Maintenance Mechanic - Press & Bindery Equipment

Lakeside Book Company; Willard (OH); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Lakeside Book Company, Willard plant, is seeking a skilled Maintenance Mechanic to service and repair production equipment across die cutters, presses, and bindery systems. You will interpret schematics, use precision tools, and ensure machinery runs safely and efficiently.

The role requires ability to lift 20–50 lb occasionally and to work in a three-shift rotation with possible overtime as needed to meet production demands.

Qualifications

• Skill in using test equipment and measuring devices (levels, feeler gauges, dial indicators, micrometers, tachometers, calipers) to repair and test machinery.
• Skill in using portable machine and hand tools to make cuts, shapes, bores, and grinds during installation and repair of equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, blueprints, diagrams, and other drawings, and perform dimensional measurements with arithmetic formulas.
• General knowledge of mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic operating characteristics of equipment.
• Job requires physical effort: 20–50 lb occasionally, 10–25 lb frequently, and up to 10 lb constantly.

Responsibilities

• Maintain organization's production equipment.
• Perform electrical and/or mechanical troubleshooting and repairs in response to equipment errors or failures.
• Repair and maintain machinery and equipment per diagrams, manuals, and specs (die cutters, presses, inserting machines, folders, conveyors, bindery equipment).
• May repair or reproduce parts using welders or machine tools (lathes, milling, drill presses, grinders).
• Rotate shifts in a 3-shift rotation and work overtime as required.

Skills

Test equipment

Hand tools

Schematics reading

Mechanical knowledge

Physical ability

Tools

Die cutters

Web presses

Sheet-fed presses

Inserting machines

Folders

Conveyor systems

Bindery equipment

Job description

Lakeside Book Company, Willard plant, is seeking a skilled Maintenance Mechanic to service and repair production equipment across die cutters, presses, and bindery systems. You will interpret schematics, use precision tools, and ensure machinery runs safely and efficiently.

The role requires ability to lift 20–50 lb occasionally and to work in a three-shift rotation with possible overtime as needed to meet production demands.