Maintenance Tech - Industrial/Production 1st Shift

The Lindgren Group•New Hope, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is an industrial/production maintenance position focused on troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining the equipment and process systems essential for metal-finishing operations. The primary focus is on production equipment and process maintenance, including pumps, motors, mechanical equipment, production machinery, valves, and extensive plastic piping systems. The role involves responding to equipment breakdowns, diagnosing mechanical and process problems, performing preventive maintenance, and making repairs to ensure safe and efficient production. While working knowledge of HVAC and basic plumbing is required, the experience sought is specifically from an industrial, manufacturing, processing, or production environment, not residential, apartment, commercial-building, or general facilities maintenance.

Requirements

Industrial, manufacturing, processing, or production maintenance experience is required.
Hands-on experience troubleshooting and repairing production machinery and equipment.
Experience troubleshooting and repairing pumps, motors, valves, and mechanical systems.
Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting ability.
Experience with process piping; PVC, CPVC, or other plastic chemical/process piping experience is strongly preferred.
Ability to diagnose equipment failures systematically and determine the cause of the problem.
Preventive maintenance experience.
HVAC maintenance and troubleshooting experience.
Basic plumbing skills.
Ability to read and follow technical instructions, equipment manuals, work orders, and maintenance documentation.
Ability to safely work around industrial machinery, production equipment, and chemical-processing systems.
Ability to prioritize repairs when multiple production needs occur at the same time.
Ability to work independently while also supporting production and the maintenance team.
Dependable attendance and punctuality.
Must be willing to obtain a boiler operator's license.
Must adhere to strict security policies including restrictions on personal electronic devices, access control, and documentation procedures.

Nice To Haves

Boiler License (not required to apply, but must be willing to obtain)

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain industrial production machinery and equipment.
Respond to equipment breakdowns and production maintenance needs.
Diagnose and repair pumps, motors, valves, and related mechanical systems.
Troubleshoot equipment and process problems to determine the underlying cause of failures.
Maintain and repair plastic process piping used to move chemicals throughout production.
Repair or replace PVC, CPVC, valves, fittings, piping, and related components.
Diagnose leaks, flow problems, pump issues, and other process-system problems.
Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on production equipment and systems.
Make mechanical repairs and replace worn or failed components.
Perform HVAC maintenance and troubleshooting as needed.
Perform basic plumbing repairs.
Read and follow equipment manuals, work orders, procedures, and technical information.
Use hand tools, power tools, meters, and other maintenance equipment safely and effectively.
Document completed maintenance and communicate additional repairs or follow-up work that may be needed.
Maintain tools, parts, equipment, and work areas in an organized manner.
Follow required safety procedures when working with machinery, piping, chemicals, and production systems.
Assist with other maintenance projects as needed.