Electrode Maintenance Technician

SK Battery America • Commerce, GA

9d

About The Position

The Electrode Maintenance Technician performs preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance on electrical and mechanical equipment according to standardized procedures. The role troubleshoots, repairs, maintains, and modifies a wide variety of machines and equipment, including hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems, using standard and specialized hand and power tools. The technician inspects equipment, verifies proper operating condition, makes adjustments, logs test readings, and maintains, repairs, or replaces essential parts. The role also supports spare-parts inventory inspections and documents inventory orders and usage.

The technician reads blueprints, schematics, diagrams, technical orders, project instructions, and specifications to plan and perform fabrication, assembly, testing, calibration, and repair work. Duties include aligning and assembling components; operating metalworking machines to fabricate parts and fixtures; reworking hydraulic and pneumatic assemblies; analyzing test results and adjusting equipment to specifications; and working with engineers, contractors, manufacturers, and field representatives to resolve malfunctions and obtain replacement parts. The role maintains system logs and equipment manuals, follows lockout/tagout procedures, performs general machine cleaning and repairs, and completes other assigned maintenance duties.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least 1 year of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment; automotive, EV battery, mechanical, or electrical experience is preferred.
• Basic skills in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Frequently and repetitively lift, push, and carry up to 35 pounds.
• Carry 20 pounds up and down stairs.
• Stand and walk for up to 12 hours per day, including over varied and uneven terrain.
• Stoop, lie, bend, reach, squat, kneel, crouch, twist, and crawl for extended periods, including up to 12 hours per day.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in maintenance in manufacturing or industrial fields.
• Fundamental understanding of mechanical maintenance, pneumatics, and hydraulics.
• Experience handling heavy equipment, spare parts, or materials.
• Skills in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Reading comprehension and ability to understand work-related written documents.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing for the needs of the audience.
• Bilingual English/Korean.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance on electrical and mechanical equipment in accordance with standardized procedures.
• Troubleshoot and repair hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical equipment using standard and specialized hand and power tools.
• Service, maintain, repair, and modify equipment and machines.
• Assist with regular spare-parts inventory inspections and document inventory ordering and use.
• Inspect equipment, check operating condition, make adjustments, log test readings, and maintain, repair, or replace essential equipment parts.
• Work with outside contractors on troubleshooting procedures.
• Troubleshoot machines promptly to help return production to operation.
• Read blueprints, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics, mechanical and electrical diagrams, and technical orders to determine assembly methods and sequences.
• Align, fit, and assemble component parts using hand tools, power tools, fixtures, and templates.
• Operate metalworking machines to fabricate housings, jigs, fittings, and fixtures.
• Repair, rework, and calibrate hydraulic and pneumatic assemblies and systems to operational specifications and tolerances.
• Prepare parts sketches and write work orders.
• Review project instructions and specifications to identify, modify, and plan fabrication, assembly, and testing requirements.
• Devise, fabricate, and assemble new or modified mechanical components for industrial machinery, equipment, and measuring instruments.
• Analyze test results against design or rated specifications and test objectives; 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 using engineering principles.
• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties, diagnose faulty operation, and make recommendations.
• Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair to ensure 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 equipment testing and operation.
• Strictly follow lockout/tagout procedures.
• Replace or repair machine belts, chains, or cables; remove dust, dirt, grease, and waste material from machines.
• Connect wire to motors, fixtures, and other electrical equipment; replace switches and fuses; splice and insulate wire with friction tape.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED