Maintenance Technician

Hunter Douglas•Broomfield, CO

9d•$29 - $38

About The Position

The Maintenance Technician performs routine maintenance support for production equipment and machine building, troubleshoots and repairs electrical and mechanical malfunctions, and performs electrical, mechanical, carpentry, plumbing, and pipefitting work related to equipment installation. The technician also assists with building new production equipment according to blueprints and schematics. This role responds to work orders, consults with equipment operators and maintenance technicians, and works to return malfunctioning equipment to service promptly. It performs scheduled preventive maintenance, may train or be trained by technicians at other levels, and supports engineers and engineering technicians in building production equipment. The technician also contributes recommendations on equipment design, maintains preventive-maintenance documentation, communicates with operators about equipment performance and safety, and keeps the shop and repair-parts inventory organized.

Requirements

Two years of technical trade school and four years of practical experience, or six years of practical experience in maintenance disciplines.
Prior experience with PLCs, PLC programming, and ladder logic.
Experience with HVAC maintenance, troubleshooting, and testing.
Work experience with electrical wiring of mechanical equipment.
Solid knowledge of electrical circuits, simple relay logic, and 24-volt systems.
Solid knowledge of the proper functioning and repair of AC/DC motors.
Solid knowledge of using and interpreting information from ammeters and voltmeters.
Solid knowledge of machine-engineering principles and machine-equipment building.
Knowledge of handheld power tools, hand tools, electrical measuring devices, and shop equipment such as mills, lathes, and hydraulic presses.
Knowledge of using precision measuring devices such as calipers and micrometers.
Ability to read and interpret mechanical blueprints and electrical schematics.
Ability to multitask.
Basic knowledge of the National Electrical Code (NEC).

Responsibilities

Respond to written work orders describing electrical or mechanical problems with production equipment.
Communicate with equipment operators and maintenance technicians from other shifts to gather information about equipment malfunctions.
Troubleshoot equipment problems and restore equipment to service as soon as possible.
Weld parts when needed to repair equipment.
Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on production equipment.
Train or be trained by maintenance technicians of other levels in equipment-maintenance work.
Assist engineers and engineering technicians in building production equipment, including laser tables, printers, collators, stackers, and fabricators.
Read blueprints to assemble parts, redline blueprints for corrections, and read schematics to wire electrical systems.
Recommend functional design changes or adaptations to production equipment to engineers.
Write, rewrite, and revise preventive-maintenance procedures for equipment in the business unit.
Complete at least one preventive-maintenance task, individually or as a team member, for every classification of equipment in the business unit.
Communicate regularly with equipment operators to determine whether production equipment is operating correctly, efficiently, and safely.
Keep the shop area clean and organize repair parts as part of inventory.
Perform other responsibilities as deemed necessary by management.