The Maintenance Technician is responsible for performing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairing plant equipment and systems to ensure optimal plant performance. This role emphasizes mechanics, piping, welding, and hydraulics, and involves supporting plant safety programs and policies. The Maintenance Technician plays a crucial role in maintaining the plant's mechanical and piping systems, ensuring safety compliance, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. This position requires a combination of technical skills, regulatory knowledge, and the ability to work in various physical conditions.
Responsibilities:
- Perform expert troubleshooting, installation, routine maintenance, and repair of mechanical manufacturing equipment.
- Handle mechanical piping within the plant.
- Demonstrate understanding and application of welding principles (stick, TIG, MIG).
- Read and interpret mechanical and piping prints.
- Operate hydraulic equipment and understand hydraulic principles.
- Utilize personal computer skills and mechanical programs for maintenance tasks.
- Perform rotating machine alignment.
- Have a basic understanding of electrical systems to assist the Maintenance Electrical Technician.
- Maintain facilities and grounds in a clean and efficient manner.
- Possess project management skills and participate in plant projects when needed.
- Assist process operators and the Maintenance Manager with control of parts inventory.
- Support the development and implementation of safety programs.
- Ensure awareness and implementation of local, state, and federal regulations as they apply to the maintenance department.
- Carry out company safety policies and procedures.
Qualifications:
- High school graduate or GED required.
- Technical degree or certification in a related mechanical field preferred.
- 3+ years of experience in maintenance operations, preferably in the ethanol industry.
- Expertise in mechanics, piping, welding, and hydraulics.
- Strong communication, organizational, time-management, and troubleshooting skills.