Strong electrical, pneumatic, and mechanical skills troubleshooting experience is essential.
Maintenance Technician – Production & Packaging Equipment
Maintain and troubleshoot production and packaging machinery in a chemical manufacturing plant. This hands-on role focuses on minimizing equipment downtime through mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, equipment changeovers, and repairs.
Requirements
- US Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card) is Required.
- 2+ years of experience maintaining or troubleshooting packaging machines or production equipment.
- Experience with mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with manufacturing plant operations.
- Effective verbal and written English communication skills.
- Ability to work overtime as required.
- High School Diploma or equivalent required, Associate’s degree or higher a plus.
Key Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot equipment failures and make timely repairs to minimize production downtime.
- Perform production equipment changeovers according to the manufacturing schedule.
- Maintain preventive maintenance schedules for assigned equipment.
- Rebuild equipment and components as required by maintenance projects.
- Assist operators with equipment setup to ensure proper operation.
- Identify and requisition replacement parts, components, supplies, and maintenance equipment.
- Train plant personnel in equipment operation and process controls.
- Follow OSHA requirements and Safety Data Sheet (SDS) standards.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and orderly maintenance work area.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- Perform timely equipment change-over’s as required by productions schedule.
- Assists in maintenance of an established P.M. schedule on assigned equipment.
- Assist in equipment rebuilding activities. Reviews assigned equipment and performs the rebuilding of the project.
- Makes timely repairs as directed by the engineering department.
- Assist operators on equipment set-ups to ensure proper operations.
- Requisitions for parts, components, supplies and equipment to be used in the maintenance area.
- Provides training to plant personnel in the control of equipment and processes.
- Comply with OSHA and SDS standards.
- Maintain a clean, neat, and orderly work area.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge – Skills – Abilities
- Electrical, Pneumatic, and Mechanical troubleshooting.
- Must demonstrate timely troubleshooting skills to limit downtime due to breakdowns.
- 2+ years of related experience in packing machines/production machines.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to work in a chemical manufacturing plant.
- Ability to execute strenuous, sometimes repetitive physical work such as climbing, lifting objects up above shoulder level weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to stand for long periods of time (at least 2 hours straight, four times in an 8-hour day).
- Able work in extreme temperatures, indoors and out.