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Summary/Objective The maintenance technician position is responsible for performing 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 achievement of the site’s business goals and objectives.
Responsibilities and Duties - Responsible for Maintenance and Preventive Maintenance in a recycling environment. Working 12 hour shifts Sat, Sun, Mon. 36 work hours per week with a shift differential to make equivalent to 40 hrs. of pay.
Essential Functions Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility’s equipment.
- Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
- Perform simple machinist duties and responsibilities.
- Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
- Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
- Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments.
- Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and plant facilities.
- Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties.
- Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.
- Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
Supervisory Responsibility This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment While performing the duties of this job, the employee can be exposed to airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Qualifications and Skills
Competencies
- Ability to set up, tear down, and rebuild machinery and equipment.
- Ability to operate forklifts.
- Ability to use all sizes of air impact and wrenches, sockets and ratchets, hoists, cutting torches; welding equip.
- Excellent problem solving skills.
- Math and English skills,
- Plant Maintenance preferred. Recycling or Lumber mill experience a plus.
Benefits
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Company Benefit
401K with company match
Medical benefits
Paid Vacation
Sick leave
Holiday pay
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $25.00 per hour
Expected hours: 36 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Experience level:
Schedule:
Work setting:
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Experience:
- Maintenance: 2 years (Required)
- Mechanical knowledge: 2 years (Required)
Work Location: In person