Seeking a Maintenance Technician to join our industry leading Glass Recycling plant! Opportunities for 1st or 2nd Shift available. DIRECT HIRE AND OFFERS STABILITY!! Details are listed below:

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain spare parts inventory – determine and manage stocking levels
• Order parts as needed from local vendors and catalogues
• Change bearings, belts and idler pulleys on trough-style conveyors
• Clean and change pneumatic valves on optical sorting machines, and maintain work area
• Communicate equipment issues with mechanics and supervisors from other shifts
• Maintain and secure work tools
• Create sorting computer software/parameter backups
• General PM and repairs of bucket elevators & screw conveyor, fork lifts, front end loaders and sweepers
• Install facility machinery
• Back-up for maintenance technicians
• Perform basic electrical troubleshooting and repairs
• Perform checks and basic maintenance on Non-Ferrous Metal Detector
• Complete daily maintenance and repair logs, and maintain preventive maintenance program (PM) for mechanical and electrical equipment
• Provide on-the-job training to new employees
• Rigging of motors, conveyor pulleys, and other heavy components
• Weld and fabricate, patch holes in steel chutes and transitions
• Problem solving and project management
• Team player, able to lead and contribute to a team effort
• Troubleshoot sorting computer (Windows based platform)
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

• Advanced mechanical and electrical maintenance
• Good communications
• Proficient computer MS Office, Excel, a plus
• Welding and fabrication

Knowledge

• Ability to communicate in English and Spanish language, a must in some locations
• Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement initiatives
• Electronic experience, a plus
• Experience with mechanical conveyors
• Glass processing knowledge, a plus
• Strong experience with mechanical conveyors
• PLC experience, a plus