Maintenance Tech Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• A two-year associate degree in a related field or equivalent past work experience.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in maintenance functions.
• Strong customer focus.
• Basic PC skills, including MS Windows.
• Continued technical training each year.
• Basic project management skills.
• For employees in the electrical program, work toward a Class A Journeyman license.
• Understand the hazards of working on electrical components.
• Understand, troubleshoot, and problem-solve issues of basic complexity in advanced electrical and mechanical systems, including PLCs, drives, servos, HMIs, and CNC equipment.
• Understand basic electrical circuits and safety requirements.
• Understand the basic functions of PLCs, drives, and controls.
• Ability to occasionally lift or carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Inspect gears and gear units for lubrication problems and bearing failure.
• Understand gear types and functions, gearbox components and configurations, gear and gearbox problems, and gearbox overhauls.
• Identify shaft misalignment types and conditions, take measurements using appropriate tools, and perform shaft alignment using reverse dial, laser, and rim-and-face methods.
• Understand gasket and packing types, packing glands, and gasket and packing installation.
• Understand the basic functions of production CNC machining equipment.
• Use hand and power tools to replace components, make adjustments, and recalibrate machinery to restore equipment to operating condition.
• Check and adjust gearbox end play, backlash, shaft runout, and tooth contact.
• Disassemble and reassemble gearboxes.
• Understand centrifugal and reciprocating compressors.
• Understand motor parts and functions, and perform motor maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Remove, examine, and install mechanical seals on pumps.
• Understand bearing types and functions, installation, lubrication, maintenance, failure causes, and replacement.
• Operate manual mills, lathes, and surface grinders to produce quality parts.
• Maintain and troubleshoot hydraulic and pneumatic valves, including disassembly and reassembly.
• Understand the parts, functions, maintenance, and overhaul of reciprocating and rotary positive-displacement pumps, as well as single- and multistage centrifugal pumps.
• Understand pipe sizing and construction materials, pipe joints and fittings, and measure, calculate, cut, and thread pipe.
• Measure and analyze equipment vibration using transducers, vibration meters, and vibration analyzers to identify causes of malfunction.
• Read pneumatic system diagrams.
• Test equipment and perform preventative maintenance.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer fixed contributions and company matching
• Profit sharing
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Account (HSA), and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Life insurance
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid maternity leave and paid parental leave
• Career growth planning and nationwide career opportunities
• 8% second-shift differential