Maintenance Technician - Electrical/Control Based

VT Industries•Neenah, WI

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician performs electrical and control-based maintenance on plant machinery, equipment, utilities, and services. The role moves, installs, adjusts, and repairs machines and equipment, including guards and safety appliances, using techniques such as welding, pipefitting, carpentry, electrical work, and painting while observing personnel safety and fire hazards. The technician maintains plant utilities and services—including air, heat, water, electrical, and hog systems—as necessary and practical to minimize downtime and provide sufficient energy and power for production needs. The technician responds to emergency repair calls in the plant and may be called back outside regular working hours when emergencies arise. The position requires planning and carrying out jobs using sketches, blueprints, operating manuals, and on-site inspections, with assistance from a foreman and more skilled mechanics. It involves a reasonable degree of independent judgment and general problem-solving and decision-making within the limits of standard methods.

Requirements

Ability to plan jobs using sketches, blueprints, operating manuals, and on-site inspections, with assistance from a foreman and more skilled mechanics.
Ability to repair, set up, sharpen, use, and care for most maintenance department tools.
Ability to inspect, troubleshoot, adjust, and remove or replace machinery parts without damaging them.
General working knowledge of industrial maintenance crafts, including machinist, millwright, painter, carpenter, electrician, pipe fitter, welder, and steam fitter.
Ability to remain levelheaded in emergencies and confidence in handling machines.
Knowledge of the location and operation of most plant equipment and controls.
Ability to cooperate and work with other tradespeople, factory service representatives, and production personnel.
General problem-solving and decision-making skills within the limits of standard methods.

Responsibilities

Move, install, adjust, and repair machines and equipment, including guards and other safety appliances.
Use welding, pipefitting, carpentry, electrical, painting, and other techniques as needed, with due regard for personnel safety and fire hazards.
Maintain plant utilities and services, including air, heat, water, electrical, and hog systems, to minimize downtime and meet production energy and power needs.
Respond to emergency calls to repair plant machines or equipment, including call-backs outside regular working hours when emergencies occur.
Visualize and plan jobs using sketches, blueprints, operating manuals, and on-site inspections, with assistance from a foreman and more skilled mechanics.
Repair, set up, sharpen, use, and care for maintenance department tools.
Inspect, troubleshoot, adjust, and remove or replace parts of plant machinery without damaging parts.
Maintain working knowledge across industrial maintenance crafts and keep abreast of new methods, equipment, and materials.
Know the location and operation of most plant equipment and controls.
Cooperate and work with other tradespeople, factory service representatives, and production personnel.
Remain levelheaded during emergencies and exercise reasonable independent judgment in problem-solving and decision-making within standard methods.