Maintenance Technician

Description

Are you passionate about keeping things running smoothly? At Greenbridge, we rely on the expertise of our Maintenance Technicians to ensure the seamless operation of our production floor, warehouse, and office facilities. This is a hands-on role where your skills in diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining equipment—particularly with electrical systems, PLCs, VFDs, and control systems—are essential to our success.

We are looking for a proactive problem-solver with a mechanical mindset who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. If you're ready to bring your technical expertise and dedication to Greenbridge, we want to hear from you!

Requirements

Responsibilities:

• Repair and replace extrusion process line equipment as needed to ensure safe and efficient operation, with a strong emphasis on diagnosing and repairing electrical and control systems.
• Prioritize breakdowns based on input from production and provide clear communication.
• troubleshoot and resolve equipment problems, particularly those involving electrical systems, PLCs, VFDs, and relay-based logic, in collaboration with production personnel.
• Ensure work orders are completed in a timely fashion and all parts used are accounted for.
• Responsible for ensuring all equipment is diagnosed and repaired in a timely manner or elevating to the Maintenance Manager level when the repairs will take longer than allotted time.
• Performs preventive maintenance inspections and service on machines.
• Thoroughly cleans machines and machine parts, removing parts and reinstalling as necessary.
• Oils and lubricates moving parts on machines to ensure effective performance.
• Records and reports damaged, worn, or broken parts.
• Identify the causes of unexpected breakdowns of machines.
• Cleans, organizes, inventories, stocks, and otherwise maintains shop areas, parts, tools, and supplies.
• Coordinates      with managers to schedule regular maintenance on machines.
• Collaborate with production manager or plant engineer regarding new products being added and modifications that will be required.
• Makes necessary modifications and implements tests runs; confers with production manager regarding test results and makes additional alterations to machinery as required.

Skills Required:

• Proficiency in reading and interpreting electrical diagrams and schematics.
• Understands electrical diagrams, familiar with 12 VDC to 480 VAC electrical wiring, with diagnostic and troubleshooting capability.
• Experience with PLC’s, VFD’s, and relay-based logic.
• Multi-discipline skills including but not limited to; mechanical, electrical, HVAC skills and the ability to quickly learn new processes/equipment.
• Effective problem-solving skills specific to electrical and control systems, with the ability to prioritize and resolve issues quickly.
• Effective communication, observation, planning, writing, reading, basic math, problem solving and prioritizing skills.
• Proficient computer skills to receive/close work orders, view/search different folders for manual, notes and/or documents.
• Demonstrates good housekeeping practices and 5S principles.
• Mechanically inclined with great problem-solving skills.
• Works well independently and with others.
• Good communication skills.
• Organized with attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and stressful environment.

Education and Experience:

• 3-5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, specifically with electrical systems and controls, with a proven track record of improvements.
• 3-5 years of experience in a maintenance environment, including hands-on work with PLCs, VFDs, and control systems.
• Some vocational or community college with related coursework or equivalent experience preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods standing and walking.
• Able to bend, stretch, push, pull, and move as needed to reach, clean, and      service machinery.
• Must be able to visually inspect machines.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.