Electrode Maintenance Technician

Role and Responsibilities

• Perform preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance on electrical, mechanical equipment in accordance with standardized procedures.

• Troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical equipment, using standard and specialized hand / power tools

• Performs a wide variety of service work on equipment and machines. Maintain, Repair and Modification.

• Assist regular inventory inspections for spare parts. Keep written documentation on inventory ordering and use.

• Inspects and checks equipment for proper operating condition, makes necessary adjustments, logs test readings, and maintains, repairs, or replaces all essential equipment parts

• Capable of working with outside contractors for trouble shooting procedures

• Self-motivated person that works with little direction

• Understanding urgency to trouble shoot machines and bring production back on line

• Performs miscellaneous maintenance duties as required

• Read blueprints, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics, mechanical/electrical diagrams, and technical orders to determine methods and sequences of assembly

• Align, fit, and assemble component parts, using hand tools, power tools, fixtures, templates

• Operate metalworking machines to fabricate housings, jigs, fittings, and fixtures

• Repair, rework, and calibrate hydraulic and pneumatic assemblies and systems to meet operational specifications and tolerances

• Prepare parts sketches and write work orders

• Review project instructions and specifications to identify, modify and plan requirements fabrication, assembly and testing

• Devise, fabricate, and assemble new or modified mechanical components for products such as industrial machinery or equipment, and measuring instruments

• Analyze test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives, and modify or adjust equipment to meet specifications

• Confer with engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information

• Research, evaluate, install, operate, and maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles

• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations

• Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair to ensure that machines and equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications

• Perform preventative maintenance and calibration of equipment and systems

• Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers and field representatives as necessary to procure replacement parts

• Maintain system logs and manuals to document testing and operation of equipment

• Strict adherence to lock out tag out procedures

• Replaces or repairs machine belts, chains, or cables.

• Removes dust, dirt, grease, and waste material from machines.

• Connects wire to motors, fixtures, and other electrical equipment, replaces switches and fuses, and splices wire and insulates wire with friction tape

• Other tasks as assigned

Skill and Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED (General Education Development)

• 1+ year maintenance experience in manufacturing environment (preferred automotive, EV battery, Mechanical or Electrical)

• Basic skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Frequently and repetitively, lift, push and carry up to 35lbs.

• The ability to carry 20 lbs. up and down the stairs

• Ability to stand and walk for up to 12 hours / day, including over varied and uneven terrain.

• Stoop, lay, bend, reach, squat, kneel, crouch, twist and crawl for extended periods of time, including up to 12 hours / day.

Nice to have but not a must:

• Experience in maintenance with Manufacturing Industrial fields.

• Fundamental understanding of mechanical maintenance, pneumatics, and hydraulics

• Experience in handling Heavy equipment, spare parts or materials

• Skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Reading Comprehension; Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

• Writing; Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

• Bilingual (English / Korean)