Maintenance Technician II
Employment Type : Full-Time
Shift: 2nd
Overall Position Focus:
Provide multi-skilled maintenance support focused on customer service, quality, cost and productivity in a TPM environment. Maintain the responsibilities and performance requirements within both fields of the Maintenance Technician Apprentice and Technician I. Know and practice respectful workplace behavior.
Electrical Skills:
- Understand switch functions and protective functions of circuit breakers, principles of circuit interruption, components of a switchgear assembly, and preventive maintenance and overhaul procedures on low voltage circuit breakers.
- Understand components, operation, inspection and maintenance of high voltage circuit breakers
- Test, overhaul and perform preventive maintenance on low voltage circuit breakers.
- Troubleshoot, inspect and clean components in AC motor controllers.
- Diagnose PLC program.
- Trained to work on live equipment up to 480 volts.
- Understand functions, components and operating principles of 13,800 volts switchgear.
Mechanical Skills:
- Understand types of shaft misalignment, conditions affecting alignment, measurements and measuring tools for realignment, and methods used for shaft alignment including reverse dial, laser and rim and face.
- Understand types of gaskets and packing, packing glands, and installation of gaskets and packing.
- Understand components, types and operation of mechanical seals, causes of seal failure and the process of mechanical seal installation.
- Understand functions of CNC machining equipment.
- Use necessary hand and power tools to take appropriate action to replace components, make adjustments and recalibrate machinery to resolve issues and restore equipment to operating condition quickly and efficiently.
- Reengineer equipment for more efficiency.
- Understand the sequence of blowers / pumps for material flow.
- Understand hydraulic system diagrams and the operation of all components of valve bank systems.
- Read hydraulic system diagrams to determine fluid flow through a valve bank system.
- Understand pneumatic system diagrams and the operation of all components of valve bank systems.
- Read pneumatic system diagrams to determine fluid flow through a valve bank system.
- Remove mechanical seals from pumps, examine damaged mechanical seals and install various types of mechanical seals.
- Understand purpose of symbols used in and information provided in plant systems diagrams including equipment arrangement, piping system, piping and instrumentation and electrical diagrams.
- Perform maintenance on sawdust material conveying systems.
- Understand heating / ventilation systems.
- Perform maintenance on air handling units.
- Understanding of sprinkler systems and zones.
- Design and Fabricate machine guards per OSHA standards
- Understand concept of root cause analysis.
Special Physical Requirements:
- Some heavy lifting required to replace motors, pumps, extruder screws, etc., at low frequency. Equipment is provided to move / manipulate heavy components.
- Occasionally – lift /carry objects up to 100 pounds.
- Occasionally – Squat, crawl, reach above shoulders, kneel and balance.
- Job requires repetitive action such as simple staring, grasping, firm grasping, and fine manipulating. (This includes right and left hands)
- Outside work required.
- Working with various chemicals.
- High work from scaffolding, ladders and platforms.
- Working in confined space conditions.
- Wearing the proper PPE.
- Handling hazardous waste wearing the appropriate PPE.
- Working near energized electric circuits.
- Working near hot equipment and or materials
Qualifications
Education/Certification Requirements:
- Working towards and obtaining, or currently possessing a Class A Journeyman license - Preferred
- Working towards and obtaining, or currently possessing a 2-year technical degree in the mechanical field - Preferred