What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Maintenance Technician position at SK Battery America?
Role and Responsibilities
- Perform preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance on electrical, mechanical equipment in accordance with standardized procedures.
- Troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical equipment, using standard and specialized hand / power tools
- Performs a wide variety of service work on equipment and machines. Maintain, Repair and Modification.
- Assist regular inventory inspections for spare parts. Keep written documentation on inventory ordering and use.
- Inspects and checks equipment for proper operating condition, makes necessary adjustments, logs test readings, and maintains, repairs, or replaces all essential equipment parts
- Capable of working with outside contractors for trouble shooting procedures
- Self-motivated person that works with little direction
- Understanding urgency to trouble shoot machines and bring production back on line
- Performs miscellaneous maintenance duties as required
- Read blueprints, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics, mechanical/electrical diagrams, and technical orders to determine methods and sequences of assembly
- Align, fit, and assemble component parts, using hand tools, power tools, fixtures, templates
- Operate metalworking machines to fabricate housings, jigs, fittings, and fixtures
- Repair, rework, and calibrate hydraulic and pneumatic assemblies and systems to meet operational specifications and tolerances
- Prepare parts sketches and write work orders
- Review project instructions and specifications to identify, modify and plan requirements fabrication, assembly and testing
- Devise, fabricate, and assemble new or modified mechanical components for products such as industrial machinery or equipment, and measuring instruments
- Analyze test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives, and modify or adjust equipment to meet specifications
- Confer with engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information
- Research, evaluate, install, operate, and maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles
- Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations
- Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair to ensure that machines and equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications
- Perform preventative maintenance and calibration of equipment and systems
- Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers and field representatives as necessary to procure replacement parts
- Maintain system logs and manuals to document testing and operation of equipment
- Strict adherence to lock out tag out procedures
- Replaces or repairs machine belts, chains, or cables.
- Removes dust, dirt, grease, and waste material from machines.
- Connects wire to motors, fixtures, and other electrical equipment, replaces switches and fuses, and splices wire and insulates wire with friction tape
- Other tasks as assigned
Skill and Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED (General Education Development)
- 1 year maintenance experience in manufacturing environment (preferred automotive, EV battery, Mechanical or Electrical)
- Basic skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Frequently and repetitively, lift, push and carry up to 35lbs.
- The ability to carry 20 lbs. up and down the stairs
- Ability to stand and walk for up to 12 hours / day, including over varied and uneven terrain.
- Stoop, lay, bend, reach, squat, kneel, crouch, twist and crawl for extended periods of time, including up to 12 hours / day.
Nice to have but not a must:
- Experience in maintenance with Manufacturing Industrial fields.
- Fundamental understanding of mechanical maintenance, pneumatics, and hydraulics
- Experience in handling Heavy equipment, spare parts or materials
- Skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Reading Comprehension; Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Writing; Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Bilingual (English / Korean)
Shift: Day Shift