The Maintenance Senior Technician is a shop hourly position with primary responsibilities of troubleshooting and repairing plant equipment. They are also required to perform preventative maintenance tasks on equipment. As an experienced mechanic, the Senior Technician has a high level of proficiency in troubleshooting mechanical systems and is competent working independently in the majority of functions. He is also required both lead and train junior technicians as assigned. The Maintenance Advanced Technician Models BAC’s values of Earning Trust, Embracing Responsibility, Showing Courage, and Driving Innovation to co-workers and provides training to junior mechanics as assigned. The purpose for every position at BAC regardless of department or level can be summed up as doing the right thing in the right way.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Owns personal and team safety. Observes all safety rules and always uses the proper safety equipment.
- Continuously grow skills and expertise to provide flexibility to work on both production and facility equipment.
- Committed to achieving departmental safety goals.
- Ensure individual activities embrace sustainability, reduce the impact on the environment, minimize waste, maximize recycling, minimize energy, and water usage.
- Support a culture of innovation through original thinking to improve existing processes and plant equipment.
- Maintains and sustain 5S in the department.
- Works independently, address mechanical & electrical troubleshooting needs and complete open work orders.
- Performs PMs on all major plant equipment.
- Performs mechanical & electrical troubleshooting, breakdown repair, lubrication, and completes line maintenance changeovers.
- Understands and repairs hydraulic and pneumatic systems, power transmission components (e.g., screws, belts, vibrators, gearboxes, chains, sheaves, cylinders)
- Also understands and repairs pumps, compressors, piping systems, etc.
- Reads and interprets blueprints, schematics, equipment drawings, and equipment breakdown data.
- Trace wiring and diagnose controls.
- Competent in documentation of processes, procedures, and after-action reports
- Lead junior technicians as assigned.
- Trains junior mechanics in the repair and troubleshooting of production equipment.
- Perform all other tasks as directed by the supervisor.
- Competent in documentation of processes, procedures, and after action reports.
- Uses internal and external resources effectively.
- Works with Equipment OEM to resolve equipment issues and determine the root cause for failures.
- Works across department boundaries to improve equipment uptime.
NATURE & SCOPE
Maintenance Senior Technician reports to the Maintenance Supervisor (Production Equipment and/or Facility & Grounds Supervisor), or a more senior Technician as assigned by the Supervisor.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- Experience troubleshooting equipment with Allen Bradley 5 or 500 PLC’s preferred but not required.
- Experience troubleshooting and programming Allen Bradley Drive’s preferred but not required.
- Demonstrated competent writing skills including the ability to document a process in a logical and coherent manner. Ability to communicate to supervisors and co-workers with written memos or email that are professional, concise, and clearly understood.
- Demonstrated oral communication skills including the ability to communicate professionally with both co-workers, equipment vendors, contractors, and plant management. The ability to share information verbally that is clearly understood and technically accurate.
- Competent in math including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractional computations, and fraction to decimal conversions.
- How to troubleshoot basic electrical issues including following schematics/wiring diagrams and use digital multi-meter (DMM)
- Principles of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems, and power transmission components
- Competent in reading blueprints and reference drawings
- Must be flexible and able to adapt quickly to change.
- Understanding of elementary and intermediate LEAN principles including 5S and basic continuous improvement techniques
- Ability to read OEM manual and follow detailed diagnostic and repair procedures.
- Competence in welding, milling and lathe techniques.
- Safely use small power tools as required.
- Ability to safely operate a man lift.
- Familiar with all appropriate procedures, policies, and standard work instructions for their area
- Knowledge of all safety requirements associated with tasks.
- Computer skills include competence in locating relevant instructions and forms on the LAN, CMMS, or other databases.
WORKING CONDITIONS
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. The working environment includes lifting to 50lbs. Standing is to be expected up to 80% of the time. Additional activities include walking, reaching, bending, stooping, and sitting. Fine hand manipulation of controls is needed as well as hand eye coordination to perform changes. Exposures include elevated noise levels associated with a manufacturing environment, fluctuations in temperature ambient conditions as well as intermittent exposure to the weather in and about the yard and dock areas. Working hours can include any of three shifts and generally are scheduled for forty hours a week. Some weekend overtime is to be expected. Working temperatures include both wide fluctuations within the plant as well as ambient outside temperatures.
