Job Purpose:
Maintains production and quality by ensuring operation of machinery and mechanical equipment. Maintain overall good working relationship with co-workers and management team at all levels. Professionalism is a must.
Job Duties:
- Performs day-to-day assigned maintenance activities to ensure a smooth workflow.
- Reads, understands, and follows Standard Operating Procedures and Preventive Maintenance Procedures.
- Evaluates and adjusts machinery for changes in materials, environment conditions, and operational error.
- Attends company provided technical and vendor training, in-house and off-site, during business hours.
- Duly notes issues in the daily logbook and if work is more comprehensive, fills out work order. This also covers rounds, readings, and water testing on steam generator
- Observes functionality of installed equipment and systems to detect mechanical, electrical, or operational hazards to determine the need for adjustments, relocation, or replacement.
- Troubleshoots machine center and operational problems by diagnosing if problem is mechanical, electrical, and operational or raw material related.
- Trains operators on correct procedures relative to equipment maintenance
- Maintain a clean shop area including tool carts. Adhere to company GMPs. This includes cleaning the shop area before the end of your shift without fail. Housekeeping is a part of this job.
- Performs daily job tasks against standard work to continuously improve process
- Daily documentation is a must and all paperwork to be completed before the end of shift.
- Must be able to work with little to no supervision.
- Maintains satisfactory attendance, to include timeliness.
- Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing technical publications; establishing personal networks.
- Ensures proper operation of machinery and troubleshoots malfunctions of mechanical and electrical systems sometimes by following diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, and manufacturer's instructions.
- Diagnoses malfunctioning equipment such as transformers, motors, and lighting fixtures, using electrical test equipment and senses such as visual observation, and sense of smell. Replaces damaged or broken equipment, wires and cables, using hand tools.
- Completes preventive maintenance on motors, conveyor systems, and production machinery. Including Unwires and wire backup 3 phase motors Determine excessive wear and ways to correct those issues. Notes any issues on the pm and fills out work request as needed.
- Locates problems by observing mechanical devices in operation and forms corrective action to problem following above guidelines.
- Locates sources of problems by observing mechanical devices in operation; listening for problems; using precision measuring and testing instruments.
- Controls downtime by informing production workers of routine preventive maintenance techniques; monitoring compliance.
- Ability to properly assess and proactively predict the operational state of equipment, filters, oil, hydraulics, compressors, motors, pumps, plumbing and electrical systems and determine course of immediate and future action as needed to eliminate unscheduled downtime
- Works safely to prevent on-the-job injuries by practicing GMP and wearing appropriate company supplied PPEs, attending safety meetings/trainings, reading safety bulletins and memos, and being aware at all times of potential safety hazards in work areas.
- Lock-out tag-out procedures to be followed without deviation. Failure to do so can lead to immediate termination.
- Basic Knowledge of ammonia refrigeration a plus.
- Responsible for understanding and complying with applicable quality, environmental and safety regulatory considerations.
- Fabricates and repairs parts by using machine shop equipment. This includes all phases of welding with tig, mig and arc equipment. Cutting equipment such as plasma and oxygen/acetylene torches.
- Machining shafts, Keyways, and milling of parts as needed.
- Maintains equipment, parts, and supplies inventories by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed equipment, parts, and supplies, placing, and expediting orders, verifying receipt.
- Removes defective parts by dismantling devices; using hoists, cranes, and hand and power tools; examining form and texture of parts.
- Determines changes in dimensional requirements of parts by inspecting parts, using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments.
- Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments by using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges.
- Electrical troubleshooting skills including the use of multi-meters, and other testing equipment is necessary to this position.
- Plans layout and installation of wiring and electrical equipment and systems
- Diagnoses malfunctioning equipment such as transformers, motors, and lighting fixtures, using electrical test equipment and senses such as visual observation, and sense of smell. Replaces damaged or broken equipment, wires and cables, using hand tools.
- Lifts, positions, and fastens objects, such as wiring, conduit, and motors.
- Plans new or modifies existing system layout(s) for equipment by identifying specific mechanical or electrical components, location, functionality, and safety requirements.
- Measures, cuts, bends, threads, assembles, and installs electrical conduit, using tools, such as hacksaws, pipe threaders, and conduit benders in accordance with National Electric Code (NEC) and all local codes and ordinances.
- Conserves maintenance resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
- Provides mechanical maintenance information by answering questions and requests.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed and assisting wherever necessary.
- Maintains records of spare parts used from inventory and reorders when minimum levels are reached.
- Performs preventive and demand maintenance on all electrical and instrumentation systems.
- Understands and uses HMI (Human Machine Interfaces) and associated operator interface systems efficiently.
- Understands and maintains basic motor control.
- Understands and operates Adjustable Frequency drives.
Industrial Maintenance Mechanic Skills and Qualifications:
Equipment Maintenance, Technical Understanding, Working with sheet metal, A firm skill set in welding is must, TIG, MIG, ARC, the ability to trouble shoot electrical systems, industrial electrical skills including basic trouble shooting of automated electrical systems, Technical Zeal, Deals with Uncertainty, Basic Safety, Power Tools, Attention to Detail, Flexibility, Supervision, Job Knowledge, Productivity, Communication, Ability to work in a cross functional team environment.
COMPUTER SKILLS
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Spreadsheet, Database, E-mail and Word Processing software. Micro-soft office suite preferred but not required.
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers, feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk and hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move 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.
SAFETY / PPE REQUIREMENTS
Must complete training as specified by the Company. Safety glasses must be worn at all times when using chop saws or other cutting or drilling equipment. Hearing protection or other PPE may be required when performing certain job functions. Employee must utilize mechanical aids (or assistance of a co-worker) to lift and / or move objects over 50 pounds. This also includes working in very cold and very hot areas. If this is an issue it needs to be gone over at the time of hire and not afterword’s as we do work in some extreme temperatures at times.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
- Forklift certified
- Lockout tag out
- Arial lift
- Fall Restraint
- Arc Flash
- Hand/Power Tool Safety
- HACCP certified a plus
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. It is expected that all safety policies and procedures are followed and enforced in such situations.
Employment at the Company is employment at-will. Employment at-will may be terminated with or without cause and with or without notice at any time by the employee or the Company. Nothing in this job description or in any document or statement shall limit the right to terminate employment at-will.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $30.00 - $35.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible spending account
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
Work Location: In person
