Maintenance/ECT Apprentice
About The Position
The Maintenance/ECT Apprentice is a hands-on learning role designed to teach the work of a maintenance technician at Stryten Energy’s battery manufacturing factory in Salina, Kansas. The apprentice shadows experienced technicians, assists with troubleshooting and repairs, performs basic and preventive maintenance, and learns to use the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). The role also requires following safety, quality, hazardous-waste, and housekeeping procedures, communicating across departments, and using required tools and personal protective equipment.
Requirements
- Mechanical skills.
- Successfully train and become certified in the safe operation of forklifts and scissor lifts.
- Ability to perform continuous standing, walking, bending, twisting, pushing, pulling, and reaching during 12-hour shifts and repetitious work.
- Ability to work in extreme environmental conditions, including hot, cold, and humid conditions.
- Ability to occasionally lift loads ranging from grams up to 50 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- Manufacturing or industrial maintenance experience preferred.
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Responsibilities
- Shadow experienced technicians to learn complex mechanical and electrical systems.
- Assist in diagnosing mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic failures.
- Perform basic maintenance and routine preventive maintenance, including changing filters, lubricating machinery, and testing equipment.
- Organize tools and parts, clean work areas, and ensure tools are properly maintained and stored.
- Assist with adjusting machinery and repairing or replacing defective parts.
- Develop aptitude through training in electrical and mechanical troubleshooting.
- Wear and communicate by a two-way radio, keeping it on at all times.
- Learn to use, maintain, and dispatch in the CMMS system.
- Communicate across departments.
- Follow Lock Out/Tag Out (LOTO) and Confined Space Entry procedures.
- Comply with safety and health policies and procedures, and maintain a clean and orderly work area.
- Comply with current Quality System requirements.
- Complete hazardous-waste classroom training within six months of starting the position and attend a review every 12 months thereafter; remain supervised until training is completed.
- Perform other work assigned by Management, including 5S cleaning.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
