Industrial Maintenance Technician - Atlanta, GA - $28.00 - $31.00/HR. + EXCELLENT Benefits + Direct Hire!
Assists the Operations Manager in daily maintenance activities. Provides direction and training for work to employees in positions of lesser responsibility.
Major Responsibilities:
Demonstrated competency position responsible for electrical and mechanical troubleshooting and repair for production and support equipment.
Must utilize safe work practices and maintain high standards of integrity and professionalism.
Works under general supervision and on projects that are typically complex and require original thinking and action.
General directions are given on unusual or new assignments; works independently on majority of activities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
Follows all Company policies regarding safety, quality and attendance. Performs duties in a safe manner and report all observed safety hazards to management and takes a proactive role in correcting these conditions.
Proactively troubleshoots, repairs, and corrects mechanical, electrical, and process problems to ensure capability of production equipment.
Troubleshoots PLC issues to include code modifications, loading / reloading of programs.
Troubleshoots and repairs electrical breakdown of AC / DC drives and inverters to include programming and start up configuration/tuning.
Designs electrical circuits on existing equipment for equipment / safety upgrades.
Design / install electromechanical upgrades to existing equipment to include DC to AC upgrades, PLC installation to replace discrete controls.
Operates meters, power supplies, service monitors and test fixtures and understands their use and function.
Maintain a working knowledge of all plant operating systems and readily access records of diagrams & schematics.
Work with and help identify contractors to repair, install, remove and/or upgrade equipment
Provides 24/7 technical support for production.
Regularly inspects production lines and support equipment and performs necessary repairs and upgrades during preventative maintenance cycles.