Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Job Title: Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Job Description

This position supports all manufacturing areas by repairing, troubleshooting, and performing preventative maintenance on all plant and processing-related equipment and systems.

Responsibilities

• Report to a maintenance supervisor and interact with all hourly and salaried maintenance and production personnel.

• Quickly and accurately troubleshoot major plant and processing equipment problems.

• Perform scheduled preventative and predictive maintenance on plant and processing equipment.

• Collaborate with maintenance supervisors to develop and implement new ideas to improve productivity.

• Ensure adequate stocking levels of spare parts to fully support all equipment.

• Regularly review system performance, identify problems and concerns, and recommend or implement technological changes to improve overall performance.

• Work on all mechanical jobs traditionally performed by both the millwright and the pipe shop, and assist in the packaging areas as needed.

• Prepare reports and maintain records as needed, using CMMS (SAP) to create work orders and complete PMs.

• Fabricate, install, maintain, and repair all types of processing, packaging, and conveying equipment, including stands, motor bases, platforms, and electric motors requiring rigging, handling, or alignment.

• Install and maintain pumps requiring millwright skills such as rigging and alignment.

• Maintain building components such as doors, fences, walls, floors, loading and unloading facilities, elevators, man lifts, hoists, and air compressors.

• Repair, maintain, install, and remove various equipment, including stone mills, pulverizers, refiners, hydraulic presses, fanners, misers, roasters, dryers, sifters, case elevators, depositors, vibrating feeders, bucket elevators, and gearboxes.

• Fabricate production and processing equipment from construction prints, making necessary calculations for pulley speed changes, gears, and sprockets, and selecting proper chain sizes, belts, and pulleys for repairs or replacements.

• Install and modify complete production lines from layout prints and engineering direction.

• Utilize millwright shop practices and procedures.

• Install and repair pneumatic equipment requiring tools common to the craft.

• Use all rigging equipment such as snatch blocks, chain falls, hoist ropes, cables, slings, dollies, and come-alongs.

• Perform bench layout work using scribes, dividers, parallels, etc., related to the craft.

• Install, maintain, and repair piping systems throughout the plant, including steam and water lines, heating and cooling coils, product pipelines, air lines, hydraulic lines, sprinklers, filters, control valves, sewer lines, and drains.

• Maintain process and fluid-type pumps, including clean-out, packing, gland replacement, couplings, and other minor repairs in the field, and remove and replace process and fluid-type pumps up to 3 inches in size.

• Apply pipefitting theory, including pipe schedules, pipe threads, application of fittings, and pressures.

• Make shop calculations for angles, bends, etc., for proper pipe sizes influenced by flow and pressure requirements.

• Operate and use all hand and power tools related to the craft, such as power threaders, cut-off saws, drill presses, and sewer cleaners.

• Perform hydrostatic and pressure tests on all plant fluid and vapor piping systems and vessels.

• Actively participate in a self-development training program designed to dramatically increase technical proficiencies.

• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Essential Skills

• Maintenance technician

• Mechanical repair

• Industrial maintenance

• Preventive maintenance

• Maintenance repair

• Troubleshooting

• Welding

• Pneumatics

• Hydraulics

• Fabrication

• PLC troubleshooting

• Industrial maintenance

• Gearboxes

• Preventative/corrective maintenance

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Ability to read and perform basic mathematical functions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).

• Basic computer skills, including keyboarding.

• Excellent customer service skills, such as problem-solving, timeliness, and follow-up.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Thorough knowledge of maintenance principles and practices, with the interpersonal and technical skills to repair mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation problems positively and professionally.

• Ability to react proficiently and positively to machinery and system breakdowns and equipment problems.

• The primary challenge is to improve overall efficiencies through effective mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation troubleshooting and repair.

• Ability to effectively communicate with project engineers to ensure packaging projects meet technical objectives.

• Positive attitude and self-motivation, with a willingness to work in all facets of mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation to upgrade overall skills.

• Ensure adequate stocking levels of spare parts to fully support all mechanical equipment.

• Collaborate with maintenance supervisors to develop and implement new ideas to improve productivity.

• Perform scheduled preventative and predictive maintenance on plant and processing equipment.

• Quickly and accurately troubleshoot and repair major plant and processing equipment problems.

• Actively participate in a self-development training program designed to dramatically increase technical proficiencies.

Why Work Here?

Stable Employment: Our facility provides strong job stability and a highly competitive pay structure. Enhanced Pay Rates: Once employees become permanent employees, they are eligible for time-and-a-half and double-time pay on a daily basis.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $39.00 - $39.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Milford,DE.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 21, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

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.