Equipment Maintenance Technician

Equipment Maintenance Technician

The Equipment Maintenance Technician position is responsible for performing highly diversified tasks to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production equipment and facilities in accordance with safety, productivity, and productive maintenance systems and processes, supporting the achievement of goals and objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform periodic preventive maintenance of machines, equipment, and plant facilities.
• Perform highly diversified tasks to install and maintain production machines and plant facility equipment.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and perform scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Perform mechanical skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting, and repair of production machines.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Perform periodic preventive maintenance of machines, equipment, and plant facilities.
• Along with supervisors, you will assist with training on how to safely operate equipment.
• Comply with safety regulations and keep work areas clean and orderly.
• Must be able to build a relationship with all team members.
• Perform other tasks as assigned

Experience/Education: 

• Minimum 8 years experience as an Equipment Technician, Mechanical/Electrical Technician, or similar experience preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years in a manufacturing environment.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to operate and troubleshoot complex equipment safely and confidently.
• Independent problem solver with a desire to learn new skills and develop new technology.
• Strong organizational skills and detail-oriented mindset.
• Able to adapt to changing requirements in a fast-paced start-up setting.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong work ethic, and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to operate hand tools and fabrication experience a plus.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Working Conditions/Hours:

 Full time/Hourly

• Able to work an alternative work schedule.
• Able/willing to travel as needed.
• Available/willing to work overtime to meet project commitments, as required.

Work Environment – Office

Includes both a typical office environment, with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues, and a shop environment, with exposure to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, nuisance dust, and exposure to hazardous materials used in the manufacturing process.

Work Environment – Manufacturing/Shop Environment

Includes a shop environment, with exposure to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, nuisance dust, and skin exposure to hazardous materials used during material prep process.

PPE

May be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to safety glasses, safety shoes, bump-caps, gloves, hair nets, masks, & clean-room frocks while adhering to the prescribed safety procedures. Ear Plugs are recommended in areas of high noise levels that meet minimum OSHA requirements.