Electromechanical Technician

PURPOSE: Perform general maintenance, including preventative and predictive maintenance on printing, bagging, extrusion, auxiliary, and plant support equipment.

JOB DUTIES:

• Understands and communicates all hazards and safety issues to co-workers, leads, and managers.

• Properly uses all personal protective equipment and follows all LOTO procedures.

• Knowledge and ability to repair plastics production equipment, based on the following technical skills:

• Must be capable of performing maintenance on plastics production equipment with a high degree of skill and competency.

• Ability to troubleshoot electrical circuits.

• Ability to read electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics and identify symbols and control circuits with a high degree of competency.

• Must be capable of servicing and repairing electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment.

• Performs repairs, changes, or upgrades the status of equipment (i.e., installation of 3 Phase motors, servo motors, VFD's, install relays and starters, install control circuits, pumps, compressors and others.

• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on all production equipment.

• Follow up with production personnel to ensure quality repairs are being performed on the production equipment.

• Execute the Preventive / Predictive maintenance plan to achieve optimal operational reliability.

• Ensure that the Maintenance Manager is kept well informed of all equipment and manufacturing problems and that a well-executed plan is established to correct these problems.

• Exhibit good communication skills with production and maintenance team members.

• Work in a collaborative team environment and conduct yourself in a professional manner.

Qualifications

• 3 years of manufacturing experience in a related field.

• Efficiently use computers, CMMS, and related software to maintain records, manage work orders, support troubleshooting, and track equipment history to improve reliability and communication.

• Accurately recognize, understand, and enter numbers and values into an online database.

• Strong mathematical ability.

• Proven knowledge of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic theory and procedures to troubleshoot, perform preventative maintenance, complete repairs, minimize downtime, and optimize product quality.

• Supply own tools sufficient for maintenance tasks, including basic electrical test tools, industrial hand tools, air and hand tools as well as a toolbox adequate to secure the employee’s investment.

• Strong electrical and mechanical aptitude.

• Ability to read mechanical and electrical schematics.

• Ability to troubleshoot and repair low-voltage 12V DC through high-voltage 480V AC 3-phase electrical systems.

• Ability to make priority decisions and exercise independent judgment based on the situation.

• Ability to lift 50 pounds, stand for long periods on hard surfaces, climb 60 feet or higher, and work in a non-climate-controlled environment.