Maintenance Technician - 1st shift (West Bend)
AI Summary
Performs troubleshooting, repair, and preventative maintenance on mechanical, electrical, and robotic production equipment, and coordinates maintenance activities and vendor relationships.
About this role
Overview
Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Technician is primarily responsible for the troubleshooting, repair, maintenance and process improvement of mechanical equipment, automated PLC’s, robotics and other computer controlled equipment used to support production operations.
Responsibilities
- Perform repairs, preventative maintenance and troubleshooting for all electrical, mechanical and pneumatic systems to support both production and non-production related equipment in accordance with established standards.
- Manages equipment calibrations, programmable device configurations and systems hardware to resolve maintenance issues, improve equipment reliability, minimize equipment downtime and support improvement activities for productivity and yield enhancement.
- Recommends and enforces maintenance safety requirements.
- Under general supervision, coordinates the maintenance of inventories of commonly used items to maximize maintenance storage and prevent stocking of seldom used goods.
- Develop and manage outside contractor and vendor relationships.
- Perform preventive maintenance, including but not limited to: lubricating machines
- Work closely with the Maintenance Supervisor to assign work orders to Maintenance Technicians.
- Generates daily work logs to track work orders and status of ongoing project assignments to ensure department resources are appropriately utilized.
- Recommends and enforces maintenance
- Ensure compliance with corporate and plant safety standards.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- 10 years of maintenance experience ideally in a metal fabrication shop
- Demonstrated mechanical aptitude and abilities to analyze a wide variety of equipment troubleshoot problems and assess maintenance needs
- Demonstrated working knowledge of electrical, mechanical and controls aspects of Robotic equipment.
- Working knowledge of electrical circuits, PLC troubleshooting, repair and programming.
- Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical P&ID drawings, and applied knowledge operating systems up to 3Ph and 480Vac
- Demonstrated detail orientation, self-motivation skills and ability to multi-task
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats
Preferred Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree in Industrial or Mechanical Technology or related field
- Previous experience working within a highly technical environment
- Journeyman certification, preferably from a field involving electrical systems, heating systems, plumbing, machine repair, hydraulics, and/or pneumatics.
Job Expectations
Equipment Operated: Forklift, measurement devices, wrenches, screwdrivers, AWP, and various other hand and power tools.
Physical Demands
Physical Activity:
Activity
N/A
Occasionally
Frequently
Regularly
Average lbs.
Lift/Carry
X50
Push/Pull
X50
Reach Overhead
XComments: Moderate to heavy physical effort required to perform the basis essentials of the job. Frequently required to bend and stoop. Specific vision abilities required: close vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Climb
XSquat/Bend/Kneel
XSit
XStand
XWalk/Move About
XMetalcraft of Mayville is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
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