Maintenance Technician - 3rd Shift

Pratt Industries, Inc.; Beloit (WI); On-site; USD 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Holiday pay from day 1

401(k) with match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Pratt Industries, Inc. in Beloit, WI is seeking a Maintenance Technician on 3rd shift (Sunday-Thursday, 11 pm–7 am) to install, maintain and repair equipment, perform preventative maintenance, and support production.

The role requires 2+ years of manufacturing maintenance experience; candidate should read blueprints, work with electrical and mechanical systems, and adhere to safety standards. We offer comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of manufacturing maintenance experience.
• Experience reading blueprints, schematics, and technical information.
• Ability to operate hand and power tools and basic PC skills.
• Knowledge of safety policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain and repair machines and equipment.
• Perform preventative maintenance on pumps, motors, conveyors, and hydraulic systems.
• Interpret electrical and mechanical diagrams.
• Rely on experience to make wiring decisions.
• Perform wiring of electrical components and label devices.

Skills

2+ years experience

Electrical experience

Mechanical experience

Reading blueprints

Safety compliance

PC/Basic computer skills

Communication

Tools

PLC systems

Electrical testing tools

Job description

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN – 3rd Shift, Sunday-Thursday (11 pm – 7 AM)

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!

Perks of Pratt?

• 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