Electrical Maintenance Technician

SUMMARY

The Electrical Maintenance Technician's role is to keep machinery and equipment operational by both preventative and corrective maintenance. The Technician is working in a manufacturing environment and provides electrical and mechanical maintenance for conveyor belts, shredders and grinders, and plastics extrusion machinery, and all associated equipment supporting plastics manufacturing.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Minimizes production downtime by immediately responding to emergency/corrective maintenance requests both verbal and written requests.

Performs comprehensive and thorough daily, weekly, monthly, and plant shutdown PM inspections according to PM check sheets to minimize unscheduled downtime.

Repairs all equipment.

Documents, organizes, prioritizes and schedules maintenance tasks that require machine/line to be down to be performed upon the first possible downtime.

Maintains good relationships between supervisors and team members to assure cooperation.

Informs team leaders on any unsafe or unproductive work practices and, if necessary, moves up the chain of command for corrective action.

Requests and follows up on any parts needed for repairs with parts manager.

Inspects critical and safety-related procedures for compliance as assigned.

Adhere to all company policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED SKILLS

5 years minimum industrial electrical and/or maintenance experience

Basic hand tools including Multi-meter and Amp meter

Ability to read and understand blueprints and electrical schematics

Ability to troubleshoot, assess and repair

Ability to build control panels from laying it out to final installation. (including all control wiring and hooking up to main power)

Forklift experience

Ability to work with minor supervision

Ability to perform mechanical jobs such as changing bearings, belts, pulleys, oil in machinery and any other small task jobs needed

Accurately fills out all paperwork (PM reports, parts requisitions, etc.)

Experience in hydraulics, air compressors, PLCs and welding is a plus but not required

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Manufacturing working environment. Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and an increased noise level

Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.