Maintenance Mechanic

Overview

Maintenance Technician. 12 Hour 1st Shift Rotating Schedule (6A-6P).

Summary
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We are seeking an Industrial Maintenance Technician to join our team. Your primary responsibility will be maintaining, repairing industrial converting, and corrugating equipment to minimize downtime.

• Apply safe working practices and understand the principles of preventive and first-line maintenance.
• Maintain and optimize equipment performance by troubleshooting and repairing equipment.
• Correctly diagnose a range of mechanical faults and plan a suitable course of action.
• Understand the principles of power transmission systems; recognize, remove and refit taper-lock bushes, keyed shafts, belts, chains & couplings; install & align shafts; tension drive train components.
• Correctly remove and refit various types of bearings (roller, ball, etc); identify bearing types, understand their typical applications & recognize common defects.
• Recognize stripped threads and correctly use thread repair equipment.
• Manufacture gaskets and understand how to remove and replace seals and gland packing.
• Understand the operation of various gearboxes (helical, spur and worm-wheel).
• Correctly dismantle and replace drive belts.
• Recognize various types of conveyor systems and their main components.
• Identify typical faults and correctly remove, replace and track a conveyor belt.
• Employ the appropriate welding process (MIG, TIG, or Stick, as appropriate).
• Use maintenance software programs effectively (i-maintenance).
• Optimize equipment usage by conducting daily preventive maintenance and promptly reporting in a timely manner.
• Take care of in-house wastewater treatment (on-site training provided).
• Adhere to all machine calls between start and end of shift, communicating with Machine Operator(s) and teams to diagnose and fix problems.
• Demonstrate effective and appropriate communication with coworkers, leadership and management.
• Ability to work well with others in a team-like atmosphere and come to work with a positive attitude.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping.
• Additional duties may be assigned by management.

• Education/Experience – High school diploma or GED; 2+ years of manufacturing maintenance experience; electrical and mechanical experience. Candidates are preferred who have prior work experience in the corrugated industry.
• Language Skills – Ability to read and follow instructions on factory masters.
• Mathematical Skills – Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy; able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurements, volume and rate; apply concepts of high school math.
• Reasoning Ability – Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form; deal with problems involving one or more concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Technical Skills – Working knowledge of equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation; product layouts and production specifications; product quality specifications; quality standards.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations – May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License and Man Lift Operator License.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee frequently uses hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

The performance of the employee will be measured as follows:

• Operating standards - meet or exceed operating standards in quality, cost, safety, customer satisfaction and productivity. Standards are set annually and communicated to the employee.
• Personal growth - company provides tools to assist growth; each year there will be goals developed and agreed to by the employee and their supervisor.
• Employee relations - evaluated on behaviors related to appropriate human interaction, respect and communication.

Creativity - evaluated by how actively the employee participates in advancing the business through new and innovative ideas.