Maintenance Technician - Manufacturing Support

The Maintenance Technician III supports the FedEx industrial maintenance of material handling to complete preventative and predictive maintenance and repair of material handling systems. Will utilize prescribed processes as they relate to mechanical power transmission, electrical, PLC/controls, welding/fabrication and other industrial maintenance related systems. Under minimal supervision, provides preventative and predictive maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of material handling systems through demonstrated proficiency in mechanical power transmission and electrical with working knowledge of PLC/controls and welding/fabrication
Will interpret electrical or mechanical schematics, manufacturer’s manuals and engineering specifications to troubleshoot, diagnose and repair system faults and failures or determine escalation
Ability to utilize the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software to enter and retrieve prescribed data
Complex skills required in diagnosing and troubleshooting mechanical, electrical and/or PLC/controls failures
May rely on higher level Technicians in complex control systems issues
May begin to read PLC and have the ability to burn EEPROMs
May begin to assist lower level technicians
May begin to develop scopes of work and project plans for small scale projects to be executed at a local level
May be required to work a flexible schedule including all days and shifts as the business need dictates.
Mechanical
Understand power transmission concepts, such as gear ratios, service factor, horsepower and frame size to repair/replace a failed gearbox and/or motor when the correct replacement parts are not available
Understand mechanical design concepts to be able to replace failed pulleys and bearings with replacements that don’t match design without impacting performance of a conveyor (speed, torque, etc.)
Can read, interpret and create or modify mechanical drawings
Electrical
Use a digital multimeter to resistance test de-energized circuits.
Troubleshoot and diagnose both the power and the control branch of motor controls circuits.
Read, interpret and create or modify electrical drawings/schematics

PLC/Controls
Go online with PLC processors to aid in troubleshooting
Understand PLC networks, such as ControlNet, DeviceNet, etc.

Welding or Fabrication
High School Diploma or GED required
Certificates in Industrial Maintenance/Mechatronics, electrical or mechanical trade or related area and an associate degree in a related area preferred.

Four (4) years experience in Industrial Maintenance with proficiency in knowledge and demonstrated skills in mechanical power transmission, electrical and working knowledge of PLC/Controls and welding/fabrication skills through job experience, related military experience and/or related education required.
Ability to interpret electrical or mechanical schematics, manufacturer’s manuals and engineering specifications to troubleshoot, diagnose and repair system faults and failures or determine escalation
Ability to utilize the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software to enter and retrieve prescribed data
Ability to solve mechanical or electrical problems, which may include understanding of engineering formulas
Ability to diagnose mechanical power transmission, electrical or PLC/controls issues by troubleshooting at multiple component and system level
Effective verbal and written communication within own department to peers, managers, and outside vendors to convey technical data and needs
Need to collaborate successfully with department, operations, vendors and support teams that failures or projects may require
Software skills, including Microsoft Office suite and other web-based applications
~ Shift and hours to Schedule Sunday to Thursday / preferred Previous experience as a Maintenance Technician in distribution, manufacturing, or warehouse environments Hands-on experience with conveyor belt systems
This job is general in nature and is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job. The incumbent of this position is expected to perform all other duties as assigned, must be able to complete and achieve minimum thresholds on any mandatory testing and training, must be able to operate in an PC windows environment, have the ability to successfully complete all recurrence training and maintain annual accreditations where applicable and work varying shifts based on business needs. If the incumbent resides in the province of Quebec, you must be bilingual (French and English). Class 5,G, or 1[AZ]) and a driving record with two or fewer violations and/or accidents in the 24 months prior to the date of application. 2) their performance during application interviews; and 3) their performance on any driver competency assessments administered
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