Reliability Technician

Job Description

Reliability Technician |

The Tone:
This is an in-person role at [Company], centered on ensuring the operational excellence of manufacturing facilities. The company relies on its production machinery for diverse processes, including compounding, filling, and packaging. This role is critical for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing essential equipment, directly contributing to seamless daily operations and the overall reliability of plant assets.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person

• Mission: To maintain, troubleshoot, and repair essential production machinery across diverse departments to ensure seamless daily operations and enhance asset reliability.
• Tech Stack: UpKeep CMMS, PLCs, VFDs, HMIs

What You’ll Actually Do
• Preventive Maintenance & Calibration: Conduct preventive maintenance and calibration activities, utilizing UpKeep CMMS for scheduling, documenting, and tracking work orders and equipment performance metrics.
• PLC & Control Systems Management: Oversee and maintain plant-wide PLC and control systems, including upgrades, programming, and integration of automation technologies across various equipment.
• Equipment Malfunction Diagnosis: Diagnose and resolve equipment malfunctions, including PLC, VFDs, and instrumentation-related failures, to minimize impact on production or warehouse operations.
• Reliability Improvement Initiatives: Partner with other maintenance crafts to develop and implement reliability improvement initiatives aimed at reducing unplanned downtime.
• Engineering Project Leadership: Lead or assist in engineering projects from conceptual design through installation, commissioning, and performance verification.

The Must-Haves
• Background: 2+ years of maintenance experience, preferably in a manufacturing setting.
• Experience: Proficient with automated filling systems, rotary fillers, conveyors, and other high-speed packaging and material handling equipment.
• Skills: Strong mechanical, electrical, and electronic troubleshooting capabilities; proficient in diagnosing and repairing electrical systems (single and three-phase power up to 600 volts, AC/DC motors, VFDs, servo drives, etc.); experienced in testing and maintaining electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, refrigeration, and water treatment systems; ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and PLC ladder and block logic, and load/configure PLCs, HMIs, and scanners.
• Bonus: Knowledge of programmable logic controllers (PLCs); knowledge of GMP and cleaning practices.