Lead Maintenance Technician

Nike•Beaverton, OR

About The Position

The Lead Maintenance Technician maintains and repairs plastics manufacturing equipment used in extrusion, thermoforming, and injection molding at Nike Air Manufacturing Innovation. Reporting to the D2 Maintenance Supervisor, this role works with a maintenance team supporting a production shift in a 24/7 facility. The technician troubleshoots and repairs mechanical, electrical, electronic control, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems; performs preventive maintenance; and identifies work needed to prevent equipment failures and improve reliability. The lead also mentors technicians and helps set the team's daily activities. The posted shift is N1: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and every other Monday, 5:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Post-high-school technical or vocational education in industrial maintenance technology and industrial electrical systems, or related military training.
Experience and/or certification working with common programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and variable frequency drives.
Familiarity with reliability-based maintenance programs and principles.
Five years of industrial or manufacturing maintenance experience; plastics manufacturing experience is preferred.
Strong industrial mechanical skills, including troubleshooting shafts, pulleys, belts, pumps, couplers, actuators, and hydraulic presses.
Electrical safety, troubleshooting, and repair experience, including PLC control systems, AC systems and components up to three-phase 480 volts, and DC systems and components.
Experience replacing components such as drives, ball screws, motors, pumps, heaters, switches, and HMI panels.
Experience using basic hand tools, machine shop equipment, precision measuring instruments, digital multimeters, and cutting and welding equipment.
Ability to read and understand documentation and drawings for mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems.
Personal computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
Ability to work 12-hour shifts, including possible evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Ability to lift objects up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience coaching others on technical topics and mentoring peers.
Experience with plastic processing equipment and processes, including extrusion, thermoforming, injection molding, and support equipment such as driers, loaders, and transfer systems.
Experience and/or certification working with industrial automation and robotics.
Experience with Siemens and Allen Bradley PLC systems.
Experience with Denso and ABB automation and robotics.
SAP experience.
Ability to be certified to operate forklifts, man lifts, and scissor lifts.

Responsibilities

Maintain and repair plastics manufacturing equipment used in extrusion, thermoforming, and injection molding.
Troubleshoot and repair mechanical, electrical, electronic control, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems and components.
Make repairs or modifications to production equipment using skills in controls, drawings, electrical work, general mechanics, hand tools, hydraulics, machine shop work, piping systems, PLCs, pneumatics, RF, troubleshooting, welding, and programming.
Perform preventive maintenance and use inspections to determine repairs and maintenance needed to prevent equipment failure and improve reliability.
Respond to production equipment issues and help return assets to production while supporting uptime and reduced downtime.
Mentor other technicians and serve as a resource for setting the team's daily activities.
Contact vendors as needed, research problems, identify potential components, and order maintenance machine parts.
Track and turn in repairable flagged parts, and promptly elevate part issues to supervisors or management with potential solutions when known.

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