Strom Minnesota is currently looking for an experienced Maintenance Technician for our client in Little Canada, MN. The hours for this opportunity are 6:45am-3:pm M-F.
PRIMARY PURPOSE:
This position supports the Quality Management System by following the work rules outlined in the Team Member Handbook, working cooperatively and effectively with others in the organization, sharing information to enable others to do their jobs, and displaying good customer service to our internal and external customers consistent with our values.
Responsible for making all necessary adjustments, minor repairs and changeovers to equipment and the manufacturing process to achieve acceptable product quality and production standards for assigned machines.
Responsible for the safe, proper, installation, set-up and maintenance of production machines & equipment that support production demands. This includes performing electrical and mechanical repairs, fabrications, and installation of equipment. Completes assigned duties in a timely manner to support and improve the manufacturing process.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Includes the following for essential work assignments required of the role, as well as other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned to meet business needs.
- Responsible for installing, repairing, and maintaining the operational readiness of industrial production and processing machinery and equipment. Have the practical application of mechanics to the design, construction, or operation of machines and tools.
- Evaluates parts for defects (i.e., breakage and excessive wear) repairs and replaces broken, defective, or malfunctioning components of machinery and equipment.
- Responsible for analyzing test results, machine error messages, and information obtained from operators to diagnose equipment problems and decide what to do about it.
- Maintains knowledge of the safe and proper start-up, shutdown and operation of all process, production, support, and auxiliary equipment up to achieving acceptable production rates and product specifications as established by leadership.
- Perform setups and changeovers of production equipment based on established standards to the point that acceptable product is obtained at the direction of leadership.
- Responsible for reassembling equipment after completion of repairs, including the inspection, and testing of repairs following all safety protocols. Operate newly repaired machinery and equipment to verify the adequacy of repairs.
- Responsible for testing the operations of machinery and equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using voltmeters and other testing devices.
- Perform Maintenance and repairs of production equipment in a manner that generates the highest level of production and quality to meet customer demands. Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Performs routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, and the physical condition of buildings does not deteriorate.
- Performs routine inspections of machines and finished parts using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments.
- Cuts and welds metal to repair broken metal parts, fabricate new parts, and assemble new equipment.
- Aligns, cleans, lubricates, and adjust parts, equipment, and machinery.
- Utilizes blueprints, manufacturers’ manuals, and process guides to determine correct installation and operation of machinery.
- Responsible for the installation of new equipment, including equipment and process modifications in an acceptable manner as assigned.
- Supports other production team members by performing maintenance on machines in a timely manner.
- Responsible for contributing to ways that continually improve the overall plant operations. Understand the implication of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision making.
- Work with all other departments in a way that promotes teamwork throughout the organization to achieve company goals.
- Be a leader in promoting and following all safety and GMP policies and procedures. Look for ways to continually improve the overall plant operations.
- Perform duties assigned by the Maintenance Leader in an acceptable manner.
- Fills out necessary paperwork completely and on a timely basis.
- Follow all policies and procedures as outlined in the employee handbook.
Decisions Making: Decisions that this role is solely responsible for and only checked periodically.
- Routine fix or repair decisions
- Routine adjustments and minor repairs to equipment to meet machine efficiency goals.
- Best solution repair/fabrication decisions
- Needs to be able to prioritize assignments to best support production.
Personal Characteristics: The behaviors and traits of the person that leverage the skills and abilities.
1. Willing to ask questions
2. Can figure out “peel away” to get to information
3. Structured thinking
4. Able to work with minimal supervision.
5. Self-motivated.
6. Time management: Manage one’s time to meet flat rate times.
7. Strong communication skills, written and oral.
Qualification/Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- High school diploma or GED with over 5 years related experience in a machine shop/manufacturing environment, preferably in the plastics industry preferred.
- Ability to manage and complete multiple tasks.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, in a friendly and professional manner, both in person and over the paging system, in an effective manner. Ability to identify problems and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, picture, oral, diagram or schedule form. Ability to identify problems, root causes and proper solutions in the manufacturing process.
- Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or likely to go wrong. It does involve solving the problem.
- Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions.
- Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures).
- Ability to apply concepts such as basic mathematics to solve problems: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Convert measuring units from standard to metric and vice versa.)
- Ability to read and prepare routine reports and interpret various documents and correspondence.
- Computer experience with the Internet, Microsoft Windows software, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel and e-mail (Microsoft Outlook).
- Metal working, mechanical, basic machinist and trouble shooting skills.
- Experience in hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical skills preferred.
