Maintenance Technician II

Overview

Cadrex is searching for a Maintenance Technician II to perform highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain production machinery, facility equipment, and physical structures according to safety and preventive maintenance systems and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform highly diversified duties in maintaining production machines and the plant facility’s equipment.
• Develop work instructions for production and facility’s equipment, helping to build a preventive maintenance system.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools and electric multimeters.
• Ability to use computers proficiently.
• Perform mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair of equipment, machines, and facilities.
• Installs new production machinery and equipment.
• Visually inspects and listens to machines and equipment to locate causes of malfunctions.
• Diagnoses problems, replaces or repairs parts, tests, and adjusts.
• Detects faulty operations, defective materials or/or equipment and reports as required.
• Dismantles machines and equipment to gain access to problem area.
• Inspects and measures parts to detect wear, misalignment, or other problems.
• Provides emergency service and unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs to production equipment during machine service.
• Starts machines and equipment to test operation following repair.
• Repairs broken parts, replaces defective parts and motors, belts, and adjusts feed mechanisms.
• Connects wire to motors, fixtures, and other electrical equipment, replaces switches and fuses, and splices wire and insulates wire with friction tape.
• Performs regular preventative maintenance on machines and equipment.
• Patches or replaces plaster/plaster board and paints walls, ceilings, and trim of buildings.
• May be required to use personal vehicle at times for work assignments.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Demonstrated electronics knowledge and variety of hand tools, ability to understand mechanical processes, possess electronics knowledge, and possess a basic knowledge of hydraulics.
• Previous experience in a machine shop performing maintenance mechanic duties preferred.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance and/or repair instructions and manuals, and procedure manuals.
• Demonstrated ability to read electrical schematics.

Education

Associate/Technical degree in a related field preferred.

Location & Schedule

This is an onsite position, Monday-Friday schedule.

Compensation & Benefits

Cadrex Manufacturing Solutions offers a comprehensive total compensation package, including:

• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Employer-paid and supplemental life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Generous paid time off and holiday pay
• 401(k) investment plan, with an employer match of up to 4%
• Education support program
• Safety eyeglasses/shoe reimbursement
• Referral bonuses
• Bonus plan for all full-time employees

Work Environment

The work environment involves frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts and vibration, with occasional risk of electrical shock. The noise level is typically moderate and sometimes loud.

Physical Demands

Regularly requires standing, sitting, using hands, handling, feeling, talking, or hearing. Occasionally requires sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Key Skills/Competency

• Preventive Maintenance
• Troubleshooting
• Electrical Systems
• Mechanical Repair
• Hydraulics
• Pneumatics
• Machine Installation
• Diagnostic Skills
• Safety Protocols
• Hand & Power Tools