Maintenance Technician - 2nd Shift

Pratt Industries; Beloit (WI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance benefits within one month

Paid holidays from Day 1

401(k) with match after 3 months

Paid vacation after 6 months

Tuition reimbursement and parental/mat

Job summary

Pratt Industries is seeking a Maintenance Technician for the 2nd shift (Mon-Fri, 3-11 PM) to support corrugated board production. The role involves installing, maintaining, and repairing equipment, performing preventative maintenance, and interpreting electrical and mechanical diagrams.

Candidates with 2+ years of manufacturing maintenance experience are encouraged to apply. We offer benefits starting within one month, paid holidays from Day 1, a 401(k) with match after 3 months, paid vacation

Qualifications

• Electrical and mechanical experience required.
• Experience reading blueprints, schematics, and other information.
• Ability to apply maintenance principles using hand and power tools.
• Adherence to safety and operational guidelines and procedures.
• Basic PC skills.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain and repair machines and equipment.
• Perform preventative maintenance on pumps, motors, die cutter machines, hydraulic systems, conveyors, steam systems, and related equipment.
• Interpret electrical and mechanical diagrams and drawings.
• Mount electrical components including drives, servos, PLCs and control devices.
• Perform wiring and connector work and related terminations.
• Maintain a safe and clean work area and follow safety policies.

Skills

Electrical experience

Mechanical experience

Blueprint reading

Safety compliance

Job description

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN - 2nd shift M-F 3-11 PM

If you’re looking for a company that will invest in you as much as you invest in them, Pratt Industries is the place for you! Want faster benefits in a thriving industry? Have 2+ years of manufacturing maintenance experience and looking to grow your career? Look no further!

• Insurance benefits and wellness reimbursement program within ONE MONTH of hire
• Paid holidays from Day 1
• 3 Months: 401(k) with match
• 6 Months: PAID vacation days
• 12 Months: FULL tuition reimbursement and PAID childbearing and parenting leave

What do Maintenance Mechanics do at Pratt Industries?

These skilled multi-craft professionals are crucial to this facility’s safe and effective operations. Our Maintenance Mechanics install and maintain equipment, perform preventative maintenance and repairs, and apply knowledge in a variety of skilled trade areas. They maintain and repair the machinery and building involved in turning recycled paper into sheets of Corrugated board and getting them to our customers! Think boxes for Domino’s pizzas, moving with Home Depot, Amazon deliveries, Hello Fresh meals, and more! (And yes, we make those!)

What experience and skills are required?

• Electrical and mechanical experience;
• Applying general maintenance and repair principles and practices;
• Operating a variety of hand, power and power equipment;
• Reading and applying blueprints, schematics, and other information;
• Ability to apply various principles and practices in a variety of skilled-trades areas;
• Complying with safety and operational guidelines, policies, and procedures;
• Basic PC skills;
• Communicating with co-workers to provide and receive direction;

What is the work environment like?

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, talk, hear, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, balance, push, pull and lift.
• Frequently required to use hands to handle, feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Very Heavy Work: Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Mathematical Skills

• Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy. Able to apply concepts of high school math.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Install, maintain and repair machines and equipment
• Perform a variety of preventative maintenance on parts, pumps, motors, die cutter machines, hydraulic systems, conveyors, steam systems, and related plant and facility equipment
• Interpret electrical and mechanical diagrams and drawings
• Mount electrical components including: drives, servos, PC’s, PLC’s, circuit breakers, transformers, relays, contractors, terminals, fuse boxes, or other required industrial control devices
• Perform crimps, screws, bolts, rivets, solders, cements, press fits, or similar operations to join or secure parts in place using hand tools, power tools, and automation equipment
• Perform wiring of electrical components and labeling of all devices and wires
• Rely on prior experience, training, engineering, and data charts in order to make wiring decisions related to size, color, and routing
• Cut, strip, bend, and form wire cable and conduit used to connect circuits and sub-assemblies
• Solder connections and crimps connectors to wire ends
• Perform a variety of maintenance tasks requiring knowledge of plumbing, pipefitting, basic carpentry, electrical, electronics, welding, and other skilled trades as appropriate or applicable
• Perform in production inspection, conduct functional and continuity tests of electrical assemblies, components, wire harness, and plugs (using an ohmmeter, test lights, and other electrical testing instruments) in order to ensure parts and assemblies meet production specifications and standards
• Exercise safe work habits and maintain a clean and safe working area
• Complete additional responsibilities as assigned