Maintenance Technician 3rd Shift

DeKalb Health; Waterloo (IA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

TVS SCS NA in Waterloo, IA is looking for a Maintenance Technician to conduct daily inspections and preventative maintenance on equipment and facilities. You will troubleshoot electrical and mechanical systems, perform repairs, and document daily activities to ensure reliability.

The role requires safety awareness, the ability to work in a busy warehouse with forklift traffic, and cooperation with internal and external customers to plan and implement improvements and new installations.

Qualifications

• 2 years of technical school or equivalent training.
• Mig, stick welding, and fabrication experience.
• Electrical skills, including 3 Phase Electricity.
• Plumbing maintenance and carpentry experience.
• Lock out/Tag out procedure knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative maintenance and repairs.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs during production hours.
• Diagnose problems; replace or repair parts; test and adjust.
• Coordinate input from internal/external customers to better understand needs.
• Collaborate on safety and equipment improvements, and assist with new installations.

Skills

Safety conscious

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting

Team coordination

Documentation

Education

High school diploma

Technical school training

Job description

• Location 3520 Newell St,Waterloo, IA, 50703,United States
• Job Category Maintenance , Technician , Mechanic
• Industry Manufacturing , Warehousing , Assembly
• Employee Type Full-Time
• Required Degree High school
• Manage Others No

Contact information

• Email [e-mail]

Summary

The Maintenance Technician conducts daily inspections and preventative maintenance on equipment and facilities. This position also involves responding to emergency calls concerning equipment, including troubleshooting electrical and mechanical systems, identifying the root causes of problems, and handling repairs. The role requires documenting daily activities and providing support for equipment modifications related to safety, new installations, or equipment improvements.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Ensure the operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by fulfilling preventative maintenance requirements; adhere to diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, manufacturer instructions, and engineering specifications; diagnose malfunctions.
• Use hand tools, levels, and other measuring devices to adjust the functional parts of devices.
• Consistently follow quality guidelines.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of equipment during production hours; perform scheduled maintenance equipment repairs during production and non-production times.
• Establish a course of action to accomplish completion of the job and/or project.
• Coordinate input from internal/external customers to better understand needs.
• Perform preventative maintenance and repairs.
• Diagnose problems; replace or repair parts; test and adjust.
• Multi-task / Execute Tasks in JIT (Just-In-Time) Environment.
• Participate in all TVS SCS quality and excellence initiatives .
• Detail-oriented
• Analytical and Problem-solving Skills
• Sense of Urgency for Troubleshooting Issues
• Technical Ability
• Safety Conscious

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee occasionally sits on a powered forklift and is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The associate may occasionally be required to lift 51 pounds, anything greater than 51 pounds requires assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

This job is performed in a busy warehouse environment with high forklift traffic. Warehouses are subject to seasonal temperatures. Steel-toed shoes, safety glasses and vests are required personal protective equipment (PPE).

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

Full Time. Schedule flexibility for extended or unplanned work hours is required.

Travel

Minimal travel may be required to assist other facilities as needed.

Education and Experience

• 2 years of technical school or equivalent training
• Mig, stick welding, and fabrication experience
• Electrical skills, including 3 Phase Electricity
• Plumbing maintenance and carpentry experience
• Lock out/Tag out procedure knowledge

TVS SCS NA is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture as an EEO employer. The TVS SCS NA team does not discriminate against candidates and employees because of their disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status under the law within any employment practices. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to applicants; please contact [Hope Molyneaux, [e-mail] ] to request a reasonable accommodation. The employee selected for this role must be able to perform the position's essential functions satisfactorily. If requested, reasonable accommodation will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.