Industrial Maintenance Technician

Job Title: Industrial Maintenance Technician

Job Description

Currently seeking Multi-Craft Technicians. Seeking a highly motivated, knowledgeable, and experienced maintenance technician to work and grow within the maintenance team. The individual must have a strong technical aptitude and preferably possess 8-10 years of direct industrial and electrical experience in a manufacturing environment. Requires both excellent mechanical skills and knowledge (pneumatics, hydraulics, bearings, power transmission, lubrication) and electrical/electronic skills and knowledge (PLCs, A/C, D/C motors and drives AC/DC controls, and schematics) for their continuous process manufacturing environment to achieve machine preventative maintenance processes in assigned areas.

– Maintain production equipment
– Follow all safety rules and practices
– Perform preventive maintenance activities such as lubricating, measuring wear, measuring positions, repositioning components; and observing operations, vibrations, and noise levels
– Perform emergency/breakdown maintenance as necessary to support plant operations
– Accurately use measurement and test equipment
– Perform electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, steam system, and other repairs and installations as needed
– Install wire and conduit for newly installed and existing equipment such as conveyors, programmable controllers, converting and corrugating machinery
– Replace faulty electrical components of machines such as relays, switches, and motors, and position sensing devices such as proximity switch timers, scanners, and photoelectric devices
– Diagnose and repair/replace faulty electronic components such as printed circuit boards
– Safely and efficiently troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems that include hydraulic, pneumatic, power transmission, and conveyor systems
– Read electrical block diagrams, schematics as well as PLC ladder diagrams
– Use basic hand tools, power tools, electrical testing equipment, and computers
– Maintain clean and organized work areas, and clean up work areas upon completion of assigned tasks
– Be available to work all shifts as well as weekends, call-ins, holidays, and overtime as necessary
– Experience in a corrugated facility is preferred but not required
– Experience using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) is preferred but not required
– Accurately and completely prepare and maintain maintenance records and other paperwork
– Be self-motivated and able to follow through to completion with assigned responsibilities
– Maintain teamwork with other associates
– Perform other duties as assigned by supervision
– Wear all required personal protective equipment (PPE)
– Safely lift/move up to 75 pounds during regular work shift
– Accurately read gauges and other test equipment
– Utilize basic shop math and inspecting skills

Hard Skills

Mechanical skills (pneumatics, hydraulics, bearings, power transmission, lubrication)

Electrical/electronic skills (PLCs, A/C, D/C motors and drives AC/DC controls, and schematics)

Reading electrical block diagrams and schematics

Using measurement and test equipment

Troubleshooting mechanical and electrical systems

Using basic hand tools, power tools, electrical testing equipment, and computers

Experience using CMMS (preferred but not required)

Soft Skills

Highly motivated

Self-motivated

Teamwork

Following safety rules and practices

Accurate and complete record-keeping

Flexibility to work all shifts and overtime as necessary

Job Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 9 Month(s).

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Work Environment

Industrial manufacturing setting, non-climate controlled. Currently 6 Maintenance Techs on a 24/7 schedule. New hires will be the electrical experts on the team.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000 light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000 employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500 experienced recruiters across 250 offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.