Maintenance Apprentice

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At Trace-A-Matic, our people are our greatest assets! We offer a friendly, clean, and safe work environment where everyone can thrive. Our mission is to achieve excellence in complex precision machined components and ensure customer satisfaction. Plus, we have a fantastic Gainsharing program: when the company profits, we share 50% with our employees, paid out quarterly! We also offer relocation assistance.

Trace-A-Matic offers:

• 10 Paid Holidays
• Service-Based PTO
• Gainsharing
• Exciting, fast-paced environment
• On-site Fitness Center & Medical Clinic
• Weekly Pay
• Performance Merit Raises
• Climate Controlled Environment
• Free Employee Coffee

Position Overview:

Trace-A-Matic is seeking a hands-on Maintenance Apprentice to join our skilled maintenance team. In this role, you'll actively contribute to maximizing facility uptime by performing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting equipment issues, and supporting continuous improvement across our manufacturing operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Electrical Construction:

• Installation/modification of conduit and wiring for power distribution and lighting; Panel building; Installation of conduit and wiring for machine and equipment controls; Layout, planning and installation of control systems including programmable controllers, drives, servo systems, etc.; Installation of communication and data systems.

Electrical Maintenance:

Maintain, trouble shoot, repair and/or replace the following items:

• Power Distribution and lighting systems; Industrial machinery and equipment, such as: motors and transformers, electronic controls (CNC Power Distribution and lighting systems, PLC logic systems), material handling equipment (cranes, conveyors, fork trucks), welding equipment, machine tools and robotics; General plant equipment such as HVAC, compactors, automatic doors, air compressors, generators, cranes, conveyors, loading dock equipment, boilers and controls.
• Must also effectively use electrician's tools (hand, power, electrical and electronic test equipment).
• Circuit design and drafting; schematic and/or blueprint reading.
• Interpret and manage documents/prints.

Machine and Equipment Repair, All Types:

• Bearings, friction/anti-friction; belts and chains; Coupling alignment; Gear boxes; Pumps, rebuilding and overhauling, including scrape and alignment; Conveyor maintenance; exhaust fans and blowers; roll changes; Electric motor replacement; Overhead crane repair; Preventative Maintenance Inspection (visual and diagnostic; optical alignment/laser transit, fabrications (fiber glassing, sheet metal, guards/rails). Interpret and manage documents/prints.

Hydraulics/Pneumatics:

• Pumps, valves, cylinders and actuators, lubricants and coolants; Trouble shoot, repair and rebuild; compressor repair, piping, tubing and hoses; Hydraulics/pneumatics design and drafting; Schematics and/or blue print reading;

Experience and/or Training: Some experience working in a manufacturing environment and/or maintenance experience.