Maintenance Technician 1st shift

Summary: Performs all the duties of an Industrial Maintenance Technician, fault find and repair, installs and replaces electrical equipment and appliances following safe working procedures and 6s methodology.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following, but not limited to:


* Utilizes electrical and mechanical knowledge to maintain, repair and implement improvements to department robotics, material handling, and computerized storage and retrieval system controlled via PLC’s and limit switches.


* Reads and understands blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings.


* Conducts tests to locate mechanical system malfunction.


* Observes mechanical devices in operation and listens to their sounds to locate causes of trouble.


* Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.


* Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections.


* Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.


* Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.


* Repairs or replaces defective parts.


* Installs special functional and structural parts in devices.


* Lubricates and cleans parts.


* Uses machine tools in installation, maintenance or repair.


* Starts devices to test their performance.


* Sets up and operates lathe, drill press, grinder, and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts.


* Initiates purchase order for parts and machines.


* Repairs electrical equipment.


* Utilizes braze-welding equipment as needed.


* Maintains repair records.


* Maintains a clean and orderly maintenance shop.


* Adheres to safety procedures

Qualifications

Technician/Maintenance Objectives:


* Maximize Operating Availability (OA) at asset’s known quality and run speed capability.


* Through effective deployment of preventive (PM) and predictive (PdM) maintenance tasks.


* Through timely correction of deteriorated equipment condition utilizing quality work practices and parts to minimize life cycle costs.

By restoring flow safely as quickly as possible.                           


* Intolerance to repeat failures.


* Problem-solve to root cause and eliminate failure mode.


* ·        Implement preplanned countermeasures and Crash Kits for failures that are in process of being eliminated or are not cost effective to eliminate.


* Apply learning from problem solving to other equipment or process.


* Eliminate waste:
+ Through respectful feedback to others
+ Through job observations.
+ Through daily maintenance meetings.
+ Through improvement activities.

Technician/Maintenance Principles


* If something, important to our success, needs to occur; provision for it to occur must exist in our organization (people, process and time).


* We are all equally important to the success of this business; only our ...