Industrial Maintenance Tech: PLCs, Robotics & Uptime

Default Brand; Lexington (VA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Default Brand in Lexington, VA is seeking a Maintenance Technician to support equipment upkeep and provide technical support across processes, enabling standardization and safe operation.

You will perform preventative maintenance, troubleshoot malfunctions, install/repair automated machinery including robots and PLCs, and work with reliability engineers to improve process performance. Teamwork and documentation via CMMS are essential.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have a Technical Degree or 3 to 5 years of verifiable hands-on experience in an industrial maintenance environment.
• Industrial Electricity – AC/DC motor controls, switch gears, inverters, PLC controllers, ladder logic and programming, control circuits and devices, use of test equipment.
• Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery and equipment such as robots and programmable controllers (PLCs)
• Welding/Cutting – stick, mig, torch, shield, arc, oxy acetylene, plasma – Not required but a plus
• Shop skills --layout, drilling, and tapping, lathe, milling, bandsaw, circular saws, small hand tools
• Millwright – chains, sprockets, bearings and pneumatics.
• Electrician skills – mounting hardware, installing conduit, pulling wires, and connections.
• Diagnostic skills – ability to logically find root cause of machine failures using electrical and mechanical trouble shooting techniques and efficient methods
• Interpersonal skills – communications, employee involvement, and problem solving are a must
• Knowledge of TPM – Total Productive Maintenance procedure desire.

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain industrial equipment repair or replace malfunctioning production or processing equipment
• Perform regular inspection and preventative maintenance of equipment complete work orders with detailed documentation of results utilizing CMMS system
• Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery and equipment such as robots and programmable controllers (PLCs)
• Troubleshooting and recovery of automation systems
• Support operations personnel in equipment sequence of operations and Lock Out / Tag Out
• Order and install replacement parts when necessary
• Shut down and disassemble machinery as needed.
• Assist in root cause identification with detailed factual communication of failures and suggestions.
• Work with plant reliability engineers for process performance improvement.
• Ensure that all production – related equipment in the plant is maintained in a state of repair, in order to achieve efficiency and effectiveness with proper uptime, yields and throughput.
• Train and encourage others in order to achieve team goals.
• Adherence to NSG/Pilkington Standards of Business Conduct and its Values and Principles
• Other duties as assigned by manager.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Troubleshooting

Electrical systems

Mechanical skills

Lock Out/Tag Out

Root cause analysis

Communication

Education

Technical Degree

Tools

PLC controllers

Robotics

Welding

Testing equipment

CMMS

Job description

Default Brand in Lexington, VA is seeking a Maintenance Technician to support equipment upkeep and provide technical support across processes, enabling standardization and safe operation.

You will perform preventative maintenance, troubleshoot malfunctions, install/repair automated machinery including robots and PLCs, and work with reliability engineers to improve process performance. Teamwork and documentation via CMMS are essential.