Maintenance Technician - Military Veterans

Our client is seeking skilled military technicians for challenging roles in their maintenance department. Top troubleshooters and maintainers are welcome, and training will be provided.

This position is primarily responsible for installing, maintaining, and repairing machinery, equipment, physical structures, and pipe and electrical systems in commercial or industrial establishments by performing the following duties.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

- Performs preventive maintenance and repair on all production equipment including injection molding machines and extruders, and all other support equipment including loaders, blenders, vacuum pumps, chillers, compressors, conveyors and so on

- Performs building maintenance including heat/air conditioning, plumbing and electrical

- Maintains a clean and safe work environment

- Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment

- Adjusts functional parts of devices or control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, or straightedges

- Aligns and balances new equipment after installation

- Assembles, installs, or repairs wiring, electrical or electronic components, pipe systems, plumbing, machinery, or equipment

- Cleans or lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, or other parts of machinery

- Diagnoses mechanical problems and determines how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary

- Dismantles devices to access and removes defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools

- Inspects drives, motors, and belts, check fluid levels, replace filters, or performs other maintenance actions, following checklists

- Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, or other measuring instruments

- Inspects, operates, or tests machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions

- Operates cutting torches or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts

- Paints or repairs roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, or other parts of building structures

- Performs routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, and the physical condition of buildings does not deteriorate

- Plans and lays out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, or schematic diagrams

- Repairs or replaces defective equipment parts, using hand tools and power tools, and reassemble equipment

- Sets up and operates machine tools to repair or fabricates machine parts, jigs, fixtures, or tools

- Tests and treats water supply

- Uses tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, and wrenches, to precision measuring instruments and electrical and electronic testing devices

Base salary, $70 - $80K with overtime pay, a $2/hour shift differential, a quarterly bonus up to 8%, annual bonus up to 5%, they offer excellent benefits, and relocation assistance is on a case-by-case basis.

This company is expanding with new machinery and employees, and they are eager to hire and train sharp veterans; they offer growth potential on a national level.

Job 57844