Maintenance Technician

The maintenance technician helps maintain production and quality of SME’s equipment, machinery and facility by conducting repairs and preventive maintenance services. Their services may be emergency/unscheduled repairs or scheduled maintenance or repairs of production equipment during off hours. The maintenance technician’s skills may include, but may not be limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic repair of production line equipment, overhead cranes, forklifts, welding equipment, packaging and miscellaneous machinery. They are able to read and interpret work orders to perform required maintenance and service and may refer to equipment manuals as necessary.

• Ensures operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements on engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines; by following diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, and engineering specifications; under the direction of maintenance mechanic or maintenance supervision.
• Monitors performance of assigned equipment.
• May remove defective parts by dismantling devices; using hoists, cranes, and hand and power tools.
• Learns dimensional requirements of parts by inspection under direction of trained maintenance personnel; using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments and adjusts parts and control instruments by using hand tools and measuring devices.
• Maintains equipment, parts, and supply inventories by periodically checking stock to determine inventory level; learns to anticipate needed equipment, parts, and supplies by working with experienced mechanic or technician; and places orders and verifies receipt of ordered items.
• Under the direction of maintenance mechanic or supervisor applies working knowledge to improve maintenance techniques and operations.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• A maintenance technician must comply specifically with all OSHA safety and health rules.
• Perform other duties as assigned.