Maintenance Technician

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Manufacturing Maintenance Technician- Flexible Packaging

Job Summary: The Manufacturing Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, repairing, and inspecting printing presses, laminators, slitters, and peripheral equipment. The technician will be responsible for general plant and facility repair.

Education: Associates degree, high school diploma or equivalent professional experience.

Experience:

• Preference for flexible packaging industry experience or food & beverage manufacturing
• Journeyman and/or electrical troubleshooting and repair of machinery in manufacturing

Requirements:

• Must adhere to all quality processes, including documentation and verification as they apply to the performance of your tasks.
• Able to lift between 50 lbs.
• Must be able to walk, squat, crouch, turn, twist, stretch, climb steps, grab, pull, push, and bend throughout an 8-to-12-hour shift.
• Knowledge of flexographic printing production equipment and/or food & beverage**
• Knowledge of electric motors, pumps, and pneumatic systems. **
• Candidate must have knowledge of control systems components including PLC logic, control system wiring, VFDs, 3 phase motors, potentiometers, encoders, electro-pneumatically actuated valves and pneumatic control systems. **
• Ability to perform routine mechanical or electrical maintenance. Ability to work from sketches, drawings, and wiring schematics,
• experience with machinery of OEMs such as Uteco, DCM ATN, Bielloni, Nordmeccanica is a big plus. **
• Ability to maintain records regarding material, equipment, and repairs.
• Ability to communicate with machine manufacturers to diagnose and resolve machine breakdowns over emails or phone calls.

Duties:

• Maintain and repair equipment using hand and power tools.
• Install, service and repair electric motors, heaters, coolers, pumps.
• install and test parts as needed.
• Ensures the proper use, care and storage of tools and equipment.
• Performs all duties in conformance with good manufacturing practices to avoid contamination of raw materials.
• Dismantles and reassembles units or parts to clean, repair, maintain or adjust the machine.
• Perform and documents preventive maintenance tasks as outlined in the PM logs.