Maintenance Technician

About the role

Objective: Perform maintenance and/or repair in order to keep machines, mechanical equipment, and/or the structure of an establishment in working order.

Responsibilities

• Use tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, and wrenches, to precision measuring instruments and electrical and electronic testing devices.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, or the physical condition of buildings does not deteriorate.
• Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.
• Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.
• Assemble, install, or repair wiring, electrical or electronic components, pipe systems, plumbing, machinery, or equipment.
• Inspect drives, motors, and belts, check fluid levels, replace filters, or perform other maintenance actions, following checklists.
• Clean or lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, or other parts of machinery.
• Adjust functional parts of devices or control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, or straightedges.
• Repair or replace defective equipment parts, using hand tools and power tools, and reassemble equipment.
• Record type and cost of maintenance or repair work.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Requirements

Minimum

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Estimating, costing, and ordering materials to complete work assignments.
• Evaporative coolers and their component parts

(e.g. water pumps, motors, belts, pads, distributors).

• Arithmetic to calculate amounts of materials needed and to measure materials to be laid out, cut, shaped, threaded, joined, etc.
• The safety precautions and occupational hazards of electrical power testing and high voltage equipment.
• Electrical principles and theories.
• Knowledge of PLCs, Pneumatics, and/or previous packaging machine maintenance experience.
• Installation, maintenance, and repair work which will meet code requirements.
• Plumbing systems and operations.
• Proper use and hazards of chemical materials (e.g. paints, wood primers, roof coatings, caustic acids, etc.)

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.