Maintenance Mechanic

Quad Winchester, VA is seeking an Industrial Maintenance Mechanic, responsible for performing skilled mechanical maintenance work including repair, inspection, modification and improvement on industrial printing equipment.  The Maintenance Mechanic plays an essential role in helping the plant provide high quality product and efficient service to our customers by minimizing operational downtime.

PAID Relocation may be available for highly qualified candidates with 100+ miles from the plant. 

Our compressed work schedule is geared toward balancing work and family life.   You will work 3 to 4, 12 hour days a week with opportunities for overtime (OT paid after 40 hours per week).   These shifts rotate throughout the year (either 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. or 7 p.m. - 7 a.m.) including days, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Safely performing mechanical preventive maintenance procedures and repairs on finishing machines and auxiliary equipment while maintaining accurate preventive maintenance (PM) records 

• Troubleshooting, analyzing and repairing of precision machinery and auxiliary equipment, reading manuals and looking up parts

• Performing all work efficiently with an understanding of the urgency of production downtimes

• Emphasizing proactive measures to minimize reactive maintenance

• Maintaining and repairing components on systems such as bearings, shafts, couplings,  gear, clutches, drives, gearboxes, sprockets, chains and  pneumatic systems. 

Required Qualifications:

• Must be able to work a 12 hour rotating shifts (either 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. or 7 p.m. - 7 a.m.) including days, nights, weekends, and holidays. working 3 - 4 days a week

• Must provide, at minimum, a basic set of mechanical hand tools and be able to safely operate and maintain power tools

• Basic math, computer and good communication skills are mandatory  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of experience in maintenance 

• 2-3 years of related experience on bindery equipment including  stitchers, binders and sitmas, folders and inserters.  

• Completion of a maintenance program at a vocational/technical school or a recognized apprenticeship program in general mechanical maintenance is a plus

• Previous mechanical experience in the printing industry or industrial maintenance setting is preferred