Maintenance Technician

As a Maintenance Technician, you will carry out accurate and efficient production line changeovers as well as machine trouble-shooting, repairs, and critical equipment breakdown maintenance to ensure machinery and equipment are operating efficiently with the maximum amount of up-time. They need candidates with strong troubleshooting and repair experience with mechanical systems, so a strong background in hydraulics and pneumatic, experience with gearboxes, bearings, pumps and other mechanical systems is important for this role. It is a 75% mechanical maintenance role but they also want candidates with basic electrical experience, so any experience with AC & DC motors, drives and motor controls will be helpful but they have a Project Manager and Controls Engineer that handle PLC's and more advanced electrical issues. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Performs production line changeovers according to current specifications and guidelines.
  
• Improves changeover effectiveness and efficiency by developing detailed documentation and procedures.
  
• Follows pre-established guidelines for making timely, consistent and accurate repairs and completes all required paperwork associated with repairs
  
• Performs high quality maintenance work in accordance with written procedures and SOPs
  
• Basic Troubleshooting of AC variable frequency drives, AC & DC motors, DC drives, and other motor control circuits
  
• Troubleshoots discrete and analog sensors including pressure, temperature, flow, photo-electric, and inductive proximity, as well as PLCs and pLC controlled systems and machines
  
• Diagnoses and repairs gearboxes, bearings, pumps and other mechanical and hydraulic systems
  
• Participates in new equipment installation, validation and start up processes
  

Requirements

• At least 3 years of industrial maintenance experience. Will consider military experience if similar to industrial environment
  
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
  
• Exceptional machinery troubleshooting, root cause, and corrective action skills
  
• Experience with food processing and packaging machinery preferred, especially changeover experience
  

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
  
• 401k with an 8% match
  
• Life Insurance
  
• PTO after 60 days, accrues at 3.8 hours /pay period. 2 weeks first 2 years, goes up after that