Maintenance Technician III

Performs maintenance related tasks for the upkeep of the entire facility. Ensures continued production operations by completing regular, preventive maintenance. Must have demonstrated advanced mechanical skills, advanced electrical skills, including controls and PLCs. Must have a strong commitment to OSHA safety standards and follows company safety policies, procedures and protocols while carrying out facility maintenance work.

Career Description:

• Must have extensive mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic experience.
• Must have extensive electrical knowledge.
• Must have good controls troubleshooting.
• Able to program various brands of drives, or the knowledge to learn various brands and types.
• Able to troubleshoot PLC`s; able to hook up to PLC`s and have a good knowledge of ladder logics. Able to upload and download programs, and make changes to those programs.
• Must be able to read electrical prints.
• Must be able to demonstrate basic conduit and wiring skills.
• Performs lockout / tag out procedures, according to OSHA standards and company policies.
• Works as a cooperative member of the team while performing all duties and alone, as needed.
• Follows direction of leads, supervisors and managers.
• Able to follow good housekeeping practices.
• Able to learn and use Maintenance Management systems.
• Able to read blueprints.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• General controls and electrical troubleshooting.
• Extensive knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatics.
• Able to perform basic stick and wire feed welding.
• Must be able to learn the basic functions of all plant equipment.
• Must have basic knowledge of lockout tag out and proper PPE.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; handle objects, tools, controls and reach with hands and arms; climb and balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Regularly required lifting and/or moving up to 65 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Must have normal color vision.

Work Environment

• Regularly works near moving mechanical parts; in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions.
• Regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heats and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.