Lead Maintenance Technician 1st shift

Responsibilities:

• Direct preventive maintenance and daily repair of injection molding presses, molds, and auxiliary equipment.
• Diagnose trouble, replace or repair parts, detect and replace defective control modules, test and make adjustments using problem solving standards. 
• Participate with set-up reduction improvements of specific injection molding presses, molds and auxiliary equipment (conveyors, dryers, thermolators, etc.) through Kaizen improvement activities 
• Working knowledge of and ability to troubleshoot PLCs - Allen-Bradley, Siemens, etc. 
• Troubleshoot basic pneumatic, mechanical, hydraulic and electronic systems 
• Maintain water system throughout manufacturing facility to support injection molding equipment 
• Maintain spare parts inventory for injection molding equipment, molds, and auxiliary equipment 
• Maintain proper records regarding machine maintenance (process history, etc.) 
• Participate in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in molding 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• High School diploma or GED equivalent
• 10+ years’ experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing equipment in a manufacturing environment 
• Proven capability of troubleshooting pneumatic, mechanical, hydraulic and electronic systems
• Proven competence with performing basic machine shop operations holding standard tolerances through operation of milling machines, lathes, surface grinders, etc. 
• Basic understanding of electrical circuits 
• Ability to read and comprehend basic pneumatic, mechanical, hydraulic and electrical/electronic schematics.
• Develop kaizen understanding 
• Personal computer skills: Microsoft Windows, Excel and Word 

• Must possess good communication skills, written and verbal, and must be able to interact with customers and employees. 
• Strong attention to details, highly organized, able to multi-task. 
• Must be punctual and dependable, able to work with little supervision. Must be able to maintain files in a neat and orderly manner.