Conveyor Maintenance Technician

ServiceMax Corporation•Memphis, TN

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Tech is responsible for troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing complex mechanical and electrical issues within conveyor systems. The role also includes evaluating material-handling processes and technologies, shaping system configurations and designs, supporting proposal estimates and engineering, and helping ensure systems meet client specifications, contractual requirements, and applicable codes. The position may support project installation, testing, and debugging as required. The posting describes a broad set of material-handling system design and project responsibilities, including developing general arrangement drawings and preliminary manifests, defining testing and acceptance steps, preparing technical documentation, and managing design and implementation risks. The role works with clients, engineers, estimators, and other staff to develop innovative, efficient, cost-effective solutions that meet project schedules and client requirements. This is an in-person warehouse position with a schedule of 40–50 hours per week, including evenings and weekends. Travel of 50% is required, as is a driver's license.

Requirements

Preferred: 3+ years in the conveyor or material-handling industry.
Strong, diverse knowledge of material-handling equipment, including mechanical aspects, controls, and software.
General understanding of common building support systems, including egress and safety systems.
Knowledge of industry-recognized codes, standards, and specifications used in material-handling systems.
Understanding of testing and acceptance methods and their rationale, with the ability to influence and implement them in system design.
Ability to conceptualize creative system designs and implementation strategies that provide cost and technology advantages.
Ability to recognize and stay current with individual client specifications and changes to them.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present to senior management and clients.
Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and solve problems independently and as part of a team.
Strong management and leadership skills, including the ability and willingness to sponsor growth initiatives and change.
Combination of intellectual capacity, appropriate academic background, and substantial practical experience.
Collaborative, caring, self-confident leadership style with a low ego.
Driven, results-focused approach, with the ability to focus and motivate others toward key initiatives and targets.
Ability to take a broad view of issues, manage competing forces, and understand stakeholder motivation and value.
Strategic, holistic thinking and ability to manage multiple goals and deadlines in the context of the broader picture.
Driver's license required.
Willingness to travel 50% required.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to structural design and electrical system design.
3+ years in the conveyor or material-handling industry (preferred).

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair complex mechanical and electrical issues within conveyor systems.
Ensure systems meet client specifications and standards, as well as applicable local, state, and national codes.
Evaluate material-handling processes and consider innovations in technology, materials, methods, and controls software.
Influence the conceptual configuration of major equipment and controls based on the client's available space and contract or specification requirements.
Develop system general arrangement drawings and prepare preliminary manifests for cost estimating.
Assist the Estimator in establishing project costs and timelines during the proposal phase.
Support the Engineering team in subsequent project phases to maintain system integrity.
Anticipate installation, testing, and debugging needs for critical projects and provide support during those phases when required.
Prepare concrete plans that can be transitioned into Engineering after an order is won.
Collaborate with clients, engineers, and other staff to understand material and conveyance, transport, or handling needs.
Evaluate material-handling technology and recommend innovative, efficient, and cost-effective solutions within project schedule constraints.
Define testing and acceptance steps and ensure the system meets customer requirements and applicable regulatory rules.
Draft sketches, examples, and written analyses of proposed designs or improvements to handling systems, packaging, and related elements.
Draft or assist with drafting technical documentation, specifications, and lists.
Identify and mitigate risks related to project design and implementation.
Estimate lifecycle costs of material-handling systems to identify long-term solutions.
Support growth initiatives and change, drive behavioral change, and help align stakeholders around organizational goals and key initiatives.