Production Maintenance Technician

Job Overview

The Maintenance Technician I applies both electrical and mechanical related knowledge to test, diagnose, maintain, repair, modify, and/or develop machinery control equipment, and circuitry within the facility.  This work requires an in-depth knowledge of various trades as the maintenance in additional to mechanical service work on sophisticated electronic equipment, machines and/or controls.  The maintenance technician I position diagnoses and remedies troubles, repairs and replaces equipment.  Overall, this position is responsible for installing, maintaining, and/or repairing equipment.

Role and Responsibilities

Production Maintenance

• Inspects and checks equipment for proper operating condition, makes necessary adjustments, logs test readings, and maintains, repairs, or replaces all essential equipment parts.
• Capable of working with outside contractors for troubleshooting procedures.
• Self-motivated person that works with little direction.
• Understanding urgency to troubleshoot machines and bring production back online.
• Performs miscellaneous maintenance duties as required.
• Read blueprints, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics, mechanical/electrical diagrams, and technical orders to determine methods and sequences of assembly.
• Align, fit, and assemble component parts, using hand tools, power tools, fixtures, templates.
• Operates metal working machines to fabricate housings, jigs, fittings, and fixtures.
• Repairs, reworks, and calibrates hydraulic and pneumatic assemblies and systems to meet operational specifications and tolerances.
• Prepare parts sketches and write work orders
• Review project instructions and specifications to identify, modify and plan requirements fabrication, assembly and testing.
• Devise, fabricate, and assemble new or modified mechanical components for products such as industrial machinery or equipment, and measuring instruments.
• Analyze test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives and modify or adjust equipment to meet specifications.
• Confer with engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information.
• Research, evaluate, install, operate, and maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.
• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations.
• Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair to ensure that machines and equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.
• Perform preventative maintenance and calibration of equipment and systems.
• Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers and field representatives as necessary to procure replacement parts.
• Maintain system logs and manuals to document testing and operation of equipment.
• Strict adherence to lock out tag out procedures.
• Replaces or repairs machine belts, chains, or cables.
• Removes dust, dirt, grease, and waste material from machines.
• Connects wire to motors, fixtures, and other electrical equipment, replaces switches and fuses, and splices wire and insulate wire with friction tape.
• Other tasks as assigned

Skill and Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED (General Education Development)
• 1+ year maintenance experience in manufacturing environment (preferred automotive, EV battery, Mechanical or Electrical)
• Basic skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Frequently and repetitively, lift, push and carry up to 35lbs.
• The ability to carry 20 lbs. up and down the stairs
• Ability to stand and walk for up to 12 hours / day, including over varied and uneven terrain.
• Stoop, lay, bend, reach, squat, kneel, crouch, twist and crawl for extended periods of time, including up to 12 hours / day.

Nice to have but not a must:

• Experience in maintenance with Manufacturing Industrial fields.
• Fundamental understanding of mechanical maintenance, pneumatics, and hydraulics
• Experience in handling Heavy equipment, spare parts or materials
• Skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Reading Comprehension; Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Writing; Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Bilingual (English / Korean)