Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance Technician's main responsibility consists of ensuring that the machinery used to conduct normal daily operations runs to their maximum efficiency and output. This includes total preventing maintenance, managing mechanical, electrical, and robotic equipment as well as managing employees, budgets, and cost reporting. This position requires a commitment to work in some cases extended hours during busy periods as well as being a team player dedicated to performing other related activities throughout each day.

• Abide by all safety rules and regulations for the facility.
• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice maintenance vision, strategy, policy, processes, and procedures to aid and improve operational performance.
• Minimize severity or frequency of accidents of contractors and maintenance personnel through the risk identification process.
• Prepare and manage a weekly maintenance schedule.
• Address concerns with the facility manager in a timely manner.
• Maintain schedule compliance and priority.
• Complete maintenance jobs in accordance with the highest standards of efficiency.
• Streamline associated repair costs and job execution.
• Ensure prompt repairs by responding to emergency breakdowns.
• Maintain accurate data on repaired jobs including consumption of tools, materials, and others.
• Review equipment history files.
• Ensure accurately recorded histories in work order completions.
• Report maintenance performance during major overhauls.
• Prioritized work orders as per emergencies and facility priorities.
• Make sure that maintenance jobs are in accordance with all corporate policies and legislated regulations.
• Ensure housekeeping, productivity, and quality of work standards are maintained, most especially within the mechanical maintenance department.
• Aim and strive to achieve 98% reliability on all maintenance jobs.
• Investigate, provide and implement corrective measures for near misses and all safety incidents.
• Other duties as assigned
  
  
  

Education and Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ combined experience as a Maintenance Technician.
• Must have experience with Electrical and Hydraulics
  
  
  

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Ability to work under pressure
• Basic understanding of the Emaint Platform or any maintenance tracking software
• Experience with overhead cranes, burning table machines, or other similar machinery is preferred
• Proven communication, organizational and time management skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office programs (word, excel, outlook)
• Strong problem solving and analytical ability
• Ability and experience negotiating with vendors
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills at a supervisory level
• Good attendance and positive attitude a Must
• Ability to manage conflict
• Ability to optimize work processes
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Ability to set and meet priorities and deadlines
  
  
  

Other

• Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Working Conditions The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock when in the operations or laboratory areas. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but due to open office environment noise level may occasionally be high.
  
  
  

Disclaimer The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.