Maintenance Technician
Gummi World is a fast-growing nutraceutical manufacturer based in Chandler, AZ. We strive to deliver the highest quality vitamin supplement products to our clients and maintain long-standing relationships with them. We think of each client as our partner, and we do everything we can to help them grow their businesses. When we provide you with the highest level of quality and consistency for your products, it allows you to always provide your customers with the brand they have learned to trust.
The maintenance technician must be available to ensure that the machines for production are in good condition.
Their duties also include carrying out general maintenance on machines, including cleaning, greasing, and servicing of the manufacturing equipment.
They are also responsible for ensuring factory workers and other users of tools used in manufacturing adhere to manufacturers’ guidelines on equipment. Such adherence is necessary to enable the tools to function to their maximum capacity.
The technician in charge of maintenance will also teach and instruct other workers on how to effectively operate machines in carrying out production tasks.
He/she will carry out regular inspection on equipment to determine their level of productivity, and when worn-out equipment, which slow down production, are detected, he/she will initiate a replacement, taking away bad parts and replacing them with new and strong ones.
He/she will implement installations with the best parts obtainable, paying attention to size and fitting to make equipment function better.
Manufacturing Maintenance Technician Job Description
- Carefully read manuals of equipment and interpret them to understand how to operate and maintain them properly
- Inspect newly acquired equipment upon arrival, checking every part to be sure that they are working and meet up with industry standards before they are put to use in the factory
- Read work orders to confirm the production task is within the capacity of the factory’s equipment in order to abide by manufacturers’ guidelines; make provision for alternate equipment to handle big production tasks to prevent wearing out
- Strictly abide by safety regulations during manufacturing activities, keeping equipment in check to avoid mechanical hazards that could cause harm to operators and workers
- Teach workers how to operate equipment to avoid pressing the wrong buttons that could trigger accidents, which could lead to casualties.
- Enroll for continuous training and education on technical maintenance practices so as to be updated with the latest maintenance techniques and be able to keep equipment in the best possible conditions.
- Supervise the purchase of new equipment, utilizing the knowledge of machine operation in choosing good quality machines for purchase; test machines to determine their durability; return low performing machines in exchange for better ones whenever necessary.
- Carry out routine servicing of equipment as part of measures to prevent breakdowns and malfunctions, which could thwart production activities.
- Keep record of maintenance activities to track the lifespan of equipment. When equipment breakdown continues too frequently after repeated fixing, it will need to be replaced.
- Troubleshoot equipment to determine specific malfunctioning issues and tackle them accordingly.
- Communicate with management or clients to inform them about equipment faults and best maintenance techniques to implement for maximum performance.
- Prioritize daily work orders according to their level of importance.