Maintenance Technician Nights

Mars•Temple, TX

22h

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician works nights in a pet food manufacturing site, installing, repairing, troubleshooting, and maintaining commercial or industrial machinery to ensure equipment functions properly. The role performs preventive maintenance, tests and operates machinery, and adjusts and calibrates equipment to optimal specifications. The schedule is 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. on a rotating 223-night pattern: two nights on, two off, three on, followed by two off, two on, and three off. The technician owns the maintenance systems for an assigned area and is responsible for reducing maintenance and breakdown losses. The position builds the capabilities of Operations Team/AWT members, participates in FMOS connection point meetings, and coordinates planned stops and maintenance for the area. The technician assigns planned-stop execution and breakdown-elimination work, represents the maintenance group in DMS discussions, and maintains competent knowledge of the area’s mechanical, electrical, and controls systems and processes. The role owns the area preventive maintenance system, including planning and scheduling, breakdown-elimination activities, and PM compliance. It provides technical expertise, coaching, and training to technicians and operators; analyzes data to guide decisions and prioritize loss-elimination opportunities; contributes to the 90 Day Loss Elimination Plan; coordinates planned work with service contractors and the reliability team; and represents area maintenance at daily FMOS meetings. The technician also leads centerline target and standards definition, develops controls for out-of-control situations, recommends equipment improvements, and creates or modifies preventive-maintenance schedules and scope.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Technical certificate or equivalent experience.
At least 5 years of experience as a maintenance technician in a manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated experience leading change and applying situational leadership.
Ability to motivate people and effectively train others.
Problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency in MS Office and SAPPM.
Competencies in conflict management, priority setting, developing others, problem solving, and decision quality.
Competent knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and controls systems in the technical area of responsibility, and thorough understanding of the process.

Nice To Haves

Associated technical degree preferred.
Experience operating within a formalized continuous improvement environment, such as MSE, TPM, or Lean Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Install, repair, troubleshoot, and maintain commercial or industrial machinery.
Read equipment and control manuals; disassemble machinery when maintenance or repair is needed.
Test and operate machinery, and adjust and calibrate equipment to ensure proper operation and optimal specifications.
Own the preventive maintenance system for the assigned area, focusing on maintenance planning and scheduling, breakdown elimination, and PM compliance.
Drive results in planned and unplanned downtime reduction and breakdown elimination.
Build the functional and technical skills of Operations Team/AWT members.
Serve as the technical expert for related equipment and coach and train technicians and operators.
Use quantitative and qualitative data analysis to make business decisions and identify and prioritize loss-elimination opportunities.
Participate in developing and own portions of the 90 Day Loss Elimination Plan; research improvement opportunities for the assigned area.
Coordinate planned work with service contractors and the reliability team.
Represent area maintenance at daily FMOS meetings, provide selected-machine performance data, and communicate action plans.
Lead processes to define centerline targets and document standards.
Develop control strategies that enable operators to respond to out-of-control situations.
Coach teams on Centerline DMS execution and problem-solving skills.
Recommend machine improvements to increase effectiveness.
Create or modify preventive maintenance schedules and scope.
Coordinate planned stops and maintenance for the area, and own assignment of planned-stop execution and breakdown-elimination corrective actions across relevant areas.
Represent the maintenance group during DMS discussions and serve as a spokesperson for maintenance.