Oetiker provides customers with the peace of mind that their mission-critical components are reliably connected. We are a global leader in high-end connecting solutions for the vehicle industry and for high-value applications in industrial segments. Our expertise in high-quality clamps, rings, straps and quick-connectors ranges from powertrain and drivetrain applications to medical applications. We offer engineering, prototyping and testing support to quickly create comprehensive solutions for overcoming clamping and connecting challenges. With 1800+ employees in more than 30 countries and over 75 years of experience, we are the trusted, global, long-term partner for the world’s leading OEMs.

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Position Summary

Proactively ensures a safe and productive working environment. Optimizes the safety, reliability, and productivity of production machinery & equipment primarily through planned maintenance, repair, and improvements.

Essential Functions 

• Proactively uses mechanical, electrical, and effective communication skills for the maintenance, repair, and continuous improvement of machinery & equipment
• Performs planned machinery & equipment maintenance to ensure safe, reliable, and productive operation
• Troubleshoots problems/failures of automated machinery & equipment and initiates the repair
• Participates in maintenance & reliability of shared-use facilities such as electrical supply, transmission, and safeguarding, pneumatic compressors & circuits, floor cleaning & wastewater treatment equipment, cutting fluid and scrap metal reclamation equipment, and the plant’s backup generator(s)
• Communicates progress/status of maintenance & reliability activities to Maintenance Supervisor regularly
• Documents maintenance & reliability activities daily
• Reads and interprets equipment manuals, drawings and schematics
• Conducts machine change-overs and replaces tooling as needed to support Machine Set-Up Personnel
• Uses powered hand tools, precision measuring devices, non-CNC machining, and welding equipment (under qualified supervision) to fabricate parts for the maintenance & reliability of machinery & equipment
• Executes plant changeover to generator power in emergency situations
• Rigging and moving of machinery as needed
• Operates forklift and scissor lift as needed
• Performs building and grounds maintenance & reliability activities as needed

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical, and operation of automated equipment required
• Effective communication skills required
• Forklift and scissor lift certifications required
• Welding and machinery experience a plus

Education / Experience

• Associate’s Degree or equivalent from a two-year Technical school w/ 2 years’ experience repairing automated equipment OR a minimum of a HSD and 6 years’ experience repairing automated equipment required
• 3-5 years’ manufacturing industry experience preferred

This is a 2nd Shift position with regular hours starting at 2:00 pm and ending at 10:30 pm.