Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance Operator performs electrical and/or mechanical maintenance work, preventive or on call for failure, and conducts service activities, to ensure that production machinery/equipment functions correctly and allow the normal work performance. The key areas of activity are diagnostics, performing repairs, and preventing breakdowns and faults.

Main activities:

• Collaborates with production by ensuring full machine operability;
• Performs with the assistance of suitable instrumentation diagnostic tests to evaluate the operational status of the machine or plant;
• Organizes the different phases of work and their optimization in collaboration with other maintenance specialties (mechanical);
• Follows the implementation of new projects/developments by coordinating and verifying the successful execution of all phases (implementation - integration test - follow up);
• Understands machine/system electric circuits;
• Recognizes the main electrical faults of machine/equipment elements;
• Performs electrical disconnections for mechanical interventions, complete revisions, or complex interventions, on stopped machines;
• Performs minor electrical setup and calibration of starting machines/plants;
• Assists the machine operator in electrical setup of the machine/plant;
• Updates the maintenance machinery/plant book.

Requirements of the position:

• High school diploma in mechanical/electrical area;
• 2-3 years of previous experience in mechanical maintenance and with at least minimal experience in electrical maintenance (in any area);
• Availability to day work and 2 day shifts (from Monday to Friday);
• Knowledge of electrical and electromechanical circuits.

Characteristics of the candidate:

• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to adapt to the context
• Ability to work in team