Facilities Technician

Flex•Buffalo Grove, IL

10d•$31 - $43•Onsite

About The Position

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Facility Technician located in Buffalo Grove, IL. This role involves responding to service calls and in-house repairs throughout the facility, troubleshooting, responding to work orders, and repairing systems and equipment. The technician will also install office fixtures and perform work in various maintenance trades including mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. Routine assignments include moving furniture, materials, and equipment. The role also includes conducting scheduled preventative maintenance, breaking down equipment for clean up, and conversing with equipment operators to ascertain problems. The technician will test faulty equipment, electronic components, and circuits to locate defects, replace defective components and wiring, and adjust mechanical parts. Additionally, they will align, adjust, and calibrate equipment according to specifications, calibrate testing instruments, and may maintain records of repairs, calibrations, and tests. Entering information into a computer for program copying or schematic drawing, overseeing emergency system backup, and ensuring plumbing, sewer, water, electrical, and mechanical systems are functional are also key responsibilities.

Requirements

Developed computer skills
Minimum 3 years of experience in facility maintenance
Ability to work independently
Knowledge of the following tools may be required: Electronic Assembly: blueprints, schematics; trouble shooting; Mechanical & Electrical Tools: power air guns, taps & dies, alignment tools, measuring tools, AutoCAD
High school degree or higher

Responsibilities

Responds to service calls and in-house repairs throughout the facility.
Troubleshoots, responds to work orders, repairs systems and equipment.
Installs office fixtures and performs work in various maintenance trades including mechanical, electrical and plumbing.
Routine assignments include moving furniture, materials and equipment.
Conducts scheduled preventative maintenance and breaks down equipment for clean up.
Converses with equipment operators to ascertain problems with equipment before breakdown, and to determine if breakdown is due to human error or mechanical problems.
Tests faulty equipment and applies knowledge of functional operation of electronic units and systems to diagnose cause of malfunction.
Tests electronic components and circuits to locate defects.
Replaces defective components and wiring and adjusts mechanical parts.
Aligns, adjusts and calibrates equipment according to specifications.
Calibrates testing instruments.
May maintain records of repairs, calibrations and tests.
Enters information into computer to copy program from one electronic component to another, or to draw, modify or to store schematics.
Oversees emergency system backup.
Ensures plumbing, sewer, water, electrical and mechanical systems are functional.