Maintenance/Machine Mechanic

Coldstar International; Bristol (TN); On-site; USD 48,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Coldstar International is seeking a capable Maintenance Technician to handle operation and maintenance of the facility's needs, including installation, troubleshooting, and repair. The role also involves shop organization, inventory, quotes for parts/tools, and supporting machine operators.

The technician will perform preventative maintenance, read electrical/pneumatic diagrams, run SOPs, and ensure parts are stocked to avoid production stoppages.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read Electrical and Pneumatic diagrams to assist with equipment repair.
• Experience performing preventative maintenance and basic shop organization.
• Ability to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) and write JSA/SOP documents.

Responsibilities

• In the morning, turn on lights, power, compressor, and dryer per SOPs.
• Turn off lights, power, compressor, and dryer at end of day per SOPs.
• Keep shop machines maintained (cleaned, lubricated, organized).
• Read diagrams to speed repair of equipment when it malfunctions.
• Troubleshoot production machine issues quickly and install facility machinery.
• Maintain communication with machine operators to ensure wear parts are stocked.
• Perform weekly, monthly, and annual preventative maintenance on all facility machinery.
• Program, install, repair, troubleshoot, and maintain PLCs and related software.
• Follow Lock-Out/Tag-Out, Electrical Cord Inspection, Ladder Training, and Fall Protection guidelines.
• Organize, inventory, research parts/tools, and order as needed.

Job description

Position Summary

Operation and maintenance of all of the facilitys maintenance needs. Responsible for the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of ALL of the facilitys needs. Responsible for maintenance in the shop, organizing, inventorying, researching products, getting quotes on parts/tools, ordering, and restocking the shop. Assisting the machine operators with machine issues as needed.

Operation and maintenance of all of the facilitys maintenance needs. Responsible for the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of ALL of the facilitys needs. Responsible for maintenance in the shop, organizing, inventorying, researching products, getting quotes on parts/tools, ordering, and restocking the shop. Assisting the machine operators with machine issues as needed.

Primary Responsibilities

• In the morning, turn on lights, power, compressor, and dryer according to standard operating procedures (SOP). (See morning check list)
• At the end of the production day, turn off lights, power, compressor, and dryer according to standard operating procedures (SOP). (See end of day list)
• Keep shop machines properly maintained (cleaned, lubricated, and organized)
• Complete all required shop forms and paperwork. (Requisitions, Project parts list)
• Read Electrical and Pneumatic diagrams to help speed the repair of equipment if it malfunctions.
• Troubleshoot production machine issues quickly.
• Install facility machinery.
• Responsible for reading, learning, and understanding the ColdStar product language, learning how each product is set up on each production machine, and learning how to efficiently operate each production machine to produce good quality product when needing to stand in for a machine operator.
• Responsible for working with a 3rd party to ensure proper tolerances and specifications are followed when making a part/tool.
• Responsible to continuously improve all aspects of the ColdStar facility and increase efficiency through fabrication and automation.
• Learn and understand how each piece of machinery operates by use of manuals, experience, OEM, and resources/service technicians.
• Maintain good communication with the machine operators to ensure there is an ample quantity of wear parts and spare parts in stock so there is never a halt in production. When parts are needed, they must be ordered promptly.
• Familiarize yourself with the complete product line and understand how the machines need to be maintenance for the machine operators to be able to meet and improve on daily production quotas.
• Perform weekly, monthly, and annual preventative maintenance on all facility machinery. (Books. Misc. Maintenance)
• Write and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Job Safety Analysis (JSAs).
• Program, install, repair, troubleshoot, and maintain all facility PLC's, frequency drives, servo motors/drives, machine computers, and all software pertaining to these.
• Communicate with machine operators when they need troubleshooting/maintenance/fabrication assistance that is above the machine operators abilities.
• Maintain and secure work tools in the shop area.
• Clean and maintain shop area.
• Follow ColdStars guidelines/standards for Lock-Out / Tag-Out (LOTO), Electrical Cord Inspection, Ladder Training and Inspection, and Fall Protection.
• Turn off and lock out equipment when not in use.
• Organize, inventory, research products/parts, get quotes on parts/tools, and order parts/tools for the shop.
• Fill out a requisition for tools/parts that need to be ordered.
• Other duties as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities

• Perform backup assistance to machine operators when the issue is beyond the operators skill set.
• Provide on-the-job training to new employees.
• Organize, inventory, research products/parts, get quotes on parts/tools, and order parts/tools.
• Will be responsible for general building maintenance; plumbing, painting, electrical and mechanical utilities.

JOB RELATIONS

• Reports to Production Supervisor, VPO
• Works closely with machine operators and assistants
• Initiates and maintains positive, successful relationships with all coworkers, vendors, and providers