Conveyor Maintenance Technician

ServiceMax Corporation•Baltimore, MD

7d•$30 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Tech is responsible for troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing complex mechanical and electrical issues within conveyor systems. The posting also describes responsibilities involving material-handling system design, proposal support, engineering coordination, installation and testing support, technical documentation, and project risk management. The position works in person in a warehouse and requires 40 hours per week, including evenings and weekends, with 60% travel required. A driver's license is required.

Requirements

Three or more years in the conveyor/material-handling industry is preferred.
Strong, diverse knowledge of material-handling equipment, including mechanical aspects, controls, and software.
General understanding of common building support systems, such as egress and safety systems.
Knowledge of industry-recognized codes, standards, and specifications used in material-handling systems.
Understanding of testing and acceptance methods and rationale, with the ability to influence and implement them in system design.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to give significant presentations 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 and committed to delivering organizational results and focusing others on key initiatives and targets.
Ability to drive behavioral change and take a broad view of issues to manage competing forces and stakeholder value.
Strategic, holistic thinking and ability to manage multiple goals and deadlines.
Driver's license required.
Willingness to travel 60% required.
Able to work 40 hours per week, including evenings and weekends.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to structural design and electrical system design.
Three or more years in the conveyor/material-handling industry.

Responsibilities

Ensure the system meets client specifications and standards, as well as applicable local, state, and national codes.
Evaluate current material-handling processes and consider innovations in technology, materials, methods, and controls software as part of system design.
Influence the conceptual configuration of major equipment and controls based on the client's space layout, analyzing whether the system meets contract and specification requirements for form, fit, and function.
Develop system general arrangement drawings and prepare a preliminary manifest for the cost-estimate process.
Assist the Estimator in establishing project costs and timelines during the proposal phase.
Support the Engineering team in later project phases as needed to maintain system integrity.
Anticipate installation, testing, and debugging phases for critical projects as required.
Provide well-considered plans that can proceed into Engineering after an order is won.
Collaborate with clients, engineers, and other staff to understand material specifications and conveyance, transport, or other handling needs.
Evaluate material-handling technology and innovations in materials and methods to develop solutions for DCI clients.
Recommend innovative, efficient, and cost-effective material-handling improvements within project schedule constraints.
Define testing and acceptance steps and ensure the system meets customer requirements and applicable regulations.
Draft sketches, examples, and written analyses of proposed designs or improvements to handling systems, packaging, and related elements.
Support project installation, testing, and debugging when required.
Draft or assist in drafting technical documentation, specifications, and lists.
Actively manage project design and implementation risks by identifying and mitigating them.
Conceptualize creative system designs and implementation strategies that provide competitive cost and technology advantages.
Stay current with individual client specifications and changes to them.
Estimate lifecycle costs of material-handling systems to provide long-term solutions for clients.
Sponsor growth initiatives and change, and help drive behavioral change and organizational results.
Consider broad issues, manage competing forces, and support stakeholder understanding, motivation, and value.
Balance multiple goals and deadlines while maintaining a holistic, strategic perspective.