Production Maintenance Technician - Flag Solutions

Job Purpose:

• Provides technical support to Maintenance staff and Production.
• Performs service and preventative maintenance on a variety of automated electro-mechanical equipment.
• Responsible for the installation, service and preventative maintenance of all Production related equipment and proper upkeep of tools, supplies and testing equipment.
• Helps develop strategies and procedures to constantly evolve our preventative maintenance program.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for daily maintenance of production equipment.
• Diagnose and resolve causes of electrical and mechanical malfunctions on all production equipment (including custom automated assembly and packaging machinery).
• Perform high level troubleshooting and repairing electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic control systems, PLC, HMI, AC/DC drives, stepper/servo motor controls, machine vision and test systems, ultrasonic welding equipment and control systems.
• Use appropriate test equipment to isolate problems and make repairs in a timely manner.
• Assist in determining inventory quantity levels of machine parts and sourcing.
• Communicate all pertinent information to department's applicable personnel.
• Recommend improvements and optimization of the manufacturing machinery and processes, collaborate with machinery design engineers and machine builders to implement the improvements and modifications.
• Provide leadership for the continuous improvement projects including engineering solutions to eliminate safety and quality concerns, repetitive equipment failures, and to reduce costs.
• Maintain updated drawings, schematics, manuals and control systems backup programs on all production machinery and equipment.
• Adhere to all quality and safety codes specifications and requirements
• Ensure a safe environment is present during equipment repair and maintenance.
• Train operations staff in respect to machine operation and operator level PM.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

1. High School graduate, GED, Technical school graduate or equivalent training.
2. Minimum of 4 to 5 years of electro-mechanic experience in a manufacturing environment.
3. Proficient in use of power tools/measuring devices.
4. Basic background in general machine shop practices and experience working with high/low voltage (up to 480V) power.
5. Read blueprints and electrical schematics.
6. Knowledge of safety procedures, lockout/tag out and fall protection.
7. Ability to train others as necessary.