Maintenance Technician 1st Shift

New-Indy Containerboard LLC; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

New-Indy Containerboard LLC is seeking an experienced maintenance technician to install, troubleshoot, and service production equipment and plant facilities. You will set up machines for optimal performance, diagnose PLC-driven control systems, and perform mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic repairs as needed.

Expect to work a flexible schedule in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, with emphasis on safety and preventive maintenance to maximize output and equipment life.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent with craft apprenticeship.
• 4+ years of manufacturing maintenance experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanical skills, some PLC and HVAC.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule.
• Prior corrugated industry experience preferred.
• Team-oriented and self-directed.

Responsibilities

• Install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain production machines and plant facilities.
• Adjust settings for optimum equipment performance and quality output.
• Troubleshoot programmable controllers and drive/control systems (A/C and D/C).
• Perform mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic repairs on equipment.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs and scheduled maintenance.
• Maximize equipment utilization to run at capacity and speed.
• Read manuals and work orders to perform maintenance and service.
• Use hand/power tools, meters and material handling equipment; participate in special projects.

Skills

Mechanical

Electrical

Pneumatic/Hydraulic

PLC experience

HVAC

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent + apprenticeship

Tools

PLC systems

HVAC systems

Job description

SUMMARY: This position will be responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain production and facility equipment according to safety, predictive and productive maintenance systems.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility's equipment.
• Demonstrate ability to parallel all rolls, make all required settings and adjustments for optimum equipment performance to manufacture quality products.
• Demonstrate ability to troubleshoot programmable controllers and troubleshoot and repair all A/C and D/C drives and their control systems use.
• Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Maximize the utilization of equipment by maintaining the machinery to run at available capacity and speed.
• Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and plant facilities.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties.
• Special projects as business dictate.
• Duties may be expanded upon and additional duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to handle or feel.
• The employee frequently is required to talk or hear.
• The employee occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles; vibrations

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck License and/or other appropriate certification to work in certain areas or on certain equipment.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma or equivalent and completion of a craft apprenticeship, or an equivalent number of years of education and production maintenance experience.
• Must be 18 years of age
• Four plus years of manufacturing experience; strong hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and industrial skills with some PLC experience and HVAC.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule
• Prior work experience in the corrugated industry.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
• Team-oriented and self-directed.