Production Maintenance Technician

Elite • West Point, GA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

ERS ELITE is partnering with a prestigious global automotive manufacturing organization to identify a Production Maintenance Technician to support second-shift Paint operations at a major manufacturing facility in West Point, Georgia. The Production Maintenance Technician is responsible for assisting group leaders and team members with repetitive and chronic equipment problems. The specialist is also responsible for implementing and maintaining maintenance documents.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering or related field along with two (2) to five (5) years of progressive experience in the maintenance field in a manufacturing environment preferably within the automotive industry, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion in making recommendations, exercising company decisions and carrying out essential job duties that affect efficient business operations and its objectives, policies, practices, and conditions.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Access.
• Knowledge and experience with PLC programming (preferably A/B or Siemens).
• Experience with automation, design, installation, and repair of equipment.
• Capacity to understand schematics and specifications of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.

Nice To Haves

• Leadership or supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably automotive.
• Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, and team-development skills.
• Relevant military leadership and operations experience may be considered as part of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with SAP system preferred.
• Military Veterans with relevant leadership, production, logistics, maintenance, quality, training, or operational experience are strongly encouraged to apply. Experience serving as a noncommissioned officer, commissioned officer, instructor, or operations leader may be considered when evaluating leadership qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and assist group leader with shift-to-shift follow-up activities.
• Establish and implement a maintenance downtime report system. Execute action plans to achieve maintenance downtime targets for assigned areas of the shop.
• Maintain a safe work environment and follow all environmental rules.
• Assist maintenance group with managing key maintenance indicators such as budget, downtime, manpower, preventive maintenance, spare parts, and computerized system.
• Monitor and control spare parts purchasing and usage through SAP, control spare part inventory levels through spare part audits, organize warehouse storage area by creating ben locations for new equipment and ordering new equipment parts for system upgrades. Create equipment numbers and bar codes for equipment location storage.
• Execute the maintenance department’s action plan to achieve the yearly operation plan. Make self-available during off shifts for technical support.
• Assist production with HMI and PLC modifications with existing and new equipment, assist production with new model teams and improve shop efficiency through breakdown countermeasures and creating work standards.
• Manage internal and external contractors for shop issues including fabrication of parts, overhauling of equipment, manipulation of CAD drawings and modifying of equipment for machine improvements.
• Train team members on new equipment and new technology including PLC and specific machine operations. Train team members on specific troubleshooting and develop training material for team member level progressions. Develop one-point and new equipment training lessons for team members to increase troubleshooting efficiency and decrease machine downtime.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level