Primary Responsibilities:

• To inspect, repair, replace, install, adjust, and maintain all plant machinery, equipment, buildings, and or assets as designated by Management.
• Receives instructions regarding work assignment from supervisor.
• Inspects plant equipment to determine most effective, efficient, and safe way to make all repairs.
• Coordinates with Production Manager to minimize production downtime and develop working procedure to carry out plant maintenance.
• Dismantles, cleans, repairs, replaces, installs, maintains, assembles, adjusts, and lubricates equipment for proper operating characteristics.
• Assembles and aligns gears, bearings and shafts, works on clutches, brakes, pneumatic and hydraulic systems; does pipe fitting and threading, plumbing, erects scaffolding and performs rigging, uses burning and welding equipment.
• Performs simple electrical repairs and removes electrical components from equipment for contractor repair as required.
• Hooks, directs, and/or operates crane in moving machinery or parts for installation, machining, or repair; assembles, aligns, levels, and adjusts machinery and equipment.
• May be required to set up and/or operate plant production equipment to perform work of a non-production nature necessary to the satisfy performance of maintenance duties.
• Performs other miscellaneous related duties as assigned by Supervisor.
• Maintains a neat, orderly work area.
• Records job time on work order, time report, and other miscellaneous reports.
• Performs routine set-ups and die changes for production equipment.
• Creates, tracks, updates, and advises reorders of necessity spare parts or parts needed for preventative maintenance tasks.
• Consult, schedule, oversee, and approve all outside vendor repairs made at the facility. Establishes rapport with Production Manager to ensure that all vendors are screened and routinely evaluated for performance of duties.
• Required to adhere to all safety rules and regulations and participate in safety efforts.
• Performs job functions using safe work practices.