Maintenance Technician

VIVOS HOLDINGS•Mooresville, IN

57d•Onsite

About The Position

POSITION PURPOSE To maintain production equipment at a level that will provide 85% or better availability for assigned area. Technicians will assist in other areas or other technicians as available or as deemed so by maintenance or production supervision. To be a resource to educate production about best practices of maintaining and operations of production machines. This position interacts with all Maintenance Technicians, Maintenance Planning, and Production associates. This position reports to the Maintenance Supervisor and requires: - 100% floor coverage for the designated areas. - Optimize running lines and prevention of breakdowns through good maintenance practice and policies - Leverage experience to proactively resolve quality issues due to equipment/raw materials. - Teaching/coaching interactions with B Mechanics to broaden their skill base This position interacts with all Maintenance Technicians, Maintenance Planning, and Production. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES Observe the Company Safety and OSHA procedures in all work activities. General knowledge of repairing and maintaining production equipment Safely use lifting devices and/or fixtures commonly used in an industrial facility. Communicate with production associates as required on setups, changeovers, troubleshooting, repair, and general learning of all equipment in the facility. Ability to select and use the proper tools for the maintenance and repair tasks. General understanding of equipment parts to determine their continued usefulness Post training period should be able to carry out adjustments, setups, and mechanical part changeovers on production machines. Understand and familiar with lubricants and general lubrication practices General ability in properly installing and disassemble bearings, gears, shafts, and belt type mechanical systems Collaborate with operators and other peers to gain understanding in machine adjustments and machine center line settings to assist production operators in overcoming machine problems. Record accurately all maintenance line issues and activities during each shift. Possess good communication skills, both written and verbal skills to effectively communicate with other associates and management from all departments. Keep the Supervisor always informed when breakdown occurrence time exceeds ½ hr. for a machine or line problem. Support line production supervision and their production scheduling requirements and be aware of the line priorities at the start of every shift. Use current CMMS software to initiate, look up, and close out work orders. Undertake additional training as the Company may deem necessary. All other duties as assigned. The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance job this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list or statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED; or equivalent experience
Less than two years’ experience as a maintenance technician in a similar industry or a similar mechanical field or background
General understanding of OSHA and what it is.
Basic Mathematics
Able to use basic workshop tools, grinding, and drilling equipment in a safe manner to the Companies’ Safe Operating Procedures
Knowledge of the U.S. Standards of Measure and some knowledge of the equivalent Metric Units of Measure
General ability to understand technical manuals
Use of Windows-based PC programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
Basic mechanical systems knowledge
Problem solving ability
Possess good communication skills, both written and verbal
Handles conflicts in professional manner
Ability to work overtime including weekends and be available for on-call as required

Nice To Haves

Use of hand tools for the maintenance and repair of mechanical assemblies
Preferably holds vocational school / college training in mechanical or electrical engineering disciplines.
Some operational experience of automated machinery

Responsibilities

Observe the Company Safety and OSHA procedures in all work activities.
General knowledge of repairing and maintaining production equipment
Safely use lifting devices and/or fixtures commonly used in an industrial facility.
Communicate with production associates as required on setups, changeovers, troubleshooting, repair, and general learning of all equipment in the facility.
Ability to select and use the proper tools for the maintenance and repair tasks.
General understanding of equipment parts to determine their continued usefulness
Post training period should be able to carry out adjustments, setups, and mechanical part changeovers on production machines.
Understand and familiar with lubricants and general lubrication practices
General ability in properly installing and disassemble bearings, gears, shafts, and belt type mechanical systems
Collaborate with operators and other peers to gain understanding in machine adjustments and machine center line settings to assist production operators in overcoming machine problems.
Record accurately all maintenance line issues and activities during each shift.
Possess good communication skills, both written and verbal skills to effectively communicate with other associates and management from all departments.
Keep the Supervisor always informed when breakdown occurrence time exceeds ½ hr. for a machine or line problem.
Support line production supervision and their production scheduling requirements and be aware of the line priorities at the start of every shift.
Use current CMMS software to initiate, look up, and close out work orders.
Undertake additional training as the Company may deem necessary.
All other duties as assigned.