Maintenance Technician-1st Shift
NOW HIRING: Maintenance Technician – 1St Shift
Hoffer Plastics Corporation
Starting Pay: $31.00–$37.00/hr
3rd Shift Hours: 7:00am–4:00pm
Want to be part of something special? We're filling important jobs!
Join an industry leader and innovator looking for people who want to make a difference. Play a key role in producing the plastic components that make everyday life possible, from transportation to food packaging to healthcare. If you're a seasoned maintenance pro who knows injection molding presses inside and out, we want to meet you.
Why You'll Love Working Here
- Night shift premium: Earn extra pay for working nights
- Real problem solving: Keep the plant running by diagnosing and fixing problems quickly
- Keep learning: Workshops and technical training to keep your skills sharp
- Great benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match and more
- Room to grow: Unlimited career potential
- Stability: An established, growing third-generation U.S. company
The Role
As a Maintenance Technician, you'll keep our machinery running by repairing and completing preventive maintenance on injection molding machines and auxiliary equipment.
What you'll do:
- Control downtime by troubleshooting and diagnosing problems quickly and accurately.
- Fabricate repair parts using machine shop instruments and equipment.
- Work with the tool crib attendant to maintain equipment, parts and supply inventories by checking levels, anticipating needs, placing and expediting orders, and verifying receipt.
- Repair chillers, thermolators, resin dryers, loader systems, grinders and tower fans.
- Maintain technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing technical publications and building professional networks.
- Help keep a safe and clean work environment by following procedures, rules and regulations.
- Follow safety rules and wear prescribed protective clothing or items.
All team members shall:
- Maintain a positive work atmosphere by communicating in a way that helps you get along with customers, clients, co-workers and management.
- Continue to grow job-specific knowledge and use tools to identify and assist with continuous improvement.
- Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
This job description does not contain every function or responsibility that may be required in the performance of this job. All team members are required to perform other related duties and functions as assigned.
What You Bring
- Extensive experience (10+ years) repairing injection molding presses and auxiliary equipment, specifically Krauss Maffei and Demag presses.
- Ability to work independently, with very solid knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic disciplines.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose problems and decide on the right corrective action.
- Strong mechanical comprehension and understanding of pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical applications and blueprints.
- Ability to read and interpret prints and diagrams.
- Welding skills required; machining skills a plus.
- A team player who works well with people across departments to get work done thoroughly and efficiently.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision: Blue Cross Blue Shield medical and dental, VSP vision
- 401(k): Hoffer Plastics matches $0.50 per $1.00 contributed each payroll period, up to 6%, plus a Safe Harbor contribution equal to 3% of annual eligible earnings
- Paid Life Insurance: 1.5 times basic annual salary
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Time Off: 2 weeks paid vacation, up to 5 days of Illinois Paid Leave, and 9 paid holidays
- Reimbursements: tuition, prescription safety glasses, steel toe shoes, and fitness
Physical Requirements
The incumbent will:
- Work in a clean manufacturing environment that may include moderate noise levels, with a significant amount of time moving around the manufacturing floor.
- Stand and/or walk constantly during the shift.
- Lift up to 55 lbs.
- Bend, stoop, twist, balance, kneel and crouch as part of regular duties.
- Push and pull items.
- Climb up and down, work on top of and move across molding machines, assembly equipment, ladders and aerial lift equipment.
- Occasionally work in small, cramped spaces.
- Wear appropriate PPE, including fire-retardant apparel.
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Hoffer Plastics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.