Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Position Title:Maintenance Technician 1st Shift

Wage: $28.00+/hour

Shift: 1st

Hours: 7:00am-3:00pm


QPS Employment Group has a great opportunity available for an Advanced Maintenance Tech in Fairfield, IA. This is a direct hire, 1st shift position.

Maintenance Technician Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Perform repairs or maintenance work to ensure optimal performance and minimize production downtime, including routine preventative maintenance.

- Maintains a safe and organized work environment in compliance with Corporate/OSHA safety standards and performs all work while adhering to all safety regulations and guidelines. and machinery.

- Organizes and maintains the maintenance cage and spare parts inventory.

- Provides emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.

- Reads and interprets equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.

- Diagnoses problems, replaces or repairs parts, tests, and adjusts.

- Uses a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment, including forklifts, scissor lifts and boom lifts in performing duties.

- Detects faulty operations, defective material, and report those and any unusual situations to supervisor or management.

- Assists with new projects including fabrication and installation of piping, conduit and cables.

- Performs programming and troubleshooting for automated equipment including PLCs, HMIs and robots to resolve performance issues.

- Accurately document changes and updates to equipment.

- Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic problems with equipment.

- Collaborates with other members of the team to ensure that deadlines are met, while minimizing machine down-time.

- Consistently abides by established safety rules, procedures, and regulations including wearing required safety equipment such as safety shoes and glasses.

- Maintains a clean and organized work environment.

- Identifies and reports issues to supervisor or manager.

- Works effectively with co-workers and supervisors, sharing knowledge, resources, and experience to achieve goals in a timely fashion, while promoting respect, communication, and teamwork.

- Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

- Participate in a rotating on call schedule to cover overnight and weekend emergency repairs as needed.

Maintenance Technician Requirements:

- Fluent in PLC programming-both interpreting and building new programs.

- Adaptable to other brands of equipment as needed.

- Familiar with ANSI and OSHA safety requirements.

- The ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, and solve complex electrical issues.

- The ability to identify and differentiate numerous parts, pieces, components, and wires and understand their functions and interactions.

- The ability to work efficiently and prioritize tasks is important to minimize machine and equipment downtime.

- Good verbal and written communication skills are important to work effectively with other departments and team members.

- The ability to follow step by step standard procedures based on the manufacturers recommendations and trade recommendations and protocols.

- The ability to count, read, calculate, and use various measures in the execution of the job.

- The ability to follow safety procedures and guidelines when using tools and equipment is important to maintain a safe work environment.

- Reliability and consistency of attendance, punctuality, and completion of assigned tasks according to established standards and expectations with little supervision.

- Proficiency in using software and Microsoft Office applications, including software for maintenance tracking and reporting, as well as computer diagnostic equipment.

- An associates degree, or equivalent work experience preferred.

- Advanced knowledge working with automated PCL based equipment and processes preferred.


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