Maintenance

Malco Products•Akron, OH

About The Position

Ensure the operation and appearance of machinery, equipment, and facilities through preventive maintenance, inspections, setups, repairs, and upgrades, following diagrams, sketches, manuals, manufacturer and engineering instructions, or verbal instructions. Fabricate repair parts using machine-shop equipment and fabrication tools, and maintain organized parts and supplies inventories. Follow applicable procedures and work instructions, report projects needing attention, complete work orders and preventive-maintenance forms and charts as needed, and communicate needs to supervision. Train others and transfer knowledge as needed, and maintain technical knowledge through internal and external means. The role requires welding with MIG, TIG, and arc equipment on carbon steel and stainless steel, as well as soldering and brazing. Electrical work includes repairing motors, motor starters, contactors, relays, and distribution equipment, and using electrical test equipment. The maintenance employee must troubleshoot, diagnose, dismantle, reassemble, and repair factory equipment. The position also involves confined-space entry, following safety rules, and using required personal protective equipment. Other related duties may be assigned by supervision. The employee must be able to work regular shifts and overtime as needed, work across different plant environments and exterior weather conditions, and may be temporarily transferred between plants or shifts based on business needs. The work involves frequent exposure to dust and product smells and substantial standing, walking, climbing, and other physical activity. The employee must be able to wear a respirator, pass forklift certification, and safely operate a forklift. Required attire includes long pants and a sleeved shirt, suitable clothing for exterior conditions, and a change of clothes kept on site.

Requirements

Experience performing normal maintenance repairs on factory equipment.
Mechanical ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, make necessary repairs, and dismantle and reassemble most equipment used in the facility.
Ability to weld using MIG, TIG, and arc equipment on carbon steel and stainless steel, and to solder and braze.
Electrical ability to work with and repair motors, motor starters, contactors, relays, and distribution equipment, and to use electrical test equipment.
Ability to work regular shifts and overtime as needed.
Ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
English reading and writing skills and math skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Ability to communicate and work with peers and management and to work as part of a team.
Ability to work in different environmental temperatures and in all exterior weather conditions.
Ability to read and plan work from instructions, sketches, and prints, and to follow verbal and written instructions.
Ability to climb ladders and work at various heights, including roofs, bulk tanks, and silos.
Ability to spend 95% of an eight-hour shift standing, walking, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling.
Ability to temporarily transfer between plants and/or shifts based on business needs.
Range of motion sufficient for lifting, twisting, bending, turning, stooping, reaching, and kneeling.
Successful completion of any required testing.
Physical ability to pass a respirator medical evaluation and fit test and work wearing a respirator.
Ability to pass forklift certification and safely operate a forklift.
Wear long pants and a sleeved shirt, have adequate clothing for exterior weather conditions, and keep a change of clothes on site.
Have a reasonable supply of maintenance tools needed for the listed work, a toolbox, and knowledge of proper tool use.

Responsibilities

Complete preventive maintenance, inspections, setups, repairs, and upgrades on machinery, equipment, and facilities.
Follow diagrams, sketches, manuals, manufacturer and engineering instructions, and verbal instructions.
Fabricate repair parts using machine-shop equipment and fabrication tools.
Maintain organized parts and supplies inventories.
Follow procedures and work instructions applicable to the job.
Report projects needing attention and complete work orders, preventive-maintenance forms, and charts as needed.
Communicate needs to supervision.
Train others and transfer knowledge as needed.
Maintain technical knowledge through internal and external means.
Perform welding with MIG, TIG, and arc equipment on carbon steel and stainless steel; perform soldering and brazing.
Repair motors, motor starters, contactors, relays, and distribution equipment, and use electrical test equipment.
Troubleshoot, diagnose, dismantle, reassemble, and repair factory equipment.
Use required personal protective equipment and follow company safety rules.
Perform confined-space entry.
Perform related duties as needed by supervision.
Safely operate a forklift after obtaining certification.