SR. 1 ELECTRIC TECHNICIAN

TITLE: SR. 1 Electric Technician

POSITION OBJECTIVE: This position will be under the supervision of the Maintenance Manager, ensures the correct operation, repairs, and preventative maintenance schedules of the office, manufacturing, and distribution facilities. This position will perform tasks to install, maintain and/or repair plant production machinery such as plastic resin handling systems, co-extrusion cast film lines, pallet wrapping machines, and pre-stretch machines.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ensure consistent, dependable attendance and demonstrate a willingness to accommodate non-standard work hours as necessary.
• Capable of effectively managing job-related stress and fostering productive workplace interactions.
• Working knowledge of OSHA Regulations. 2. 3-5 years of maintenance experience in an industrial setting.
• Strong mechanical trouble shooting skills.
• Strong electrical, electronic, PLC skills, and basic welding, pipefitting skills.
• Ability to work flexible hours, overtime and take call-ins.
• Good writing, reading and math skills
• Ability to use common precision measuring instruments, gauges and hand tools.
• Must possess a quality set of standard and metric size mechanic’s tools as well as basic electrical test equipment. (Muti-meter)
• Understanding of proper lubrication techniques.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Respond rapidly to all production breakdowns with a strong sense of urgency.
• Diagnose and remedy machine faults, both electrical and mechanical, and determine necessary repairs.
• Install plant processing equipment piping including copper, stainless steel, plastic and iron pipefitting.
• Trouble shoot and repair vacuum, centrifugal, and reciprocating pumps.
• Inspect all plant equipment and machinery for proper lubrication and perform other preventive maintenance such as draining air filters, changing panel air filters.
• Weld metal objects together by means of tig, oxyacetylene, and arc welder.
• Perform simple adjustments, repairs or replacements on motors, controls, VFD’s, on electrical equipment. PLC troubleshooting desired.
• “Follow Lock out Tag Out” Policy and procedures to ensure that machines or equipment are isolated from all potentially hazardous energy before performing cleaning, service or maintenance activities where they may be an unexpected energization, start-up, or release of stored energy.
• Learn machine operating and maintenance requirements of all production machines and equipment.
• Must be able to interpret basic mechanical drawings and schematics.

WORK ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS SUBJECTED TO IN THIS POSITION:

• Manufacturing Environment
• Ability to work in varying temperatures (cold and hot)
• Loud noise