Maintenance Technician 1

Description

Reports To Facilities Supervisor

Location: Huntsville, AL

Position Summary:

The Maintenance Technician I is a part of the Maintenance Engineering team. Essentially, this position is responsible for repairing and maintaining machinery and mechanical equipment: Electric motors, pneumatic systems, tools, conveyor systems, production machines and maintains the building and facilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• •Performs and documents preventative maintenance (lubricating, cleaning, etc.) on production equipment.
• •Adjusts various control parameters to maintain optimal machine performance.
• •Repairs or replaces defective parts and returns equipment to full functioning capability.
• •Installs and assembles new equipment.
• •Sets-up and operates various machines and tools to make and repair parts.
• •Assists with operator training.
• •Maintains spare part inventories for production equipment and generates purchase requisitions as necessary.
• •Identifies and organizes the tools required to perform maintenance functions.
• •Provides input on streamlining equipment and improving tooling and equipment, as well as assists in engineering experimentation/prototypes.
• •Creates simple fixtures and tooling as needed to improve the manufacturing process and/or quality.
• •Adheres to proper safety practices in the performance of all tasks.
• •All other duties as assigned by management to ensure the success of Futaba.

Experience and Educational Requirements:

• •High School Diploma or general education degree (GED).
• •3-5 years’ experience and/or training in maintenance of electronic assembly equipment (particularly surface mount assembly) and a general working knowledge of facility maintenance.
• •Intermediate MS Office skills, specifically Excel, Word and Outlook are required.

Minimum Skills, Knowledge & Ability Requirements:

• •Strong communication skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and speak effectively with fellow co-workers and management.
• •Intermediate math skills with ability to compute rate, ratio, percent. Also, ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fraction, and decimals.
• •Reasoning ability: Apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardizing situations.
• •Ability to work well in a team environment.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

The noise level in the work environment is generally moderate.

Physical & Mental Requirements:

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

• •Physical activity requiring standing, walking (or otherwise be mobile), reaching, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, feeling, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, talking and hearing.
• •Frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• •Employee is regularly required to stand, walk (or otherwise be mobile).
• •Occasionally required to sit, taste or smell.
• •Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 lbs.
• •Visual requirement is for close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Requirements

Basic Electrical Literacy: Ability to read basic wiring diagrams, locate breakers, and identify basic electrical components (e.g., switches, fuses, relays).

Familiarity with Multimeters: Understanding of how to safely use a digital multimeter to test for voltage, continuity, and resistance.

Mechanical Aptitude: Basic hands-on experience using standard hand tools, power tools, and precision measuring instruments (e.g., wrenches, sockets, calipers).

Equipment Maintenance: Exposure to or understanding of basic mechanical systems like belts, pulleys, chains, sprockets, and bearings.

Fluid & Air Systems: Basic awareness of how pneumatic (air) or hydraulic (liquid) valves and cylinders operate.