Maintenance Tech

Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Immediate Supervisor: Maintenance Supervisor

Starting Wage: $25 .00- $35.00 per hour

Summary: The Maintenance Technician is responsible for diagnosing, repairing and maintaining equipment, buildings and grounds in optimum working order.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Prepares and sets up machinery for scheduled production runs.
• Performs mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, refrigeration, welding, steam and water piping, pneumatic and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair of production equipment.
• Complies with OSHA safety rules.
• Maintains facility building and outside property.
• Responsible for snow removal, lawn care, grounds maintenance.
• Maintains good housekeeping throughout the facility.
• Ensure sanitation, safety, GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices) and quality policies and procedures are followed.
• Assist in any other areas of the manufacturing plant when necessary.

Qualification/Requirements:

•  Prefer two year vocation technical degree in field of industrial maintenance.
• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent skills by experience.
• Must have good reasoning ability to deal with problems involving variables in standard situations.
• Must be able to read, interpret and understand written and oral directions.
• Knowledge of proper use of equipment, materials and supplies.
• Must demonstrate basic math skills and understand weights and measures.
• Must be able to verbally communicate, understand, and write in the English language.
• Must be able to work flexible hours, including some nights, weekends, and holidays

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, stand, or walk

for prolonged periods of time. The employee is required to use hands and fingers to

operate, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms on a

repetitive basis. 

The employee must be able to push/pull up to 100 pounds

occasionally, lift up to 50 pounds frequently, and up to 30 pounds constantly.

Requires visual acuity to review written documentations; ability to hear and

understand speech. There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be

heard above the ambient noise level. 

There is exposure to a variety of physical

conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, and

exposure to heat/cold temperature changes.