Job Details
Position: Maintenance Mechanic
Location: Newark, DE
Reports to: Maintenance Manager
Work Status: Full Time, Non-Exempt
Job Summary
Under the direction of the Maintenance Manager, the incumbent performs a combination of machine maintenance, electrical, pipe fitting and carpentry duties with the goal of preventing downtime and completing a project as quickly and as efficiently as possible.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Installs equipment, including rigging, setting, and ancillary services
- Repairs machinery
- Electrical repairs not requiring skills of an electrician
- Plumbing and pipe fitting new or existing installations
- Schedule/Perform preventive maintenance operations
- Reports machine irregularities so that corrective action can be taken
- Builds platforms and guards
- Follows all quality procedures and instructions
- Observes safety rules and works safely at all times
- Performs all other duties as assigned by the Maintenance Manager
- Must be available for overtime as needed
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED with shop or VoTech background preferred
- Experience/Training in plumbing, carpentry, and mechanical maintenance
- Three to five years’ experience in repair of machinery and equipment in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to Pipefit and rebuild dies, gearboxes and extruders
- Troubleshooting skills in hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical power and controls
- Operate milling machine and lathe
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, and assembly drawings
- Possess the ability to work independently
- Good attendance record, safety record, and safety attitude
- Able to stoop, squat and bend, as well as push, pull, and lift objects and/or equipment of various weight, size and design
- Good eyesight
- Keen hearing to listen for mechanical malfunctions
- Agility of hands, wrists, and arms
- Able to walk through departments, the plant, and the grounds numerous times daily
- Able to climb ladders and platforms, including stepping up and down from platforms and catwalks
- Able to lift 50 pounds from the floor up or above the head
- Agility to work in tight areas
- Able to stand for long periods of time
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