Maintenance Technician 2nd and 3rd Shift

Yanfeng; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Yanfeng seeks a Maintenance Technician for our Chattanooga, TN facility to install, repair, and maintain equipment and facilities, ensuring maximum production efficiency. The role requires interpreting hydraulic, electrical, and pneumatic prints with hands-on mechanical skills.

Required: technical schooling, 1–3 years in manufacturing maintenance, automotive experience preferred, and ability to travel to customer sites including industrial plants. Emphasis on safety compliance and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Requires 1-3 years minimum maintenance experience in manufacturing.
• Automotive industry experience preferred.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and work in industrial plants.

Responsibilities

• Install, repair and maintain equipment and facilities.
• Analyze mechanical and operational problems and implement corrections.
• Examine and test equipment after repairs, changes, or downtime.
• Record operational data for set-up and preventive maintenance records.
• Support continuous improvement and productivity actions across facilities.
• Facilitate equipment moves on the shop floor.
• Manage inventory of spare parts and consumables to minimize downtime.
• Maintain recent maintenance documentation.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Electrical troubleshooting

Pneumatic systems

Hydraulic systems

Prints & schematics

Teamwork in matrix organization

Education

Technical School

Specialization in Maintenance, Industrial Maintenance, Mechatronics, or similar

Tools

Journeyman Electrical License

Welding

PLC troubleshooting & programming

Robotics experience

Job description

Yanfeng is a leading global automotive supplier, focusing on interior, exterior, seating, cockpit electronics, and passive safety, and is exploring new business actively. Yanfeng has more than 240 locations and approximately 57,000 employees worldwide. The technical team of 4,200 experts is in 10 R&D centers and other regional offices, with complete capabilities including engineering and software development, styling, and test validation. Focusing on smart cabin and lightweight technology, Yanfeng supports automakers to explore future mobility and provide leading cabin solutions. For more information, please visit www.yanfeng.com.

• Install, repair and maintain all equipment and facilities.
• Analyze mechanical and operational problems on assigned equipment and make necessary corrections and running adjustments to maintain maximum production and quality.
• Examine and test equipment after repairs, changeovers or extended downtime.
• Record operational data, such as pressure readings, length of stroke, feeds and speeds for use in set-up and preventive maintenance records.
• Review Production System Efficiency and Quality System Efficiency workshops to support continuous improvement; propose and implement continuous productivity, process and quality improvement actions for all facilities.

Additional Responsibilities

• Facilitate equipment moves on the shop floor.
• Give advice on technical specifications of new equipment and alterations on existing equipment and facilities, making sure manufacturing, maintainability and Health, Safety & Environmental requirements are met.
• Set up requisitions for supplies, equipment and facilities.
• Participate in the management of the inventory of spare parts and consumables to eliminate downtime.
• Keep most recent documentation related to maintenance.
• All other duties as assigned

Essential Common Requirements for all Employees

• International Operating System (IOS): Understand, apply and meet all function related IOS requirements.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function related EHS requirements.
• Product Safety: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
• Compliance: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements
• Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
• Must comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time.
• Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels.
• Ability to maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for assignment

Required Education Level

• Technical School
• Area of Study: Specialization in Maintenance, Industrial Maintenance, Mechatronics, or similar
• *Equivalent work experience may also be considered for certain positions.

Required Qualifications

1. 1 -3 Minimum Years of Experience with maintenance in manufacturing setting.
2. 1-3 Minimum Years of Experience within the automotive industry
3. Must be able and willing to travel and work at customer sites, including industrial manufacturing plants which might require climbing, lifting, or working in confined spaces.
4. Ability to read and understand hydraulic, electrical, and pneumatic prints
5. Ability to troubleshoot electrical issues – 24v dc, 120v, 240v, and 3 phase electronic circuits.
6. Experience operating basic shop tools.
7. High level of mechanical aptitude.
8. Proven ability to undertake tasks of substantial variety and/or complexity, which require an extensive knowledge of fabrication/processing techniques, tools, materials, machines, and equipment.
9. Ability to work in matrix organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Journeyman Electrical License.
• Experience troubleshooting and maintaining a wide variety of equipment including but not limited to – light assembly, plastic welding technology, injection molding machines, slush machines, foam in place equipment, robots.
• Welding experience.
• PLC troubleshooting and programming skills.
• Excellent Electrical, Hydraulic, and Pneumatic circuit troubleshooting

Physical Ability Requirements

• Stationary Position (Sitting or Standing): Occasionally
• Movement (Walking): Frequently
• Carry Weight (Lifting up to 50 lbs): Frequently
• Communication (Seeing/Talking/Hearing): Constantly
• Use Hands/Fingers (Use tools, computer, printer, phone): Frequently

Work Environment

• Often exposed to distracting sounds and noisy conditions
• Exposure to hazardous equipment on a daily basis
• Work is indoor in a manufacturing setting that may not be temperature controlled.
• Must be able to match the pace of work to the speed of equipment