Senior Maintenance Technician

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Sports Jobs Limited is seeking a skilled maintenance technician to maintain and repair plastics production equipment across extrusion, thermoforming and injection moulding. The role supports 24/7 production and requires reading drawings, PLC troubleshooting, and using CMMS for work orders.

The candidate should have a technical/Vocational background and 3+ years in industrial maintenance, with the ability to work 12-hour shifts and lift up to 50 lbs.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Technical/Vocational or military training in industrial maintenance/electrical systems.
• Three years of industrial/manufacturing maintenance experience.
• Ability to read and understand mechanical/electrical drawings and diagrams.
• Experience with PLC control systems and AC/DC electrical systems up to 480V.
• Experience using CMMS and basic computer skills.
• Willingness to work 12-hour shifts including evenings/weekends/holidays.
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair plastics manufacturing equipment across extrusion, thermoforming and injection moulding.
• Perform preventative maintenance and inspect for reliability.
• Troubleshoot and repair using electrical, mechanical, hydraulics and pneumatics knowledge.
• Implement downtime-reducing projects and respond quickly to issues to return to production.
• Coordinate with shift-aligned maintenance teams and communicate findings to supervisors.
• Contact vendors, research problems, order parts, and track repairable components.

Skills

Problem solving

Reading drawings

Electrical safety

CMMS experience

Shift readiness

Education

Technical/Vocational degree or military training in industrial maintenance/electrical

Tools

PLC control systems (Siemens, Allen Bradley)

CMMS software

Multimeter and diagnostic tools

Job description

About the Role

The role maintains and repairs plastics manufacturing equipment used in extrusion, thermoforming and injection moulding processes. It works with a highly motivated team skilled in industrial maintenance and supports 24/7 production facilities through maintenance teams aligned to each of the four shifts. The team operates in a fast-paced environment, delivering solutions to equipment issues and maximising uptime, with collaboration and communication central to how it works.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair plastics manufacturing equipment used in extrusion, thermoforming and injection moulding processes.
• Perform preventative maintenance on production equipment.
• Determine through regular inspections the repair and maintenance work necessary to prevent failure of production equipment and improve reliability.
• Make repairs or modifications to production equipment using controls, drawings, electrical, general mechanics, hand tools, hydraulics, machine shop, piping systems, PLC knowledge, pneumatics, RF, troubleshooting, welding and programming.
• Deploy projects to decrease downtime and quickly respond to equipment issues to return assets to production.
• Work alongside a shift-aligned maintenance team supporting one of the production shifts.
• Collaborate and communicate within the team to deliver solutions to issues and maximise uptime in a fast-paced environment.
• Contact vendors as needed, research problems, identify potential components and order maintenance machine parts.
• Track and turn in repairable flagged parts.
• Elevate part issues to supervisor or management quickly with potential solutions if known.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Post high school Technical/Vocational school degree or education or related Military training in industrial maintenance technology and industrial electrical systems.
• Three years of industrial/manufacturing maintenance experience.
• Demonstrated strong problem-solving ability necessary to identify defects and repair industrial equipment.
• Familiarity and training with electrical, mechanical and fluid system safety, diagnostics and repair.
• Electrical safety, troubleshooting and repair experience.
• Experience with PLC control systems.
• Experience with AC electrical systems and components up to 3-phase 480-volt.
• Experience with DC electrical systems and components.
• Experience replacing components including drives, motors, pumps, heaters, switches and HMI panels.
• Experience working with basic hand tools, machine shop equipment, precision measuring instruments, digital multi-meters, cutting and welding equipment.
• Ability to read and understand documentation and drawings for mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems.
• Personal computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office and background using computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts, including possible evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Able to lift objects up to 50lbs.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in plastics manufacturing.
• Experience working with plastic processing equipment and processes including extrusion, thermoforming, injection moulding and support equipment such as driers, loaders and transfer systems.
• Experience with Siemens and Allen Bradley PLC control systems.
• Experience and/or certification working with common Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and variable frequency drives.
• Experience and/or certification working with industrial automation and robotics (Denso and ABB preferred).
• Familiarity with reliability-based maintenance programmes and principles.
• Experience using SAP for CMMS.
• Ability to be certified to operate forklifts, man lifts and scissor lifts.

Workplace

• D2 shift: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and every other Monday, 5:30 am–5:30 pm.
• Work takes place in a 24/7 production facility.