Maintenance Technician

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Strive to achieve company objectives while demonstrating company’s Mission Statement, Quality Policy, and Ridgeview Principles in the performance of daily activities. Install and repair organizational machinery, equipment, structure, and systems according to maintenance departental instructions following Governmental and/or Company safety and housekeeping policies/procedures. 

• Follow all safety policies including, lock out / tag out and consistently use required personal protective equipment.
• Actively support safety initiatives, hazard identifications, and safe material handling practices.
• Ensure quality requirements are achieved by reading and following Quality communications, and following established process.
• Maintain work area cleanliness, following 5S priniciples, and organziation of materials.
• Perform electrical/mechanical trouble shooting on industrial production equipment, such as robotic welders, stamping presses, conveyors, etc.
• Perform preventative maintenance on equipment as assigned.
• Complete electrical and plumbing connections for equipment installation.
• Perform robot and fixture adjustments on automated assembly equipment to maintain quality requirements of parts.
• Perform manual welding on machine guarding and tooling as needed.

·        Perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, adjustments, and repairs to minimize downtime.

·        Maintain current hi-lo/crane certification with Ridgeview Industries.

·        Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·        3-5 years of experience in industrial maintenance preferred.

·        High School diploma, equivalent education, (GED) with a journeyman certificate.

·        Ability to read, write, and interpret documents in English. Ability to speak effectively, present information, and respond to questions from other employees of organization.

·        Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.

·        Working knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, and electrical.

·        Working knowledge of mill and lathe preferred.

·        Proficient in basic computer skills with ability to maintain work order logs.

·        Eye for detail and accuracy.

·        Data driven approach to problem solving and decision making.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

·        Ability to lift, carry and move equipment, tools and materials weighing up to 70 pounds.

·        Extensive walking, standing, and climbing ladders throughout entire shift.

·        Crouch, bend, crawl, kneel, stoop and reach.

• Speak, hear and listen in environment with significant background noise.

Work Environment This position is performed in an active metal manufacturing environment. Employees work around operating machinery, moving mechanical equipment, powered industrial vehicles, overhead cranes, and heavy steel machines. The role involves exposure to elevated noise level, airborne industrial particles, vibration, temperature variations, and typical production floor activities including handling metal product that may have sharp edges.