Title: Industrial Maintenance Technician

Status: Non-Exempt

Pay Grade: Hourly

Company:

With ten manufacturing facilities globally located in the US, UK, Italy, China, Japan, and India, and with over 2,000 employees, Carlisle Brake & Friction is the leading provider of high performance braking solutions to the off-highway, high performance racing, aerospace, and alternative energy markets, serving over 100 leading original equipment manufacturers in 55 countries. Carlisle Brake & Friction designs and manufactures a full solution set of braking products. These include:  dry disc caliper brakes, drum brakes and mechanical brakes for both service and park applications. Additionally, we manufacture both wet and dry friction materials used for wet brakes, brake linings, clutches, fuel cells, and transmissions. We also design and deliver hydraulic actuation, including hydraulic valves, master cylinders, adjustors, and boosted master cylinders. 

Reporting 

Relationship: Maintenance Supervisor

Location: Medina, OH (Medina Plant)

Education: High School Diploma

Personal Characteristics:

The role of the industrial maintenance technician involves carrying out various duties, tasks, and responsibilities to ensure machines and equipment don’t develop faults when in operation.  Candidate will have experience in maintenance and competent troubleshooting skills in power transmission, electrical, hydraulics and pneumatics.  Individual must be a motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently and/or in a cross-functional work team environment. Individual must possess strong analytical, problem solving, and troubleshooting abilities.

Work Experience:

Minimum 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with a strong working knowledge of mechanical power transmission, hydraulics and pneumatics, lubrication practices and other PdM practices.  Must possess strong communication skills, analytical abilities and the ability to multi-task.

Principal Area of Responsibility:

Individual will be responsible to perform preventive maintenance required to maintain our industrial equipment and facility at an optimal level of operation with an emphasis on mechanical power transmission, electrical, hydraulics and pneumatics.  Maintenance experience with industrial controls, 480-volt 3 phase electrical feeders, machining, robotics, and CNC is a plus.  Individual will be required to work on mechanical and hydraulic presses, furnaces, grinders, steel preparation and coating equipment, gear shapers, robotics, CNC machining centers, laser cutters, gear shapers, dust and fume collection equipment, and HVAC equipment.

Specific Duties:

Reporting directly to the Maintenance Supervisor and support the Reliability Engineer.  The Industrial Maintenance Technician’s main responsibility is preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance.  The position will be responsible to: 

• Ensure that safety standards are maintained while performing duties

• Perform corrective maintenance on equipment

• Carry out routine check on production equipment

• Carryout regular preventive maintenance on equipment following standards and allotted time for completion

• Carryout regular preventive maintenance on facilities to mitigate major damage

• Diagnose and repair or replace worn parts in machine and equipment

• The preventive activities of a technician in this role may include maintaining correct fluid levels on machines

• Carry out replacement of filters and changing of oil and grease.  Complete assigned Lubrication Routes on equipment.

• Ensure that the facility areas and work environment are free of hazardous objects and substances

• May be required to assist external technicians/sub-contractors during external PM’s

• Work with Planner to keep proper record of work activities, including updating PM standard work procedures, PM part list and tools

• Submit reports on work activities and progress of work to the supervisor

• Work independently or as part of a group to PM, troubleshoot and repair existing equipment and facility systems.

• Identify root cause of equipment failures and suggest preventive actions.

• Follow written instructions to perform scheduled preventive maintenance activities.

• Work with engineering to upgrade existing equipment for enhanced safety, functionality, and/or reliability.

• Identify and order machine components and materials required to complete any given job.

• Accurately estimate time required to complete any given job.

• Interface with our computerized maintenance management system to retrieve work orders and preventive maintenance activities, issues parts, and record closing information.

• Work flexible hours, be willing to stay over to complete critical tasks, and work weekend hours when needed.

• Must be willing and able to travel occasionally as required (not typically a part of job function, for training purposes, <5%)

Must be willing and able to work mandatory overtime and weekend shifts are required for this position.