Maintenance Mechanic

MOO group; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a highly skilled Maintenance Technician for their East Providence facility. The role involves troubleshooting and maintaining equipment in a high-speed manufacturing environment, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and supporting small capital projects. With a focus on improving equipment effectiveness, this position is ideal for candidates with a strong mechanical background and experience in manufacturing maintenance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years industrial or automotive mechanic experience.
• Experience in manufacturing maintenance required.
• Knowledge of pneumatic and hydraulic systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair equipment in a high-speed manufacturing environment.
• Perform inspections and preventive maintenance to ensure equipment reliability.
• Work with line operators to change over equipment for different product sizes.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Preventive Maintenance

Mechanical Work

Lean Manufacturing

Equipment Overhaul

Education

Two-year technical degree preferred

Job description

MOO's maintenance team is responsible for ensuring equipment is maintained and running well for production, so we can deliver premium print and hard good products to our customers on a timely basis.

We are seeking a highly skilled, self-motivated technician to maintain equipment, conduct PMs, and join our ever evolving maintenance team. This is a full time role on our second shift in our East Providence facility.

The ideal candidate will assist with installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing equipment within the factory. This position will be responsible for preventative maintenance, as well as repairs, as required.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team and/or autonomously to complete work orders and provide maintenance support in a high-speed manufacturing environment
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and repair equipment, disassembling and reassembling of machinery, overhaul gearboxes, and replace bearings, bushings, etc
• Perform mechanical work (e.g., conveyor bearing and chain replacement, major equipment overhaul, motor/gearbox replacements, valve and pump maintenance, and lube routes)
• Identify and source replacement parts as needed
• Repair and maintain machinery and equipment including: pumps, motors, filling and packaging equipment, conveyors, palletizers, piping, valves, tanks, agitators, drives, gearboxes, and utilities
• Use tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, and wrenches, to precision measuring instruments and electrical and electronic testing devices
• Perform inspections and preventive maintenance to ensure compliance with safety and regulatory requirements as well as to ensure equipment reliability.
• Work with line operators to efficiently change over line equipment for different product and packaging sizes.
• Improve OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) on the lines by Pareto analysis of OEE data and implementation of Lean Manufacturing tools to reduce downtime
• Comply with company safety rules and procedures. Complete daily and shift clean up tasks
• Communicate results, concerns, and issues with supervisor and co-workers, ensure shift to shift hand-off is complete
• Support and complete small capital projects

About You

• 3+ years industrial or automotive mechanic experience
• Two-year technical degree preferred or equivalent "on the job training"

• 3 years of experience in manufacturing maintenance required and possess good trouble shooting abilities as well as knowledge of processing operation

Nice to Haves

• HP L2 Press operator certification
• Accurio Jet KM-1 Operator certification
• Working knowledge of Pneumatic Systems
• Working Knowledge of Hydraulic Systems