Reliability Maintenance Technician – On-Site Electrical

Howmet; Hampton (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Howmet Aerospace Inc. in Hampton, VA is seeking a skilled maintenance technician to join our on-site team. You will perform electrical maintenance, troubleshoot motors, conveyors, and control systems, and conduct preventive maintenance to ensure reliable production equipment.

The role requires reading basic blueprints, using precision measuring tools, and working at heights up to 50 feet. On-site responsibilities include installation, repair, and documentation of maintenance activities for

Qualifications

• Must be able to read basic blueprints to install equipment and components.
• Must be familiar with and provide all types of hand tools as required.
• Must work at heights up to 50 feet.
• Must communicate with maintenance, production leadership, and equipment operators.
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.
• Must provide documentation proving identity and employment eligibility in the U.S.
• Export-controlled data access; eligibility required.

Responsibilities

• Locates sources of problems by observation using precision measuring and testing instruments.
• Investigates failures and performs root cause analysis to eliminate systemic issues and improve long term performance
• Evaluate preventive maintenance effectiveness and support TPM events
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements on motors, pneumatics, conveyor systems, and production machines; following diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, and engineering specifications; troubleshooting malfunctions.
• Removes defective parts by dismantling devices; using hoists, cranes, and hand and power tools; examining form and texture of parts.
• Troubleshoots 480Vac power systems and 120Vac electrical controls.
• Uses calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments for determining dimensional data of components.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments by using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges.
• Uses electrical meters to identify voltage, current, capacitance, resistance, etc. of various types of electrical circuits.
• Fabricates repair parts by using machine shop instrumentation and equipment.
• Dismantles and reassembles machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.
• Prepares maintenance reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment, as directed.
• Rigs equipment for installation or relocation, as directed.
• Installs conduit and field wiring for all on site areas.
• Connects power supply wires to machines and equipment and connects cables and wires between machines and equipment.
• Diagnoses malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors, and lighting fixtures and replaces damaged or broken wires and cables.
• Replaces faulty electrical components of machine such as relays, switches, motors, positions sensing devices, and printed circuit boards

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

Blueprint reading

Equipment maintenance planning

Job description

Howmet Aerospace Inc. in Hampton, VA is seeking a skilled maintenance technician to join our on-site team. You will perform electrical maintenance, troubleshoot motors, conveyors, and control systems, and conduct preventive maintenance to ensure reliable production equipment.

The role requires reading basic blueprints, using precision measuring tools, and working at heights up to 50 feet. On-site responsibilities include installation, repair, and documentation of maintenance activities for