Industrial Maintenance Technician - day shift

Aalberts Surface Technologies Oshkosh Inc•Oshkosh, WI

About The Position

The Industrial Maintenance Technician is responsible for routine and emergency maintenance of production heat-treating equipment and facility operations to support productivity, quality, and safety. The position performs essential millwright functions, extensive welding work, and maintenance engineering functions and repairs for plant mechanical equipment. The technician conducts preventive maintenance, welds, repairs and fabricates projects, troubleshoots systems with operators, performs basic hydraulic, pneumatic, plumbing, and pipe-fitting maintenance, and installs equipment modifications. The role also includes entering information into maintenance and work-order systems, assisting with solutions to operating problems and improvements, working collaboratively, and completing administrative tasks as assigned. The position requires working 8-hour shifts, which may include days, nights, weekends, holidays, overtime, and shared on-call responsibilities. Work may take place indoors or outdoors, in extreme temperatures, noisy or confined spaces, at heights, near moving equipment, and around fumes, dust, smoke, and industrial hazards. The role involves frequent physical activity and daily use of personal protective equipment.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to work 8-hour shifts, including nights, days, weekends, and holidays, with some overtime and shared on-call responsibilities.
Ability to perform repetitive tasks for extended periods.
Ability to stand, lift, bend, twist, walk, and reach frequently.
Ability to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and climb frequently.
Ability to wear protective safety equipment or clothing daily.
Ability to work in high-noise environments requiring hearing protection, confined areas, high places, and around equipment in motion.
Ability to work indoors and outdoors, including in extreme hot or cold conditions and amid fumes, dust, dirt, smoke, and mechanical, electrical, chemical, and industrial hazards.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
Depth perception and ability to adjust focus; vision to see near, mid-range, far, and peripheral; and ability to talk and hear in person, by phone or radio, and in group settings.

Nice To Haves

Good understanding of the overall maintenance process and electrical principles.
Knowledge of PID and closed-loop control systems.
Knowledge of networking tools and standards.
HMI programming and troubleshooting experience.
PLC system building, programming, and troubleshooting experience.
Variable Frequency Drive experience.
Ability to interpret electrical schematics for equipment installation, repair, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

Perform day-to-day preventive maintenance on industrial mechanical systems.
Weld, repair, and fabricate projects, with or without supervision.
Communicate with operators to determine which systems are malfunctioning.
Enter data into preventive maintenance and work-order systems using basic computer skills.
Perform basic maintenance on hydraulic and pneumatic systems in an industrial environment.
Perform basic plumbing and pipe fitting, including structural repairs to buildings, platforms, machinery, utility piping, and structures, sometimes at elevated positions.
Install modifications to existing equipment as required.
Work in a team-oriented facility.
Assist in developing solutions to operating problems and improvements as required.
Perform administrative tasks as assigned.