MAINTENANCE TECH III

2nd Shift

Scheduled Shift: Monday-Thursday 3:00 PM-1:30 AM

Inspects, repairs, installs, modifies, and maintains electrical/electronic systems, circuits and equipment. Requires a high school diploma or its equivalent with at least 3 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. Directs and leads the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is required. Reports to Maintenance Manager/Supervisor.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze operation of malfunctioning electrical or electronic equipment
• Analyze technical data, designs, or preliminary specifications
• Calibrate or adjust electronic equipment or instruments to specification
• Communicate technical information
• Conduct sequential tests to locate electronic malfunction
• Confer with engineering, technical or manufacturing personnel
• Determine installation, service, or repair needed
• Determine specifications
• Install electrical fixtures or components
• Install electronic equipment, components, or systems
• Install or replace meters, regulators, or related measuring or control devices
• Install/connect electrical equipment to power circuit
• Maintain or repair industrial or related equipment/machinery
• Modify electrical or electronic equipment or products
• Perform safety inspections in industrial, manufacturing or repair setting
• Plan layout of electrical/electronic equipment installation
• Plan or organize work
• Read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
• Repair computer controlled manufacturing systems
• Repair electronic components, equipment, or systems
• Repair or adjust measuring or control devices
• Repair or replace electrical wiring, circuits, fixtures, or equipment
• Replace electronic components
• Solder electrical or electronic connections or components
• Test electrical/electronic wiring, equipment, systems or fixtures
• Test electronic or electrical circuit connections
• Understand detailed electronic design specifications
• Understand technical information for electronic repair work
• Understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• Use computer aided drafting or design software for design, drafting, modeling, or other engineering tasks

Specific Tasks:

• Calibrate testing instruments and installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications.
• Consult with customers, supervisors, and engineers to plan layout of equipment and to resolve problems in system operation and maintenance.
• Coordinate efforts with other workers involved in installing and maintaining equipment or components.
• Determine feasibility of using standardized equipment, and develop specifications for equipment required to perform additional functions.
• Develop or modify industrial electronic devices, circuits, and equipment according to available specifications.
• Enter information into computer to copy program or to draw, modify, or store schematics, applying knowledge of software package used.
• Examine work orders and converse with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to the problems.
• Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation and for defects such as loose connections and frayed wires.
• Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, and tests.
• Maintain inventory of spare parts.
• Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use and to analyze malfunctions.
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning, and repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems.
• Repair and adjust equipment, machines, and defective components, replacing worn parts such as gaskets and seals in watertight electrical equipment.
• Send defective units to the manufacturer or to a specialized repair shop for repair.
• Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
• Sign overhaul documents for equipment replaced or repaired.
• Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, and other specifications to determine installation procedures.
• Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment and software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.