Predictive Maintenance Technician
About The Position
The Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Technician is responsible for executing Perry's condition-based maintenance program to improve equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, extend asset life, and lower maintenance costs. This position performs vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasound inspections, motor testing, and condition monitoring activities across the facility's manufacturing, packaging, utilities, refrigeration, and support systems. The PdM Technician partners closely with the Reliability Engineer, Maintenance Supervisors, Asset Reliability Planner, Controls Engineering team, and Operations leadership to identify equipment failures before they occur and drive proactive maintenance actions. The position plays a critical role in supporting Perry's reliability strategy, TPM deployment, and 2027 operational growth objectives.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Industrial Maintenance Technology, Engineering Technology, or related field; OR Technical certification in Predictive Maintenance Technology; OR Equivalent industrial experience
- Minimum 3 years of industrial maintenance experience.
- Minimum 2 years of condition monitoring experience preferred.
- Manufacturing experience required.
- Food manufacturing experience preferred.
- Vibration analysis
- Root cause problem solving
- Mechanical troubleshooting
- Industrial maintenance practices
- CMMS systems
- Microsoft Excel
Nice To Haves
- SKF vibration systems
- Emerson AMS
- Fluke reliability tools
- Infrared cameras
- Motor circuit analysis equipment
- SAP PM
- Maintenance Connection
- Fiix CMMS
- Vibration Analysis Category I or II
- Infrared Thermography Certification
- Ultrasound Inspection Certification
- Machinery Lubrication Technician (MLT)
- Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician (CMRT)
Responsibilities
- Conduct scheduled vibration analysis routes on critical rotating equipment.
- Perform infrared thermography inspections of electrical and mechanical assets.
- Execute airborne and structure-borne ultrasound inspections.
- Collect oil and lubricant samples for analysis.
- Conduct motor circuit testing and electrical condition assessments.
- Monitor equipment condition using predictive maintenance technologies.
- Maintain condition monitoring databases and historical equipment records.
- Identify developing equipment failures before breakdown occurs.
- Generate work requests based on PdM findings.
- Recommend corrective actions to maintenance and reliability teams.
- Assist with asset criticality reviews.
- Support bad actor equipment analysis.
- Participate in root cause failure investigations.
- Assist in reducing repetitive equipment failures.
- Review vibration, thermal, oil analysis, and ultrasound results.
- Document findings and communicate risks to the Reliability Engineer.
- Develop equipment condition reports and maintenance recommendations.
- Maintain accurate PdM inspection records.
- Track equipment health indicators and reliability trends.
- Provide condition-based maintenance recommendations.
- Assist Asset Reliability Planner with work prioritization.
- Help define repair scopes based on inspection findings.
- Identify equipment requiring immediate intervention.
- Support planned shutdown activities.
- Support TPM implementation initiatives.
- Participate in focused improvement teams.
- Assist in developing operator asset-care programs.
- Support reliability-driven cost reduction projects.
- Recommend improvements to maintenance effectiveness and asset performance.
- Follow all food safety, GMP, HACCP, and sanitation requirements.
- Adhere to Lockout/Tagout procedures.
- Comply with all safety, environmental, and facility regulations.
- Maintain equipment access procedures that protect product integrity.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision benefits
- life and disability insurance
- 401k participation
- paid holidays
- paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
