Maintenance Technician

Job Purpose:

Provides a safe, comfortable operating environment by directing installation, maintenance, and repair of machines, tools, equipment, and utility systems.

Duties:

* Identifies current and future maintenance requirements by establishing rapport with management, engineering, and production personnel, tradesmen, technicians, and other persons in a position to understand maintenance requirements.

* Ensures production operations by determining work priorities and scheduling repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment.

* Supports product development and improvement by reviewing new product plans; discussing equipment needs and modifications with design engineers; coordinating activities of technicians and workers fabricating or modifying machines, tools, or equipment.

* Provides heat, steam, electric power, gas, and air by directing installation of, modifications to, and maintenance activities on utility systems.

* Designs, implements, and modifies preventive maintenance programs by reviewing production, quality control, and maintenance reports and statistics, inspecting operating machines, equipment, and systems for conformance with operational standards.

* Resolves maintenance problems by conferring with management, engineering, and quality control personnel.

* Protects employees and visitors by maintaining a safe and clean working environment. essential job results.

* Completes maintenance operational requirements.

* Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

* Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

* Possession of the knowledge, skills, experience, training, and education in basic mechanical principles, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic and plumbing.