Maintenance Technician at ProAmpac

Are you looking for the small business feel with corporate benefits? Come work with us here at Specialty Packaging Inc. A Division of ProAmpac to help build your future With us, we are a fast paced, safety-oriented, and growing industry. We are considered an Essential employer. 

ProAmpac is a leading global flexible packaging company with comprehensive product offerings. Providing creative packaging solutions, industry-leading customer service and award-winning innovation to a diverse global marketplace. We are guided in our work by four core values that are the basis for our success: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, Involvement, and Impact.

The safety and health of our team is our top priority. ProAmpac has taken great steps to provide all personal protective equipment and sanitizing supplies to create a safe and healthy work environment for you.

We are ACTIVELY seeking a Maintenance Technician to join our growing team. If you are looking for a new opportunity with a leading packaging company, ProAmpac is looking for you to join our team!

What ProAmpac has to offer:

• Quarterly bonuses: perfect attendance bonus and production bonus
• Premium pay built into your shift schedule
• 11 paid company holidays
• 401k with company match
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and other supplemental offerings
• Company-provided life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Wellness program – living a healthy lifestyle can get you a discount on your health insurance premiums AND other incentives

Shifts Available: 1st Shift (6:30am - 3:00pm) & 3rd Shift (10:30pm - 7:00am)

Position Summary

This position will be responsible for ensuring production and facility equipment is functioning at all times. They will perform routine preventative maintenance to ensure production machinery runs efficiently. Technicians will be responsible for tear down, repair, reassembly and modifications of complicated mechanical machinery. They must be able to troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair mechanical problems. They will follow preventative maintenance schedules along with existing equipment protocol including building maintenance.

Essential Duties and Tasks

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodations may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required general knowledge in mechanics (gears, bearings, pulleys, belts, etc…), pneumatics and hydraulics in order to effectively perform various duties to install and maintain production machines and facility equipment.
• Conduct troubleshooting, repairs and preventative maintenance service.
• Examine parts for defects, such as breakage and excessive wear.
• Provide emergency and unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and perform scheduled maintenance repairs of production during machine service.
• Disassemble and reassemble machinery and equipment to remove parts to inspect, test and repair.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters, and material handling equipment to fulfill tasks.
• Perform low voltage electrical troubleshooting and repairs on various equipment and building maintenance.
• Clean, lubricate, and adjust parts, equipment and machinery.
• Record repairs and maintenance performed.
• Cut and weld metal repair broken parts, fabricate new parts and assemble new equipment.
• Safely operate a forklift.
• Required to have a set of tools to perform job requirements.
• Must be able to work overtime as needed, including Saturdays and holidays.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications, Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED.
• Very high mechanical aptitude and intermediate math skills.
• Ability to verbally communicate effectively.
• Minimum of three years of experience in troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of processing/packaging equipment, as well as building maintenance.
• Electrical training/experience with 480-volt, 3 phase/machine controls.
• Basic knowledge on PLC and able to read electrical schematics. 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets.  Employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to type, hold, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)