Front End Mechanic

ARDAGH GROUP•Chicago, IL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Front End Maintainer is responsible for the setup, adjusting, repairing, maintaining, and overhaul of front end related equipment. This role involves understanding and complying with safety procedures, rebuilding and repairing various types of frontend can manufacturing and other equipment, and modifying, removing, installing, adjusting, synchronizing, making, or repairing equipment or parts as required. This could include large presses and dies, deep drawing and trimming equipment, transfer equipment, and various electrical and mechanical control devices. The position also requires instructing and training other mechanics, making proper diagnoses and adjustments, and reading and interpreting computer information system reports. The mechanic will determine specifications for inspection, use precision measuring tools, and operate machine tools efficiently. A thorough knowledge of mechanical principles, including timing, synchronizing, and aligning mechanical action, is essential. The role involves setting up and testing equipment under power to identify and correct mechanical difficulties, as well as operating, clearing jams, lubricating, cleaning, and adding materials to equipment to maintain operational status.

Requirements

Mechanically inclined, familiar with hand tools
Familiar with proper handling of chemicals and solvents.
Minimum of 5+ years previous mechanical, fast-paced, manufacturing experience preferred
High School diploma or equivalent required

Responsibilities

Understands and complies with position related safety SOPs and work instructions especially for LockoutTagout, Chemical Handling, Machine Guarding, Housekeeping, SQF and Personal Protective Equipment.
Rebuild, repair, or overhaul types of frontend can manufacturing and other equipment.
Modify, remove, install, adjust, synchronize, make, or repair equipment or parts as required. This could include large presses and dies, deep drawing and trimming equipment, transfer equipment, various electrical and mechanical control devices.
Instruct, train, and certify other equipment mechanics as directed.
Make proper diagnosis, adjustment, repair, and set up of assigned equipment.
Read and interpret computer information system reports; work from verbal or written instructions to determine need for and plan repair, overhaul, setup, and operation required on types of manufacturing and other types of equipment.
Determine specifications for inspection of work and using full range of precision measuring and gauging tools perform required inspection before, during, and after rebuild repair or overhaul.
Determine and make most efficient setup and operate machine tools, taking into consideration such things as type of material tolerances to be held, types of cutting tools, coolants, lubricants, and machine tool speeds and feeds.
Exhibit a thorough knowledge of machines and mechanical principles involved in the repair and overhaul work, including timing, synchronizing, and aligning the mechanical action so that, under power, the assemblies are mechanically coordinated.
Set up and test can manufacturing and other equipment under power testing for mechanical difficulties, tracing to their source and correcting.
Operate, clear jams, lubricate, clean, and add, as required, necessary direct and indirect materials to equipment to keep operational.