Maintenance Technician III - 1st Shift

L T Hampel Corp•Germantown, WI

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician III is an advanced-level role responsible for maintaining mechanical equipment and machinery while minimizing production downtime. The technician diagnoses and troubleshoots equipment and machinery components, determines when adjustments or repairs are needed, and checks repaired items for proper operation. The position responds to urgent production and safety issues, completes corrective and preventive maintenance, and helps ensure production equipment operates safely and within designated parameters. The role also supports equipment uptime improvements, predictive maintenance, projects, and other production teams.

Requirements

More than 7 years of experience in a manufacturing maintenance role.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Electrical degree or certificate and a PLC certificate.
Advanced electrical, PLC, and mechanical troubleshooting skills, including use of wiring schematics and ladder logic to install and troubleshoot low-voltage, single-phase, and three-phase distribution circuits in accordance with code.
Advanced fabrication skills.
Advanced calibration and alignment skills.
Machinery moving and setup skills, including use of squares and alignment techniques.
Advanced ability to use measuring equipment, including indicators, micrometers, calipers, precision levels, and precision squares.
Advanced skills using machine tools such as lathes, mills, grinders, and cutting tools.
Proven experience troubleshooting and repairing production equipment and pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, mechanical, and PLC systems; ability to troubleshoot PLCs from print logic, view live operation, and edit programs when needed.
Experience with VFD drives and motors.
Ability to operate, inspect, and repair pneumatic and electric power hand tools.
Advanced knowledge of greases and oils, and the ability to inspect, adjust, and set components to specification, including bearings, linear bearings, ball screws, chains, belts, and filters.
Advanced machining and fabrication knowledge, including the use of drill presses, grinders, milling machinery, and lathes.
Ability to weld using Arc, MIG/TIG, oxy-acetylene, and plasma cutting and welding processes.
Ability to fabricate components from written and verbal instructions.
Ability to troubleshoot industrial machinery at basic and advanced levels as familiarity develops.
Ability to calibrate CNC trimming equipment and understand basic CNC operation and programming.
Basic PC operation using Windows office software.
Basic operation of maintenance software modules for preventive maintenance and work orders.

Nice To Haves

First responder training.
Bloodborne pathogen certification.

Responsibilities

Proactively address unsafe conditions and prevent similar situations from occurring.
Diagnose and troubleshoot equipment problems during production, perform repairs, and verify proper operation afterward.
Maintain production equipment in a safe and secure manner.
Respond promptly to urgent issues affecting production downtime, efficiency, or safety.
Complete corrective-action repairs from the backlog or preventive maintenance inspections and ensure equipment operates safely and within designated parameters.
Use the work order backlog or CMMS/IQMS system to track and control completion of work.
Perform scheduled preventive maintenance according to written procedures.
Plan and complete requests and projects, prioritizing work and meeting assigned schedules.
Estimate repair time and scope.
Promote collaboration with coworkers, other shifts, and other departments.
Support Engineering, the Tool Room, Machine Technicians, and Team Leaders as needed.
Complete Maintenance Incident Reports and Internal Asset Notes accurately and on time.
Identify and implement improvements to increase equipment uptime.
Provide and implement predictive maintenance on equipment.
Read basic blueprints and understand tolerances.
Perform basic plumbing tasks, including sweating copper pipe and fittings, cutting and threading steel pipe and fittings, and cutting and gluing PVC pipe and fittings.
Perform repairs and preventive maintenance on industrial machinery.
Troubleshoot industrial machinery, advancing from basic to advanced troubleshooting as familiarity and experience increase.