Position Title: Maintenance Technician
Wage: $30-$36/hour
Shift: 1st
Hours: 7am-3pm
Join a leading manufacturer and distributor of innovative sailboat hardware and accessories for over 50 years. They translate their engineering capabilities into high-performance products for the industry. If you have a positive can-do attitude, and thrive in a casual, but fast-paced work environment, we want you! Don’t miss this opportunity for a Maintenance Technician in Pewaukee, WI. This is a direct hire role.
Maintenance Technician Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Start machines and observe mechanical operation to determine efficiency and detect problems
- Inspect or test damaged machine parts and mark defective areas or advise supervisors of repair
needs
- Install, replace, or change machine parts and attachments, according to production specifications
- Dismantle and reassemble parts for repair, using hand tools, chain falls, jacks, cranes or hoists
- Read work orders and specifications to determine machines and equipment requiring repair or
maintenance
- Inventory and requisition machine parts, equipment, and other supplies so that stock can be
maintained and replenished
- Transport machine parts, tools, equipment, and other material between work areas and storage,
using cranes, hoists, or dollies
- Clean machines and machine parts using cleaning solvents, cloths, air guns, hoses, vacuums or
other equipment
- Familiar with Lockout/Tagout procedures
- Other duties as assigned
- Monitor, maintain, service, and record machine coolant tanks and bulk tanks as needed
- Maintain oil levels on various machines
- Process shop waste - cardboard, garbage, wood, etc.
- Monitor, separate, record, and ship all recyclables
- Monitor waste oil and wastewater for removal by outside service
- Maintain maintenance cleaning equipment
- Transport machine parts, tools, equipment, and other material between work areas and storage,
using cranes, hoists, or dollies
- Clean machines and machine parts as needed using solvents, cloths, air guns, hoses, vacuums,
or other equipment
Maintenance Technician Requirements:
- High school diploma or General Equivalency Degree (GED) required
- 3+ years of related experience in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to communicate effectively in a team-oriented environment
- Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly
- Ability to adapt to change in the workplace
- Must be able to work productively with minimum supervision
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to use standard office equipment
- Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite programs, i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals
- Regularly required to verbally communicate
- Frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, feel or handle objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands or arms
- Occasionally required to stand and walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl
- Must be able to walk or stand on concrete for up to 4 hours at a time
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds without assistance
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception and the ability to focus
QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the United States. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment.
Why Work with QPS?
- Access to sought-after positions with leading employers
- Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process
- Over 40 years of staffing experience
Best of all, our services are 100% free to job seekers!
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
jeanette.stevenson@qpsemployment.com
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