Maintenance Technician

Summary: The primary duties of the Maintenance Technician are to perform highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production and facility equipment according to safety, predictive, and productive maintenance systems and processes to support the success of the site's business goals and objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.

Dismantle machines, equipment, or devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, or power tools.

Perform routine maintenance, such as inspecting drives, motors, or belts, checking fluid levels, replacing filters, or doing other preventive maintenance actions.

Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.

Repair machines, equipment, or structures, using tools such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, wrenches, or equipment such as precision measuring instruments or electrical or electronic testing devices.

Maintain or repair specialized equipment or machinery located in offices or factories.

Assemble, install, or repair wiring, electrical or electronic components, pipe systems, plumbing, machinery, or equipment.

Clean or lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, or other parts of machinery.

Adjust functional parts of devices or control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, or straightedges.

Order parts, supplies, or equipment from catalogs or suppliers.

Plan and lay out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, or schematic diagrams.

Perform general cleaning duties of buildings or properties.

Paint or repair roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, or other parts of building structures.

Operate cutting torches or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.

Record type and cost of maintenance or repair work.

Test and treat the water supply.

Perform routine maintenance, such as replacing burners or hoses, installing replacement parts, or reinforcing structural weaknesses to ensure efficiency.

Install equipment to improve the energy or operational efficiency of residential or commercial buildings.

Set up and operate machine tools to repair or fabricate machine parts, jigs, fixtures, or tools.

Align and balance new equipment after installation.

Provide grounds keeping services, such as landscaping or snow removal.

Inspect used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, or other measuring instruments.

Fabricate or repair counters, benches, partitions, or other wooden structures, such as sheds or outbuildings.

Position, attach, or blow insulating materials to prevent energy losses from buildings, pipes, or other structures or objects.

Estimate costs to repair machinery, equipment, or building structures.

Grind and reseat valves, using valve-grinding machines.

Other duties or tasks assigne...