Manufacturing Maintenance Technician (2nd Shift)

Thales Group; North Kingstown (RI); On-site; USD 44,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital security seeks a Maintenance Technician for their North Kingstown site. This on-site position involves providing engineering support for machinery while focusing on safety and productivity. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in engineering and have extensive experience in machinery maintenance. The role includes project management, technical support, and process improvements.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement Savings Plan with company contribution and match

Paid Time Off and company holidays

Company paid life insurance and wellness programs

Qualifications

• Minimum of +2 years in a lead/coordinator Maintenance position.
• Proven Engineering/Technical grounding in mechanical, pneumatic, and electrical disciplines.
• Intermediate computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and technical support for machinery.
• Perform root cause analysis for equipment uptime.
• Manage projects for cost reduction and maintenance KPI improvements.

Skills

Strong communication

Organizational skills

Time management

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor degree in Mechanical, Electronics or Computer Systems Engineering

Job description

Location: North Kingstown, United States of America

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Position Summary

This is an on-site position in North Kingstown, RI

As a Maintenance Technician for the North Kingstown site, this person will be responsible for providing engineering and technical support for all Personalization and insertion machinery with regards to Health & Safety, Quality and Productivity. The intervention could be a corrective or preventive action to the equipment. As part of the duties of this position, this person will be managing projects for cost reduction, spare parts inventory and maintenance KPI improvements. At the same time, it is expected as a Maintenance Engineer to work on process improvement projects, new product or machine qualification being responsible for completing the corresponding CMB process for each change and ensure proper documentation and training is completed.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Maintain Personalization and insertion equipment to provide safe, reliable & efficient production, while adhering to all OSHA regulations/policies.

• Perform root cause analysis to provide optimum up-time of Perso equipment doing the appropriate repairs according to the analysis.

• Create documentation and provide instruction to production operators on machine operation and basic maintenance on their different levels (TPM).

• Liaise with equipment suppliers to undertake machinery diagnostics / upgrades and modifications as well as to place purchase orders for spare parts.

• Assist in the control / management of spare parts while ensuring the database is up to date.

• Escalate all issues of downtime to the Maintenance Manager or Production Team Leader and enter details of maintenance and downtime on the corresponding maintenance ticket.

• Ensure continual high standards of housekeeping.

• Work on new machine qualification attending time line and cost requirements.

• Work on process improvement projects including the proper documentation (CMB) and training utilizing TWI methodology.

• Work on problem solving projects utilizing lean manufacturing methodologies.

• Provide Technical Support to other Thales Perso facilities that shares the same Perso technology.

• Work on specific projects related to the maintenance area like spare parts cost reduction, spare parts inventory and maintenance KPI improvements (MTBF, availability and machine downtime).

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelor degree completed preferably in Mechanical, Electronics or Computer Systems Engineering

• Experience minimum of +2 years on the lead/coordinator Maintenance position and +5 year experience working on maintenance department providing support machinery on electronic, pneumatic and mechanical support.

• Proven Engineering/Technical grounding in mechanical, pneumatic and electrical disciplines.

• Ability to identify faults quickly and provide prompt support to solve problems.

• Intermediate computer skills.

• Strong communication, organizational and time management skills.

• It would be preferred if you have knowledge of Datacard / Bell & Howell / Pitney Bowes / Matica / Persomaster machinery, as well as fault finding at board level and a good understanding of computer hardware / architecture.

• Fluent in English.

• Willingness to learn and support new equipment, as well as has the ability to travel occasionally to support other Thales Perso sites.

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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

We are an equal opportunity employer, including disability and veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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The reference Total Target Compensation(TTC) market range for this position, inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target, is between

Total Target Cash (TTC): 44,013.00 - 69,114.50 - 84,625.50 USD Annual

This reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including – but not limited to – the employee’s career path history, competencies, skills and performance, as well as the company’s annual salary budget, the customer’s program requirements, and the company’s internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:
•Elective Health, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Whole Group Life w/LTC, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Plan, Identity Theft, and Pet Insurance

•Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match, and with no vesting period

•Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off

•Company provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Disability, Employee Assistance Plan, and Well-being Program