Maintenance Engineer

Job description

**Description:**

Responsibilities

-Answering maintenance calls: electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues

-Making sure production line is running smoothly

-Troubleshooting electrical and mechanical issues on food processing equipment

-Performing PMs on machines and equipment

-Ability to understand PLC's (Allen Bradley, Omron, Siemens)

-PM work on facility, electric motors, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, conveyor systms, and production machines

-Ability to follow diagrams, sketches operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, engineering specifications, and troubleshooting malfunctions

-Setup production machinery and make operating adjustments as required

-Using precision measuring and testing instruments

-Remove defective parts by dismantling; using hoists, and and power tools

-Determines chances in dimensional requirements of parts by inspecting using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments

-Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments by using hand tools and gauges.

-Installing, maintaining operating and sroublesooting all types of A/C and D/C electrical equipment

-Replace electrical motors, relays, timers, sensors, PLCs, and associated electrical equipment

-Knowledge with ladder logic programming

-Welding experience is a plus

This person will be responsible for doing mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic troubleshooting and maintenance on the following machines: stuffers, omori wrapping machines, conveyor systems, stackers, food processing equipment, etc. The company is a sausage distributor/manufacturer so they will be working on machinery that moves food all day. The environment is wet and cold.

MUSTS: At least 5 years of experience as a maintenance tech

- Mechanical, Electrical, Hydraulic and Pneumatic experience

- Ability to read mechanical/hydraulic blueprints and electrical drawings/schematics

- Troubleshooting malfunctions of all of the above systems

- Have experience with Preventative Maintenance

- Be able to replace electrical motors, relays, timers and all allied electrical equipment

Preferred: - experience working with PLC's (Allen Bradley, Omron, Siemens)

- any fabricating or welding experience

- experience working in a USDA regulated environment

**Skills:**

Maintenance Repair, Troubleshooting, Preventive Maintenance, Electrical Maintenance, Repair, Food Industry, Hydraulics, Mechanical

**Additional Skills & Qualifications:**

HS or GED equivalent.

**Experience Level:**

Intermediate Level

**About Aerotek:**

We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees. Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions. Learn more at Aerotek.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.