Maintenance Technician

POSITION SUMMARY:

Performs preventive maintenance and repairs on production equipment and systems (e.g., mechanical, electrical). Evaluates and recommends equipment improvements to improve efficiency, capability and yield.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Performs preventive maintenance and repairs on production equipment and systems

Adjust or replace worn or defective mechanisms and parts and reassemble repaired systems

Inspect maintenance systems, equipment, or components to identify hazards, defects, or the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with codes

Troubleshoots and diagnoses equipment problems

Repair or replace defective equipment, components, or wiring

Prepares technical reports to document preventative maintenance issues

Performs equipment failure analyses (including preventive and unscheduled maintenance)

Maintains and secures a spare parts inventory, recommends purchasing of maintenance equipment and supplies as required to improve processes and efficiencies

Evaluates and recommends equipment improvements to improve efficiency, capability and yield

Observe and test system operation, using gauges and instruments

Adjust or replace worn or defective mechanisms and parts and reassemble repaired systems

Assists higher-level technicians

Preferred Qualifications

Ammonia experience

HS Diploma, GED or equivalent

Technical certification in Industrial Maintenance or other related field

Strong mechanical troubleshooting and problem resolution skills

Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish reading, writing & speaking

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure, meet deadlines, present a professional demeanor and work well independently and within a team environment

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

ENVIRONMENTAL/WORKING CONDITIONS

Ability to work overnight shifts, weekends, holidays, 1st, 2nd and/or 3rd shifts

Ability to work in temperature conditions between 35 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit; may occasionally exceed 95 degrees Fahrenheit

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Regularly required to stand; use hands and fingers in a repetitive motion. Frequently required to stand, walk and reach above the head. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear. The employee is required to lift a minimum of ten (10) lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office levels to loud factory / warehouse levels.