Maintenance Technician

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

The Maintenance Technician will oversee the performance and maintenance of large production machinery.

Description:

• Performs preventive maintenance inspections and service on machines.
• Thoroughly cleans machines and machine parts, removing parts and reinstalling as necessary.
• Oils and lubricates moving parts on machines to ensure effective performance.
• Records and reports damaged, worn, or broken parts.
• Orders and installs replacement parts for machines.
• Identifies the causes of unexpected breakdowns of machines.
• Repairs broken machines quickly and efficiently.
• Prepares reports documenting work performed.
• Cleans, organizes, inventories, stocks, and otherwise maintains shop areas, parts, tools, and supplies.
• Coordinates with managers to schedule regular maintenance on machines.
• Collaborates with product manager or plant engineer regarding new products being added and modifications that will be required.
• Makes necessary modifications and implements tests runs; confers with product manager regarding test results and makes additional alterations to machinery as required.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

· Must have good working knowledge of molds and molding equipment.

· Good understanding of pumps, hydraulics, gears, sprockets, transmissions and chain driven equipment,

· Ability to operate typical machine shop equipment and tools.

· Must be capable of interpreting blueprints, and schematics.

· Must be willing and able to work with and on production equipment in a maintenance capacity when required is preferred.