Maintenance Technician

aPURPOSE OF THE JOB

Provides maintenance support and expertise to all phases of the manufacturing facility and personnel to ensure that equipment and machinery is maintained and in proper working condition.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides manufacturing with maintenance support. Ensures that production and non-production equipment is properly repaired, with the exception of machining or making parts, within required timeline.

Builds, repairs, and maintains production support equipment. Works with Engineering/Manufacturing to build production support equipment such as, but not limited to, chutes, racks, conveyors, guards and ventilation equipment.  Performs routine maintenance and repair of such equipment.

Develops, implements, and maintains preventative maintenance programs. Ensures the completeness of the system.  Assists in the training and preventative maintenance programs for production associates.

Assists in the support of new program launches. Ensures the completeness of the system.  Assists in the training of preventative maintenance programs for production associates.

Provides support for continuous improvement activities.  Participates as a maintenance resource by developing and implementing improvements to support continuous improvement objectives and activities.

Troubleshoots equipment and machinery issues causing manufacturing issues and downtime. Problem solves and determines root causes to prevent issues from reoccurring.

Assists in building strong plant teams. Works to develop cooperative relationships between all levels of the organization.

Maintains and repairs all in-plant vehicles. This would include forklifts, milk run carts, man-lift, etc.

Performs routine building and facility repairs, maintenance and modification as needed. Not limited to plumbing, airlines, floor drains, layout changes, safety concerns, etc.

Participates as a member of the Maintenance Team. Participates in ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs and policies.  Coordinates work to ensure best practices with all team members.  Attends appropriate team meetings.  As a member of the Maintenance Team, fosters strong cohesiveness regarding all major issues; e.g., direction, annual plan, budget, policy changes, etc.  Accepts responsibility to quickly identify any areas of lack of cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in a supportive manner to resolve issues effecting cohesiveness.  Actively look for ways, and reinforce actions needed, to achieve synergy possible within the larger organization.

Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives. This position description is intended to guide the activities of the Maintenance Technician.  It is not intended to limit the thinking and creativity of the person to the work of this function.  Nor is it intended that this describe all the work that may be required of the person in this position.

Competencies

Interpersonal Skills: Good communication skills.  Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external contacts. 

Project Management: Demonstrated ability to lead and manage projects under minimal supervision and meet required deadlines.

GHSP Operating systems principles and objectives (this competency appears in all job descriptions):  Knows all GHSP established operating systems (e.g. quality, environmental). Understands the responsibility to maintain familiarity the systems and this position’s role in support of these systems - including a consideration of the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and improvement ideas.

Cultural Expectations