Maintenance Technician II

Position: One full-time position

Experience: 5–10 years

Job Description

Department: Maintenance

General Description

Under the supervision of the Maintenance Supervisor, the Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining and repairing production equipment, machinery, and general facilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair machinery and mechanical equipment, including motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines. Tasks may include repairs, overhauls, and replacement of seals, bearings, and shafts.
• Perform routine planned maintenance on mixers, extruders, continuous ovens, corrugated box formers and sealers, and other finishing machines. This may include oil changes, greasing, air-filter checks, machine-alignment checks, and measurements to assess machine wear.
• Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems, including 480-volt three-phase and 24-volt DC systems, as well as pneumatic and hydraulic equipment. Troubleshoot, repair, or replace related components, including motors, contactors, variable-frequency drives (VFDs), relays, solenoids, switches, push buttons, cylinders, flow controls, and accumulators.
• Record maintenance issues and repairs in the log system.
• Keep the work area clean to support a safe and productive environment.
• Perform MIG and stick welding and acetylene cutting.
• Perform basic carpentry, including making plywood boxes.
• Complete moderately complex projects, such as equipment or process improvements.
• Maintain interior and exterior facility lighting.
• Replenish process-oil totes routinely.
• Perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
• Supply and use personal hand tools needed to perform the work.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED required.
• At least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing maintenance environment.
• Basic automation and troubleshooting experience, including Allen-Bradley PLCs.
• Strong troubleshooting and math skills.
• Ability to read, understand, and follow safety information, operating instructions, blueprints, schematics, drawings, and procedure manuals, including standard operating procedures and electrical prints or hard-wiring diagrams.
• Good computer, written, and verbal communication skills.

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Forklift experience.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Regularly sit, stand, walk, bend, and lift objects weighing up to 70 lbs.
• Use fingers, hands, arms, and legs to lift, reach, push, and pull; stand, walk, stoop, and kneel.
• Work around moving mechanical parts, heat, and moderate noise.