JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION: Maintenance Technician

Reports to: Maintenance Manager

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: Conducts machine setup, troubleshooting, repairs, computer operation and preventive maintenance service.

• Provides emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Prepares and sets up machinery for scheduled production runs. 
• Performs mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, plumbing, and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair of problems found during trouble shooting.
• Reads and interprets equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service 
• Comply with OSHA Safety and Health rules. .
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed. 

Minimum Requirements: 

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Technical training; exposure to processing machinery 
• 2 years of related experience in machinery trouble shooting and maintenance
• Able to work varied shifts and days
• Experience in a commercial laundry desirable but not required
• Ability to work in team atmospheres

Essential Mental Functions:

• Ability to understand verbal instructions and carry out assigned job-related tasks.
• Ability to read, write, and carryout verbal instructions.
• Ability to assess and communicate personal difficulty in carrying out specific assigned tasks. 
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently, keeping pace with co-workers in the assigned task area.
• Ability to communicate personnel needs and concerns to the Supervisor. 
• Ability to understand and apply all Reino Linen Service policies and procedures and/or consult with the Supervisor about areas of confusion.
• Ability to work cooperatively with co-workers.
• Ability to move from one task to another as production needs shift. 
• Ability to identify and report a safety concern, whether to the individual or the group as whole.

Essential Physical Functions: 

• Ability to walk and stand for prolonged periods.
• Ability to bend to waist.
• Ability to see, with or without corrective devices.
• Ability to use both arms and hands. 
• Ability to hear, with or without corrective devices.
• Ability to twist upper body left and right
• Ability to grasp items with fingers
• Ability to push a weighted cart with a maximum 35 pound push/pull measurement
• Ability to operate all relevant equipment after training is provided. 
• Able to work in heat 

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 occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.