Job Summary:

The hands-on Maintenance Technician is responsible for solving electrical and mechanical problems on all production lines in the factory. He or she is responsible for carrying out preventive and acute maintenance works in order to maintain, adapt or improve the functionality (performance, reliability, availability, safety…) of the industrial machines, installations or systems and in order to ensure their expected lifespan.

Scope:

Dumaplast US Inc.

Operations in Canton, GA

Reporting:

• Reporting to Production Manager
• Functional relationship with various departments including Production, Supply Chain, Quality and R&D.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Maintain industrial equipment mechanically and electrically in a proactive way, utilizing the maintenance plan and guidelines.
2. Participate in installations of new machines, modifications of existing machines and machine improvement projects.
3. Diagnose and resolve electrical and mechanical machine malfunctions.
4. Execute reactive maintenance like repairing equipment, machines and tools when they break down or need to be replaced.
5. Carry out revisions and repairs of pumps, compressors, extrusion dies, filters, etc.
6. Secure the machines from a safety point of view before they can be used for production.
7. Dismantle machine parts and replace defective machine parts.
8. Create and execute a general maintenance plan and guidelines for the plant.
9. Checking proper operation of material and equipment.
10. Provide technical support to the machine operators.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.