Maintenance Mechanic

Wam Global•Leesburg, FL

12d•$31 - $31

About The Position

The Maintenance Mechanic repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment, including engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, production machines, and other equipment. The role involves diagnosing mechanical problems, inspecting and adjusting equipment, repairing or fabricating parts, testing machinery, and maintaining work records and work areas. The employee may operate metalworking equipment and material-handling vehicles, and may work any continuous or fixed shift schedule, including any day of the week, with mandatory overtime as implemented by management.

Requirements

Associate’s degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school.
Journeyman certification through a state-approved apprenticeship program.
Forklift license.
Knowledge of basic computer and keyboard use.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, and to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small-group situations to customers, clients, and other employees.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts involving discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume, and to apply basic algebra and geometry.
Ability to solve practical problems involving concrete variables where limited standardization exists, and to interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule instructions.
Ability to work any continuous or fixed shift schedule, including any day of the calendar week, as required for operation of the position, and to work mandatory overtime as implemented by management.
Ability to regularly stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms; and occasionally sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear, and taste or smell.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Observe mechanical devices in operation and listen for sounds to locate causes of trouble.
Dismantle devices to access and remove defective parts.
Inspect finished products for imperfections and determine machine changes needed to meet dimensional requirements.
Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments.
Repair or replace defective parts.
Install special functional and structural parts in devices.
Fabricate devices to repair or replace defective components.
Lubricate and clean parts.
Start devices to test performance.
Set up and operate lathes, drill presses, grinders, and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts.
Weld metal parts to steel structural members.
Operate forklifts, Bobcats, and similar equipment to transport materials.
Initiate purchase requests for parts and machines.
Enter logs of all work orders into Plexus.
Clean tools, equipment, machines, and the work area.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.