About this role
PURPOSE: Perform general maintenance, including preventative and predictive maintenance on printing, bagging, extrusion, auxiliary, and plant support equipment.
SHIFT: Sunday-Tuesday and every other Saturday, 6pm-6am training on days for three weeks
JOB DUTIES:
- Understands and communicates all hazards and safety issues to co-workers, leads, and managers.
- Properly uses all personal protective equipment and follows all LOTO procedures.
- Knowledge and ability to repair plastics production equipment, based on the following technical skills:
- Must be capable of performing maintenance on plastics production equipment with a high degree of skill and competency.
- Ability to troubleshoot electrical circuits.
- Ability to read electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics and identify symbols and control circuits with a high degree of competency.
- Must be capable of servicing and repairing electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment.
- Performs repairs, changes, or upgrades the status of equipment (i.e., installation of 3 Phase motors, servo motors, VFD's, install relays and starters, install control circuits, pumps, compressors and others.
- Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on all production equipment.
- Follow up with production personnel to ensure quality repairs are being performed on the production equipment.
- Execute the Preventive / Predictive maintenance plan to achieve optimal operational reliability.
- Ensure that the Maintenance Manager is kept well informed of all equipment and manufacturing problems and that a well-executed plan is established to correct these problems.
- Exhibit good communication skills with production and maintenance team members.
- Work in a collaborative team environment and conduct yourself in a professional manner.
Qualifications
- 3 years of manufacturing experience in a related field.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds, stand for long periods on hard surfaces, climb 60 feet or higher, and work in a non-climate-controlled environment.
- Ability to make priority decisions and exercise independent judgment based on the situation.
- Ability to troubleshoot and repair low-voltage 12V DC through high-voltage 480V AC 3-phase electrical systems.
- Ability to read mechanical and electrical schematics.
- Strong electrical and mechanical aptitude.
- Supply own tools sufficient for maintenance tasks, including basic electrical test tools, industrial hand tools, air and hand tools as well as a toolbox adequate to secure the employee’s investment.
- Proven knowledge of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic theory and procedures to troubleshoot, perform preventative maintenance, complete repairs, minimize downtime, and optimize product quality.
- Strong mathematical ability.
- Accurately recognize, understand, and enter numbers and values into an online database.
- Efficiently use computers, CMMS, and related software to maintain records, manage work orders, support troubleshooting, and track equipment history to improve reliability and communication.