Maintenance Mechanic - Production Midnights & Evenings-Aerofil

Aerofil•Sullivan, MO

10d

About The Position

The Maintenance Mechanic works closely with production operators and supervisors to improve production-line performance and reliability and support Single-Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) activities. The role requires a strong sense of urgency and supports preventative and predictive maintenance programs, including effective Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) audits with operators. The mechanic supports daily production, troubleshooting and repairs, work orders, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement. The position also helps improve line speeds, reduce changeover time and waste, and maintain equipment availability and reliability. The role works across shifts and may require availability for maintenance weekends as needed.

Requirements

Strong sense of urgency.
Good attendance record, defined as fewer than two absences.
Willingness to learn the setup, changeover, and operation of production and process equipment for assigned lines.
Ability to safely and proficiently operate welders, drill presses, hand tools, power tools, and other shop equipment.
Availability for maintenance weekends as needed.

Responsibilities

Support daily production activities, department initiatives, predictive and preventative maintenance programs, and continuous improvement efforts.
Manage time effectively to support production lines, work orders, TPM audits, root-cause analysis, and items on fast-response boards.
Troubleshoot and repair equipment in close collaboration with production operators.
Work with production teams to follow setup sheets and use 5 Why and/or the six-step troubleshooting process to address inefficiencies.
Use fast-response boards to track and resolve issues promptly.
Learn the setup, changeover, and operation of production and process equipment for assigned lines.
Safely operate welders, drill presses, hand tools, power tools, and other shop equipment to make improvements and repairs.
Perform mechanical troubleshooting and repairs in response to equipment errors and improvement needs.
Repair pipe systems, pumps, machinery, and equipment.
Work with production to identify ways to maximize line speeds and improve performance reliability, including design and layout changes, reduced changeover time, waste reduction, and other process improvements.
Drive SMED activities and the machine setup-sheet process.
Monitor change parts for assigned production lines and ensure their availability to maintain performance reliability.
Support key-point sheets and standard work for maintenance and production processes.
Work with production supervisors to complete work orders during changeovers or scheduled downtime.
Monitor MC Express.
Work with all shifts to address issues on assigned lines.
Be available for maintenance weekends as needed.
Maintain good attendance, defined as fewer than two absences.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.