CWI - HOUSTON MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Job Title: Maintenance Technician    Pay Rate:  $27-$30 Based on Experience

Reports to:  Operations Manager    Location:  Houston, TX

Department: Maintenance 

Position Overview: The Maintenance Technician is responsible for installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, overhauling and repairing stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Ensure safety policies, housekeeping rules and guidelines, quality standards, and standard operating procedures are followed
2. Interpret blueprints and schematics when working on machines
3. Install, align, dismantle and move stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment
4. Ability to detect, isolate and identify irregularities and malfunctions in machinery and equipment
5. Ability to Troubleshoot PLC’s
6. Install, troubleshoot and maintain power transmission, hydraulic, pneumatic and vacuum systems
7. Adjust machinery and repair or replace defective parts
8. Operate machine tools such as welders, lathes and grinders to fabricate parts required during overhaul, maintenance or set-up of machinery
9. Clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work on machinery
10. Assemble machinery and equipment prior to installation using hand and power tools and welding equipment
11. Perform preventative maintenance
12. Complete all paperwork as required
13. Other duties as assigned

Position Requirements:

1. High school graduate or equivalent required
2. Minimum of 5 years’ mechanical and equipment experience in an industrial environment
3. Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation
4. Experience in moving, assembling, disassembling, troubleshooting and repairing various types of machinery and equipment
5. Able to weld and fabricate new parts to replace defective parts during machine setup, maintenance or overhaul
6. Thorough knowledge of load bearing capabilities of the equipment to be installed, assembled or dismembered
7. Demonstrated aptitude in reading and interpreting blueprints, diagrams, schematics, drawings, manuals and specifications
8. Good written and verbal communication skills
9. Overtime may be required
10. Travel may be required