
Maintenance Technician
- Hutchins, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Conduct routine preventative maintenance inspections on production equipment.
- Run diagnostic tests to discover functionality issues and inform leadership of the best possible solutions for repairs.
- Perform thorough maintenance on production equipment, aiming for maximum reliability. Activities include repairing chains, conveyors, wood grinder, and sprockets by grinding, welding, and cutting, as required.
- Assemble and replace equipment components.
- All activities related to trailer repair at a routine working height of 53 inches. This includes repairing trailer floors, doors, hinges, side walls, and roofs using saws, grinders, and welders. Occasional roof repairs involve climbing a ladder up to 12 feet.
- Perform tire repair and exchanges using impact guns and other appropriate tools.
- Perform maintenance on powered industrial equipment (forklifts) and verify successful repairs by operating the equipment.
- Thoroughly clean equipment and maintenance area using pressurized air and blowers, removing components and reinstalling as needed.
- Ensure all documentation is properly completed and stored according to PLA standards.
- Champion a safe working environment, adhering to all PLA, state, and federal regulations.
- Inform leadership when a leased truck requires repair as needed, partnering with the leasing company to complete the repair.
- Escalate matters to leadership as needed.
- Support facility efforts in maintaining a secure area for spare equipment parts and tools.
- Communicate with facility leadership on needed equipment to perform repairs.
- Partner with leadership to provide suggestions on best practices.
- Foster exceptional and collaborative partnerships with facility staff, maintaining clear and open communications at all times.
- Adjust as needed to new reporting relationships, work assignments, and work schedules to meet the company needs and business requirements.
- Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for one’s actions.
- Attendance – Ability to consistently attend work.
- Communication, Written/Oral - Effective communication skills, both in speaking and in writing.
- Problem Solving - Ability to find a solution for or deal proactively with work-related problems.
- Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
- Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
- Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.