Equipment Maintenance Technician Kinston, North Carolina, United States Posted : 5 / 30 / 2024

Requirements :

• 2 years of CNC, PLC & electrical controls experience required. Please DO NOT submit candidates lacking this experience.
• In-person interviews will be conducted at Kinston site so candidate must be local to Kinston
• Candidate must be available to work any shift. Primarily 2nd (Starts at 3 PM) and 3rd shift (Starts at 11 PM)
• 8 hr. shift with OT if business demands
• Position is on-site in Kinston

Description : Responsibilities :

Responsibilities :

• Perform repairs and maintenance in plant or office facilities, or on machines and equipment
• Perform disassembly and assembly of complex machinery necessary to accomplish assignment to maintain flow of operations
• Perform root / cause analysis in support of reliability processes, and collaborate with vendors, engineering, customers, other crafts, and management to solve equipment problems and develop corrective action
• Tests, inspects, troubleshoots, and repairs machines and equipment. Uses blueprints, sketches, layouts, wiring diagrams, drawings, and specifications
• Move and place in correct position heavy equipment, real property and installed property in accordance with established methods
• Prepare machine foundations, assemble structures and install floor and overhead conveying equipment
• Accomplish all necessary rigging.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Be proficient maintaining, repairing, programming, and troubleshooting industrial PC’s, CNC’s, and PLC’s
• PLC programming knowledge and experience with ladder logic, function block and statement list
• Possess a working knowledge of machine geometry / alignment using lasers and other precision measuring tools
• Ability to and understand engineering drawings
• Working knowledge of industrial electronics, pneumatics, mechanics, hydraulics, and structural maintenance
• Ability to troubleshoot and repair electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment
• Ability to operate computers, maintenance diagnostic equipment, including analog and digital multi-meters, oscilloscopes, pyrometers, photo-tachometer, ultrasonic leak detectors, vibration analysis, thermography etc.
• Ability to work in confined areas and high places
• Experience with machine assembly, machine builds, installations, mechanical, general machine shop tools, electrical wiring, bearings, and alignment techniques
• Excellent analytical skills and a demonstrated understanding of electrical and mechanical machine controls and drive systems.

Conducts routine, periodic, or special inspections to determine repair and maintenance work necessary to prevent breakdowns of facilities, machinery, and equipment.