Maintenance Technician (Mechanic)

This position is responsible for ensuring equipment integrity and timely repair.

Key responsibilities include:

• Effectively supporting the Preventative Maintenance (PM) program with a goal of continually reducing unscheduled downtime.
• Analyzing problems and interpreting technical information necessary to make required repairs, including troubleshooting equipment issues.
• Performing mechanical and electrical maintenance and repairs on production machinery and facility support equipment.
• Inspecting, operating, and testing machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunction and validate work performed.
• Ensuring safety by following all company policies, including safety rules, procedures, Lock-out/Tag-out procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), personal safety standards, food safety standards, as well as OSHA standards.
• Troubleshooting PLC controlled equipment and all plant electrical and mechanical systems, including motors, instrumentation, distribution, and feed control systems, and developing sustainable solutions accordingly.
• Completing all assigned work orders within the time allotted.
• Maintaining complete records of work performed using software, work orders, and detailed logs, and having good communication skills across all groups/departments.
• Assisting with equipment changeovers and line startups, troubleshooting issues as needed.
• Identifying required parts and maintaining current inventories and parts reorder lists.
• Assuring that all products are manufactured to the highest standard of quality.
• Participating in Continuous Improvement, providing suggestions to improve processes, and participating in team projects.

Physical Requirements

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.

• Ability to lift 50-80 lbs. Performs highly repetitive motions, stand for eight plus hours, talk, and hear.
• Ability to climb ladders, stairways, use a manlift/scissorlift at ceiling heights or above with proper safety equipment, and work in a non-air conditioned environment.
• While performing job duties, the associate will frequently walk, use hands to feel or handle, and reach with hands and arms. Frequent exposure to oils and greases or coolants.
• While performing job duties, the associate will occasionally sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and smell. Occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme heat; and vibration.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates, which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical, Vision, Dental, 401K, and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services.

Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.