PC Maintenance Technician jobs in Rockford, IL

Description

The primary purpose of the Maintenance Technician is to work in a team or autonomously performing basic to mid-level mechanical and electrical troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance on equipment in accordance with manufacturer's manuals, diagrams, sketches, and prints  

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Follows all safety related policies, rules, regulations, technical instructions, and guidelines.
• Situational awareness and identify unsafe behaviors and conditions.
• Performs basic to mid-level break-fix & preventative maintenance.
  • This includes but is not limited to:
    • observing devises in operation to location root cause of problem,
    • dismantling devices to gain access to and remove defective parts,
    • examining parts to detect imperfections,
    • adjustment of functional parts of devices and control instruments,
    • repair and/or replacement of defective parts,
    • testing of device to observe performance,
    • performing tests for electrical circuitry and mechanical systems,
    • reconditioning and repairing machine tools.
• Re-aligns and adjust components such as belts, spindles and clutches.
• Remove and replace bearings, gearboxes, drive gears, and motor.
• Locates damaged air and hydraulic pipes on machine and measures, cuts, threads and installs new pipe.
• Identifies and sources parts, supplies and repair items as necessary.
• Independently performs maintenance as per industry standards.
• May be required to setup and operate multiple machining operations including but not limited to drill press, grinder, and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts.
• May perform welding tasks.
• Complies with 5S and housekeeping standards.
• Drives and participates in CI activities - processes, results, and cost savings.
• Updates records and reviews CMMS history.
• Utilizes predictive maintenance technologies to collect equipment performance data.
• Works within small teams and/or with contractors.
• Completes on-the-job and technical self-study programs for career development.
• Work in and around the buildings and grounds as needed.
 

Qualifications:

• Team player, self-starter, motivator, goal oriented, strategic thinker.
• Must have a strong working knowledge in computers, and food processing equipment.
• Good planning, organizational, problem solving, people skills.
• Developed verbal and written communication.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• While performing the duties of this job, team member is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb, ascend/descend or balance to heights that may require a ladder or lift; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl in confined spaces; and talk or hear. 
• Team member is occasionally required to sit.
• Team member must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. 
• Team member is regularly required to use close vision and color vision.
• Team member is routinely exposed to outside weather conditions with temperatures ranging from -35 degrees and up.
• There is a risk of electrical shock
• Work is typically performed in a factory environment and is usually very loud.
• In the factory environment, team member may be exposed to hazardous materials and/or greasy or slippery factory floors.