Sr. Maintenance Technician Industrial, Heat Treat
About The Position
The Senior Maintenance Technician – Heat Treatment is responsible for advanced troubleshooting, repair, preventive maintenance, and reliability of heat-treatment and related manufacturing equipment. The position serves as a senior technical resource for complex equipment issues and supports equipment improvements. The technician works closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Maintenance to minimize equipment downtime and maintain safe, reliable production operations. The role includes maintaining industrial furnaces, ovens, and supporting equipment; leading responses to significant breakdowns; improving preventive and predictive maintenance; supporting equipment installations and upgrades; and providing hands-on technical guidance to Maintenance Technicians. Work must comply with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), electrical safety, PPE, and applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements.
Requirements
- 7+ years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong experience troubleshooting and repairing electrical and mechanical production equipment.
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
- Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, climb, reach, and work in and around industrial equipment.
- Ability to lift and move up to 30 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with industrial furnaces, heat-treatment equipment, ovens, or similar high-temperature processing equipment is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Perform advanced troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of industrial heat-treatment equipment, furnaces, ovens, and supporting equipment.
- Diagnose complex mechanical, pneumatic, and control-system failures.
- Troubleshoot motors, pumps, burners, heating systems, thermocouples, temperature controllers, sensors, relays, contactors, and related components.
- Troubleshoot PLC-controlled equipment and identify equipment or control-system faults.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts during significant equipment breakdowns and help restore equipment to production safely and efficiently.
- Perform and improve preventive and predictive maintenance activities to increase equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.
- Identify recurring equipment failures and recommend corrective actions or equipment improvements.
- Read and interpret mechanical drawings, equipment manuals, and technical documentation.
- Support equipment installations, upgrades, modifications, and commissioning activities.
- Partner with Engineering and Operations on equipment reliability and continuous improvement projects.
- Provide technical guidance and hands-on training to Maintenance Technicians.
- Assist with identifying critical spare parts and maintaining appropriate spare-parts availability.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records, repair documentation, and preventive maintenance history.
- Ensure work complies with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), electrical safety, PPE, and applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements.
- Respond to emergency equipment breakdowns and production maintenance needs.
Benefits
- Health insurance, including medical, dental, and vision.
- Excellent 401(k) matching program.
- Paid holidays and vacation.
- Opportunities for career progression.
- Community engagement activities.
- Flexible schedules contingent upon role and location.
- Competitive wages.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
