Maintenance Technician

VOESTALPINE RAILWAY SYSTEMS NORTRAK LLC•Birmingham, AL

6h•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician performs preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on manufacturing equipment, including mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and CNC systems, as well as facility and material-handling equipment. The role supports equipment reliability through operator training, work-order management, equipment installation and startup, and spare-parts inventory control to minimize downtime and support efficient plant operations. The position is based in Birmingham, Alabama. The technician works with manufacturing machinery, material-handling systems, cranes, forklifts, dust-collection systems, and the physical plant. The role requires understanding electrical controls, programmable logic controls, variable-frequency drives, sensors, pneumatics, hydraulics, and general mechanics. Work may include outdoor tasks from man lifts in rain or snow, and adherence to Nortrak’s safety, quality, and environmental procedures, practices, and policies.

Requirements

High school graduate or GED preferred.
Vocational technical training in a mechanically related field preferred.
Three years of maintenance experience preferred.
Must score the minimum required on the corporate maintenance test.
Understand the operation of pneumatics, hydraulics, and general mechanics.
Understand programmable logic controls, variable-frequency drives, and sensors and transducers, including pyrometers, pressure transducers and switches, multimeters, thermocouples, and proximity sensors.
Able to wire motors and controls up to 480 VAC and 250 VDC.
Capable of performing shaft alignments and understanding which couplers to use.
Understand hydraulic controls and pumps, including pressure-relief valves, directional control valves, and flow controls on vane and piston pumps.
Understand lockout/tagout procedures.
Able to meet the physical demands of frequent standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, climbing, pushing, pulling, and lifting; regularly lift and carry 30–35 pounds and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
Vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment; hearing abilities must be sufficient to perform job tasks safely and effectively.

Nice To Haves

Vocational technical training in a mechanically related field.
Three years of maintenance experience.
Forklift certification.
Crane certification.
High school graduate or GED.

Responsibilities

Perform preventive maintenance, diagnosis, and repairs on mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and CNC electronics systems for manufacturing machinery, material-handling systems, cranes, forklifts, dust-collection systems, and the physical plant.
Train operators on preventive maintenance.
Maintain a work-order system and complete daily work orders and assignments in a timely manner.
Lay out, install, and start up project work.
Organize and maintain spare-parts inventory.
Wire motors and controls up to 480 VAC and 250 VDC.
Perform shaft alignments and select appropriate couplers.
Work with hydraulic controls and pumps, including pressure-relief valves, directional control valves, and flow controls on vane and piston pumps.
Work outdoors from man lifts in rain or snow when needed.
Follow lockout/tagout procedures and Nortrak’s safety, quality, and environmental procedures, practices, and policies.