Maintenance Technician - Contract

The Maintenance Technician provides technical, mechanical, and electrical support throughout the entire facility with a heavy focus on safe workplace practices. This is a skilled hourly position and is not for an entry-level skillset.

Essential Functions

• Perform a wide variety of skilled journey-level work in the maintenance and repair of production and facility equipment

· Perform simple machinist duties and responsibilities

· Effectively and safely operate a variety of heavy industrial shop tools and equipment

· Effectively use electrical testing equipment for diagnosis and repair

· Repair and possible fabrications to and for equipment

· Perform all preventative maintenance duties to equipment

· Prioritize scheduled and assigned work

· Interpret blueprint, shop drawings, sketches and work orders

· Work independently with little direction

· Meet schedules and timelines

· Maintain a clean safe work area

· Complete all paperwork and updates as required

· Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with production personnel and the maintenance team

· Assembles, installs and or repairs: wiring, electrical and electronic components, plumbing/pipe systems, physical structures, fixture, paint, HVAC systems, compressors, engines etc.

Requirements

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma/GED and completion of a craft apprenticeship, or an equivalent number of years of education and production maintenance experience
• 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience
• Experience working with industrial electrical control systems
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing industrial manufacturing machinery
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work overtime hours
• Ability to perform at high levels in a fast-paced ever-changing work environment

Preferred Skills

• Working knowledge of PLC systems
• Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic systems

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to climb stairs and ladders. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Spends most time indoors with occasional tasks outside in all-weather conditions for one hour plus. Possible exposure to distraction/uncomfortable noise levels, hot/cold environments and vibration of body or extremities.