Maintenance Technician III PM Shift

Accuride Corporation; Henderson, Northern (KY, KY); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Accuride Corporation seeks Maintenance Technicians for the Henderson Plant to perform mechanical and electrical maintenance on production machinery and facility systems. The role may involve solo work or team collaboration, requiring initiative and strong problem-solving to optimize machine performance.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting robots and programmable controllers, conducting preventive maintenance, training junior technicians, and ensuring safety and policy compliance.

Qualifications

• Electrical, mechanical, or multi-craft skills required.
• Minimum five years in manufacturing; skilled trades preferred.
• Strong leadership to plan, organize and run projects.
• Proven ability to lead and function within a team.
• Knowledge of safety, OSHA, and ANSI compliance standards.
• Knowledge of reading blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair production machines such as robots, presses, and forming equipment.
• Remove, replace, and repair manual, automatic, or semi-automatic machines and maintenance gear.
• Identify vendors for tasks and order parts for repairs.
• Read blueprints and schematics; troubleshoot equipment problems.
• Train Production and Process Technicians on minor maintenance tasks.
• Perform preventive maintenance and update PM procedures.
• Communicate effectively with all staff levels to meet objectives.
• Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures, and safety standards.

Skills

Electrical skills

Mechanical skills

Multi-craft

Leadership

Team collaboration

Analytical thinking

Planning & organization

Communication skills

Safety compliance

Troubleshooting

Blueprints & schematics reading

Tools

Microsoft Office

Plex

Autodesk Vault

Job description

This position is accountable for providing maintenance services and support to the Henderson Plant. Maintenance Technicians do various types of mechanical and electrical work on production machinery and equipment, as well as perform facility maintenance functions.Maintenance Technicians may work alone or in teams, they must collaborate to solve problems, be responsive to their customers and take initiative required to ensure that machines and equipment functioning are optimized.

Principal Accountabilities

Maintains and repairs various manual, automatic, or semi-automatic production machines such as robots, hard automation, mechanical and hydraulic presses, and hydraulic and pneumatic forming and cutting machines.

• Removing, replacing, and/or repairing manual, automatic or semi-automatic production machines, robotic equipment, and maintenance equipment.
• Identifying specific vendors for tasks and ordering parts for machines and equipment repairs.
• Reading and interpreting blueprints, machine drawings, schematics, etc.
• Troubleshooting equipment problems.
• Troubleshooting and repairing robots.
• Troubleshooting and repairing programmable controllers.
• Training Production Technicians and Process Technicians to do minor maintenance functions.
• Perform or ensure that preventive maintenance tasks are completed.
• Staying current and updating PM procedures.
• Effective communication with all levels of staff to achieve objectives herein.
• Ensure effective and consistent administration of all company policies, procedures, programs, and systems.

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• Electrical, mechanical, or multi-craft skills, education/certifications and experience required.
• A minimum of five years’ experience in manufacturing industry – skilled trade preferred.
• Must have strong leadership skills to plan, organize and perform a variety of projects.
• Must have proven ability to lead and function within a team.
• Basic understanding of the organization’s business and its production needs.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Plex, and Autodesk Vault
• Analytical skills and the ability to understand the logic and reasoning used to troubleshoot.
• Planning and organization skills to work on multiple tasks and meet production demands.
• Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of safety, OSHA, and ANSI Compliance standards.
• Knowledge of Stores Systems, Procedures, Practices.
• Knowledge of Predictive/Preventative Maintenance Systems, Procedures, Practices.
• Advanced Understanding of Production Processes:

Disc Area, Rim Area, Wheel Assembly Area, Paint Area, Shipping Area

• Mechanical Skills/Knowledge/Experience Required:

Metal fabrications Print reading Pneumatics

Hydraulics Robotics Gearing Principles

Piping and Valves Steam Filters and Strainers

• Technical Manuals and PM procedures interpretation, Corrections, and Modifications.
• Knowledge of Machinery, Equipment and Tooling Drawings:
  • Interpretation, Corrections, and Modifications.
• Knowledge of Fluid Power Piping and Schematics:
  • Interpretation, Corrections, and Modifications.
• Knowledge of Facility and Utilities Drawings:
  • Interpretation, Corrections, and Modifications.
• Advanced troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining, and modifying:
  • Stores Systems, Procedures, Practices
  • Machinery, Equipment, Tooling, Fluid Power Systems,
  • Facility Systems
    • [Compressed Air Distribution, Steam (Less than 15psi) and Condensate Distribution, Natural Gas Distribution, Water (Chilled, Potable, Process, Waste, etc.) Distribution]
  • Machine Safeguarding, Robots, CNC Equipment.
• Software Skills: MS Project, DWG TrueView
• Advanced Troubleshooting Skills
• All Available Mechanical/Fluid Power Test and Measurement Tools and Equipment