Maintenance Technician

About the role

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Responsibilities

• Provide skilled maintenance support to proactively identify and prevent failure points in operations equipment by interpreting operator feedback, understanding machine status indications and functions, and recommending action.
• Contribute to improving our maintenance management system through Root Cause Analysis and resolving errors that occur with a preventive mindset.
• Collaborate as a multidisciplinary team member with electrical, process, and reliability colleagues to prioritize tasks and investments to meet operational needs and initiatives for an assigned area of the plant.
• Support and engage in our ISO/TS quality management system by maintaining equipment to a high standard of care and contributing feedback to the maintenance management system to prevent any deviations in critical-to-quality processes.
• Maintain, repair, and recommend upgrades for process equipment including blowers, compressors, extruders, heaters, dehumidifiers, web conveying, winding, and slitting.
• Support maintaining plant utilities, including steam, compressed air, chilled water, cooling tower water, and associated equipment systems.
• Assist engineering in the design, installation, start up, shut down, and planned maintenance of new or modified equipment in accordance with US and Freudenberg safety procedures and standards.
• Supervise and/or assist contract personnel as needed to perform work safely and to the level of quality expected by Freudenberg.
• Maintain high standards for workmanship and housekeeping before, during, and after work, and contribute to cleanliness and 5S adherence in shared areas.
• Contribute to rotating on-call duties providing maintenance expertise and hands-on support when needed.
• Provide skills training to other maintenance personnel to enhance equipment reliability and safety.

Qualifications

• A two-year technical degree in Industrial Systems or related field focusing on machine maintenance. Certificates in PLCs, Hydraulics, and/or Pneumatics are beneficial.
• 0-5 years of technical support experience working in an industrial environment, prior experience in extrusion, plastics, and web handling or winding is a plus.
• Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System for preventive maintenance work tracking and corrective requests is preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding of rotating equipment failure modes and maintenance techniques to identify, prevent and correct.
• Experience and training in pipefitting, sheet metal fabrication and welding are preferred.
• Good communications skills, both verbal and written, and ability to collaborate effectively with team members of varying levels of technical experience.
• Ability to work overtime or non-regular hours when needed to support 24/7 operations. Must be able to assist in on-call rotation.
• Ability to obtain Powered Industrial Truck and Arial Lift Equipment certifications on site.

Freudenberg Performance Materials LP (USA)