Preventative Maintenance Technician

SUMMARY

Plans and performs preventive maintenance on equipment, machinery, tools, and buildings by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties will be assigned.

Develops preventive maintenance plans for building and equipment. Reviews manufacturers’ service manuals, company usage, maintenance history, and discussions with supervisor and maintenance associates to create task lists and frequency assignments.

Creates custom Preventive Maintenance forms on a personal computer.

Schedules preventive maintenance with minimal interference to production.

Performs preventive maintenance on equipment and facilities including but not limited to, lubrication of equipment, checking for faulty electrical parts and connections, replacement of worn mechanical/electrical parts on machines, replacement/cleaning of various types of filters on equipment, washing, cleaning, changing fluids, etc.

Performs OHSA and other required safety inspections of equipment.

Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment.

Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.

Maintains records of planned and completed maintenance.

Conducts Preventive Maintenance audits and reviews. Tracks and maintains audit review records on a Personal Computer.

Operates forklift and man-lift equipment.

Provides training to production personnel on how to perform preventive maintenance tasks and record keeping.

OTHER DUTIES

Provide additional support to the maintenance department as required.

Complete other tasks assigned by the Director of Engineering/Director of Quality

Be available for production assignments if required

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must have electrical experience.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma; or one to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Required to have electrical experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, blueprints, wiring diagrams, hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively with employees of the organization. Ability to create task checklists on computers using Microsoft Office software.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently 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, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and color discrimination.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour

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Schedule:

Work Location: In person