Maintenance Technician

Job Overview: A Maintenance technician works alongside fully qualified maintenance technicians to learn the skills of the trade. As a maintenance apprentice, your responsibilities are to assist with a variety of duties, including installing equipment, maintaining mechanical systems, and repairing machines. Apprentice mechanic provides troubleshooting, preventive and demand maintenance work on a variety of equipment and systems. Maintenance technicians work in industrial manufacturing and safely perform mechanical and electrical duties to keep machines, equipment, or the structure of a facility in repair. This program consists of on-the-job hands-on training alongside the maintenance manager and supervisor.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintenance and repair of Warehouse equipment, conveyor systems and building maintenance.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance on mechanical handling equipment (conveyers, fiber machines, compressors, pallet jacks, sweepers, etc.).
• Repair mechanical damage and replace defective parts, which may include welding, brazing, and soldering.
• Repairs are made to mechanical handling equipment, racking, and to other warehouse structural components.
• Familiar with mechanical hand tools, and with measuring (tape measures, micrometers, drill gauges, etc.).
• Dismantle machinery and remove/replace defective parts.
• Maintain inventories of equipment parts and supplies by checking stock and placing orders.
• Train production workers on routine preventative maintenance.
• Comply with OSHA Safety and Health regulations and maintain a clean and orderly work area.
• Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures.
• Reports all accidents, incidents, and injuries in a timely manner.
• Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training and hazard assessments.

Required Skills:

A maintenance technician assists in routine maintenance procedures and helps troubleshoot and any mechanical or electrical problems should they arise with the manufacturing processes and supporting equipment and systems in the facility. His or her day-to-day tasks can vary greatly based on what needs attention at the time.

• Problem solving/Analysis.
• Performance and results Driven.
• Communication Proficiency
• Time Management
• Technical Capacity
• Attention to detail
• Mechanical history
• Hand Tools
• Learning Orientation
• Willingness to be open to learning and growing.
• Maturity of judgment and behavior
• Attends work and shows up for scheduled shift on time.
• Ability to present self in a highly professional manner to others and understand that honesty and ethics are essential.
• Ability to maintain a professional relationship with all coworkers, vendor representatives, supervisors, managers, customers, and client representatives.

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fiber dust or fiber particles, moving mechanical parts, vibration and noise. The noise level in the work environment and job site can be loud. Comply with all OSHA safety requirements. Wear protective clothing and/or Personal Protective Equipment required by the work environment or governmental regulations.

Physical Demands:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 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.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee occasionally requires to sit; climb or balance; and stop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/move greater than 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to focus.

Position Type / Hours of Work:

• This is a full-time position. Overtime may be required at the beginning or end of shift. Hours of work and / or shifts are subject to change based on the needs of the operation. Varying schedule to include evenings, holidays, weekends, and extended hours as business dictates.

Required Education and Experience:

• GED or Highschool diploma
• Associate degree a plus
• Prior experience a plus.

Additional Duties:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed. You will be expected to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested by your supervisor.