Maintenance Technician

Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Location: Carson City, NV 89706

Duration: 6 Months (with extension)

Shift : 8 Am – 4:30 Pm

Responsibilities:

• Maintains and repairs machinery such as engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines and equipment. Performs maintenance and repairs to physical structures of facility.
• Reads and understands blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings.
• Conducts tests to locate mechanical system malfunction.
• Observes mechanical devices in operation and listens to their sounds to locate causes of trouble.
• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections.
• Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.
• Repairs or replaces defective parts.
• Installs special functional and structural parts in devices.
• Lubricates and cleans parts.
• Uses machine tools in installation, maintenance or repair.
• Starts devices to test their performance.

Education and/or Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and a minimum of five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 90 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.