Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Pay: $32.45/hr while training on days, plus $1.25 shift premium when placed on nights.

Shifts: Nights 2-2-3 (5:45pm to 6:15am)

What You Get:

• Paid vacation, holidays, and personal days
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Tool allowance up to $600/ year
• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Employee Battery Program.
• Weekly Pay

How You Will Do It:

• Emphasis on safe work practices, adherence to LOTO procedures and use of PPE.
• Troubleshooting and repairing of machinery, conveyors, and robotics.
• Diagnose problems, replace, or repair parts, test and adjust
• Cooperation with others toward achieving team and departmental goals
• Must have knowledge of 120, 208, and 480 VAC circuits
• Experience with conveyors, electronics, PLC hardware and ladder logic required.
• Understanding of motor control circuitry (VFDs, soft starts etc.) required
• May be required to set up and operate one or all the following machines: lathe, milling machine, drill press, grinder, power saws, etc.
• Must be able to read schematics and blueprints.
• Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines
• Perform preventive maintenance to assure maximum equipment functionality.
• Adhere to, implement, and always follow safety guidelines and procedures.
• Perform other duties as directed by supervisor.

What We Look For

• Minimum 5 years maintenance technician experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Post high school training in maintenance or repair disciplines desired.
• Mechanical skills and electrical repair knowledge.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Must be able to work all shifts up to 12 hours and occasional overtime.
• Capable of performing physical labor to include carrying and moving equipment and tools up to 50-70 lbs.
• Able to work in unusual and sometimes difficult positions due to limited space.
• Agility to climb ladders to perform repairs.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Working knowledge with computers.
• Successful Maintenance technicians must be responsive to resolve issues in a timely manner reducing downtime in production machinery.

What We Do Here

Our Fort Wayne, Indiana distribution center charges, packages and ships the batteries used in cars, boats, motorcycles, and heavy-duty trucks. We opened in 1999 and now employ 130 people. We are actively involved in our local community and give back through The United Way.