Maintenance I (2nd Shift: 2:00PM-10:30PM EST)

HI-LEX North America; Cusseta (AL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

HI-LEX North America is seeking a Maintenance Technician to maintain and repair a variety of building and plant equipment and to construct facility, production and office work areas.

You will work with blueprints and electrical schematics, troubleshoot electrical problems, read ladder logic, and perform preventive maintenance on machinery and building systems. You will also relocate plant equipment and assist with safety and grounds tasks.

Qualifications

• Experience with electrical schematics and relay logic.
• Ability to read ladder logic and blueprints.
• Maintenance experience on machinery and equipment.
• Ability to locate and repair mechanical and electrical faults.
• Proficiency with precision measuring tools and basic trigonometry.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoots and repairs electrical problems involving relay logic, programmable controllers and electronic devices.
• Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment.
• Reads ladder logic and hard wiring blueprints.
• Performs preventive maintenance on machinery and building systems.
• Relocates plant equipment and makes electrical, pneumatic and water line connections.

Skills

Electrical schematics

Troubleshooting

Relay logic

Programmable controllers

Ladder logic

Preventive maintenance

Tools

Lathe

Mill

Welding equipment

Power tools

Calipers

Micrometers

Levels

Plumb bobs

Straight edges

Job description

Performs duties to maintain and repair a variety of building and plant equipment and construct facility, production and office work areas.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Working with blueprints and electrical schematics.
• Troubleshoots and repairs electrical problems involving relay logic, programmable controllers and electronic devices. Reads ladder logic and hard wiring blueprints.
• Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment.
• Observes mechanical devices in operation to locate cause of trouble. Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.
• Installs special functional and structural parts in devices. Starts and tests devices to determine performance.
• Performs preventive maintenance on machinery, Building and Grounds.
• Makes replacement parts, prototype equipment, jigs and fixtures.
• Relocate plant equipment; make necessary electrical, pneumatic and water line connections.
• Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections. Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.
• Will take intermediate level of responsibility to Safety for Employees and Building and Plant and Grounds

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS:

• Serves as a member of various committees as needed.
• Performs other duties as necessary.
• Temporary job fill in for absentees on production lines.
• Will drive forklift truck from time to time.
• Some movement of Material to and from production lines including shipping and receiving of material.
• Follows all safety rules and keeps work area in a clean and orderly condition.
• Grounds Maintenance

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED TRAINING, SKILLS, ABILITIES, EXPERIENCE:

Use of power tools, lathe, mill, all types of welders, levels, plumb bobs and straight edges, rules, calipers, micrometers and other measuring instruments, some trigonometry. Has 1-3 year’s experience. Some forklift truck experience.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Also works in factory environment with noise from manufacturing environment. Exposure to moving equipment, parts and electrical shock. Possible serious injury due to carelessness around equipment.
• Sometimes lifts, carries or moves objects – weighing up to 25 pounds.