Maintenance Technician

Manufacturing Maintenance Technician- Flexible Packaging

Job Summary: The Manufacturing Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, repairing, and inspecting printing presses, laminators, slitters, and peripheral equipment. The technician will be responsible for general plant and facility repair. 

Education: High school diploma or equivalent  

Preferred Experience: 

• STRONG PREFERENCE FOR INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE OR FOOD & BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING
• Minimum two years of experience in repairing and maintaining flexographic printing presses, beverage packaging, wide web slitting machines and/or laminators, or food & beverage manufacturing equipment.  This is a MUST HAVE requirement. 

Preferred Requirements:

• Must adhere to all quality processes, including documentation and verification as they apply to the performance of your tasks. 
• Able to lift between 50 lbs. 
• Must be able to walk, squat, crouch, turn, twist, stretch, climb steps, grab, pull, push, and bend throughout an 8-to-12-hour shift.  
• Knowledge of flexographic printing production equipment and/or food & beverage**
• Knowledge of electric motors, pumps, and pneumatic systems. **
• Candidate must have knowledge of control systems components including PLC logic, control system wiring, VFDs, 3 phase motors, potentiometers, encoders, electro-pneumatically actuated valves and pneumatic control systems. **
• Ability to perform routine mechanical or electrical maintenance. Ability to work from sketches, drawings, and wiring schematics, 
• Experience with machinery of OEMs such as Uteco, DCM ATN, Bielloni, Nordmeccanica is a big plus. **
• Ability to maintain records regarding material, equipment, and repairs. 
• Ability to communicate with machine manufacturers to diagnose and resolve machine breakdowns over emails or phone calls. 

Duties:

• Maintain and repair equipment using hand and power tools. 
• Install, service and repair electric motors, heaters, coolers, pumps. 
• install and test parts as needed. 
• Ensures the proper use, care and storage of tools and equipment. 
• Performs all duties in conformance with good manufacturing practices to avoid contamination of raw materials. 
• Dismantles and reassembles units or parts to clean, repair, maintain or adjust the machine. 
• Perform and documents preventive maintenance tasks as outlined in the PM logs. 
• Performs cleaning tasks as outlined in the PM cleaning logs (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) 
• Perform LOCKOUT TAGOUT per company policy. 
• This job position is a “safety sensitive position.” Safety training will be provided and must be followed. 
• Maintenance Technicians are informed and held accountable for their food safety and regulatory responsibilities. 
• Maintenance Technicians are positively encouraged and required to notify management of actual or potential food safety issues. 
• Maintenance Technicians are empowered to act to resolve food safety issues within their scope of work.