Maintenance Tech

Smurfit Westrock•Cullman, AL
•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Tech is responsible for providing superior maintenance, clerical and administrative planning services to internal and external customers, with a focus on maintenance technical personnel assigned to operational area within the manufacturing facility. The Maintenance Coordinator manages the monthly maintenance budget, plans work orders or facility repairs and performs plant and/or maintenance department day-to-day reviews to ensure that the facility is operating reliably and safely. The Maintenance coordinator serves as a liaison between maintenance and production to effectively schedule and coordinate planned maintenance work.

Requirements

  • 5 to 10 years of experience in manufacturing industry in both maintenance and operations, with experience in corrugated container preferred
  • High School diploma, G.E.D
  • Microsoft Office – Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word etc.
  • CMMS software use (e.g. JD Edwards, SAP)
  • Mechanical and electrical knowledge
  • Frequently using fingers to type with two hands
  • Occasionally reaching by extending fingers on two hands
  • Occasionally reaching by extending two arms
  • Occasionally using fingers to grasp with two hands
  • Occasionally using fingers to pinch with two hands
  • The spoken exchange of ideas to be performed loudly up to 25% of the time
  • The spoken exchange of ideas to be performed quickly 25-50% of the time
  • The safe and accurate preparation and analyzing of data and figures, monitoring of a computer terminal, or inspection of small defects or parts

Nice To Haves

  • Working knowledge of corrugated manufacturing equipment, processes, and language is preferred including: Corrugator, Flexo folder gluer, Printing press machinery
  • Supervisory or management experience
  • associates or Bachelor’s degree

Responsibilities

  • Screen and approve work orders in the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) for asset area to ensure job priority and efficient utilization of maintenance resources
  • Manage and track maintenance budget, identify variances, and provide explanations to justify budget deviations
  • Monitor maintenance schedules to ensure there is no conflict with operation or production schedules (e.g. downtime on a machine)
  • Prioritize non-emergency and break-in work order requests to approve and reject, review complete work orders, and produce schedule for the next day/week
  • Identify parts required for necessary maintenance efforts (preventative maintenance, machine repairs, etc.) and plan/budget for the acquisition of required parts
  • Originate, track and manage preventative maintenance tasks in the CMSS (JD Edwars)
  • Maintain planned work order backlog according to facility guidelines and utilize backlogs to schedule daily and weekly work list
  • Screen and approve all work orders for the operating department to ensure coding accuracy and symptoms are accurately described
  • Plan and schedule any installation and startup of new equipment to minimize the disruption of normal operations
  • Develop hands-on knowledge and expertise of production equipment, parts, functions and processes through observation and engaging with employees on the production floor
  • Serve as critical member to the Operating department team, representing the interest of the group in all work activities both internal and external to the facility
  • Partner with Maintenance Technicians and Maintenance Supervisors to review work requests and determine feasibility and safety controls for work to be performed
  • Communicate with production team and maintenance staff to resolve chronic and repeat failures with equipment, provide status updates on maintenance efforts, and gather feedback on operations and maintenance support needed
  • Partner with training resources to maintain detailed, structured on-the-job training manuals for department tasks and jobs
  • Participate in production meetings with Maintenance Managers, Planners and Operations Managers to review upcoming work requests, weekly scheduling, and outage planning
  • Support and foster a culture of safety and environmental compliance
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