Principal Manufacturing is seeking a Machine Maintenance Technician to join our team in Broadview, IL. As a leader in fineblanking, conventional stamping and plastic injection molding, Principal Manufacturing sets itself above the competition.

The Machine Maintenance Technician ensures that the facility remains in operating form. Daily tasks will vary day-to-day based on what is in need of attention at the time, will include facility's repairs, aesthetic work and tending to the facility's machinery .

Responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing the electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic equipment and systems throughout the company, ensuring that machines are operational to maintain production schedule.

Major Duties and Responsibilities :

• Repair or replace defective equipment parts, using hand tools and power tools, and reassemble equipment.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance (PM) to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, or the physical condition of buildings does not deteriorate.

Working with departments to ensure maintenance activities are performed in alignment with production schedules.

• Inspect, operate, and test machinery and equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions and communicate to management safety concerns.
• Dismantle devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools.
• Perform and or coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance / repairs of production support and facilities equipment, i.

e. air compressors, HVAC system and filtration systems.

• Assist in the installation and commissioning of new equipment. Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain all new and existing production and production support equipment.
• Initiate and maintain records within the maintenance electronic tracking system.
• Ensure safety policies and procedures for performing maintenance activities are in place and comply with all State and Federal requirements.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and secure work area
• Support 5S, lean and continuous improvement activities.
• Additional duties include :
• Monitor work performed by outside contractors
• Finalize purchase orders for repair parts and maintain inventory of critical parts.
• Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.

Last updated : 2024-04-24