Maintenance and Engineering Technician

American Packaging Corporation•DeForest, WI

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance and Engineering Technician uses experience and skills to troubleshoot, repair, adjust, and maintain manufacturing and ancillary equipment, including hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, electrical, and electronic systems. The role may assist the Plant Engineer with planning, directing, and coordinating activities in the Engineering and Maintenance departments. It includes hands-on project work and requires in-depth knowledge of sound electrical or mechanical engineering and trade practices. The technician develops and validates maintenance training, creates and audits preventive-maintenance programs, evaluates equipment obsolescence and upgrade options, tracks downtime and develops improvement plans, supports capital projects and equipment installations, and works with maintenance technicians and contractors. The role is responsible for working safely.

Requirements

Two-year college or technical school certificate focused on machining and/or electronics, and three to five years of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to solve practical problems and handle a variety of concrete variables where limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot, repair, adjust, and maintain manufacturing and ancillary equipment and hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, electrical, and electronic systems.
Use monitoring and testing equipment to troubleshoot, repair, adjust, and maintain equipment.
Identify and develop maintenance training programs across process areas.
Identify targeted training for department individuals and validate training through audits.
Identify and develop preventive-maintenance tasks for new and existing equipment.
Develop annual preventive-maintenance audits for process and infrastructure areas.
Evaluate equipment for obsolescence and upgrade options.
Track maintenance downtime and develop improvement plans for each area.
Work with Plant Engineers on equipment improvement plans and capital execution.
Assist with executing new equipment installations.
Work with maintenance technicians as needed to execute planned work.
Work with contractors on capital and non-capital projects.
Work safely.
Perform other duties as assigned.