Maintenance Mechanic III - 2nd Shift

LISI•Torrance, CA

1d•$30 - $41

About The Position

The Maintenance Mechanic III diagnoses, disassembles, rebuilds, aligns, tests, and maintains precision machine tools and equipment. Equipment may include Davenports, Euroturns, Okumas, Tornos, Traubs, Brown & Sharpe machines, centerless grinders, and Reharts. The mechanic performs scheduled preventive maintenance, routine and complex repairs, and complete rebuilds of precision machinery, ensuring repaired equipment meets functional requirements. The role also supports machinery installation, movement, modification, and production-related changes, and may assist teammates during breakdowns and equipment servicing. The position works Monday through Thursday from 2:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., with overtime opportunities available. It requires adherence to company, governmental, and HSE safety and environmental procedures, including lockout/tagout, machine guarding, appropriate PPE, reporting hazards and nonconformances, and participating in HSE improvement activities. The position has no supervisory responsibility, though it may assist with coaching and teaching trainees or less experienced personnel under management supervision.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, plus certification in mechanical, electrical, or industrial maintenance or general construction trades, or equivalent work experience.
At least 5 years of related manufacturing experience or general construction trades experience and/or training.
Advanced hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and industrial skills, including PLC skills.
Ability to read and interpret manufacturer drawings, blueprints, and written instructions.
Familiarity with lockout/tagout procedures.
Ability to maintain either no facial hair or a NIOSH-approved beard in accordance with the cited California regulation and pass an annual respirator fit test.
Ability to learn a work-order program and word-processing software.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, correspondence, and memos, and to interpret safety rules and operating and maintenance instructions.
Ability to communicate information to other employees in one-on-one situations.
Ability to perform arithmetic with whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
Ability to solve practical problems and interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions.
Ability to comply with machinery safety standards, including lockout/tagout and machine guarding.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including frequently lifting or moving up to 30 pounds and frequently standing, walking, reaching, climbing or balancing, and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
Ability to wear required PPE, including safety glasses, hearing protection, proper footwear, and respirators in specified areas.

Responsibilities

Use work orders to identify and document necessary maintenance repairs.
Perform preventive maintenance on structures, machines, associated equipment, oil separators, and mop-water containers.
Rebuild complex machinery, including removing and reinstalling multi-spindle drives, pickoff units, revinlocks, and other gear-driven mechanisms.
Complete rebuilds of precision machine tools and equipment; reassemble machines after repair or maintenance.
Determine methods for teardown, rework, alignment, renewal, assembly, and functional testing of machine tools.
Perform precision measurements to achieve required alignment between functional planes.
Determine whether worn parts require remachining or rebuilding; install, replace, or change machine parts and attachments to production specifications.
Perform functional tests on machine tools and equipment to identify the nature and cause of malfunctions and confirm that rebuilt machines meet functional requirements.
Modify machinery and equipment to support new production techniques under the engineering department’s direction; install and rig machinery, then break it down, level it, and check it out to manufacturer specifications.
Use maintenance shop lathes and mills, hand and power tools, and voltage meters.
Perform welding in accordance with company safety guidelines and procedures.
Assist team members with breakdowns and equipment servicing, and move machinery as needed.
Service Coopermatic filtration systems.
Use a forklift to move equipment, oil drums, mop water, and waste-metal containers.
Maintain department housekeeping under 5S procedures, including cleaning oil and debris, returning tools, organizing part pans, and clearing spills for appropriate disposal.
Survey, clear, and clean the Oil Containment yard and plant air-compressor areas.
Attend required internal and external job-related training and follow company and governmental safety, environmental, HSE, and operating procedures.
Report known or suspected procedural or legal nonconformances to management immediately; correct or report unsafe conditions and participate in HSE improvement efforts.
May assist with coaching and teaching trainees or less experienced personnel under management supervision.