Maintenance Trainee

Maintenance Trainee

Working with our Maintenance Manager the Maintenance Trainee will be exposed to all functions of this department. The trainee will be paired up with a senior level mechanic and assist them in their job duties.

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

May include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Learn and perform basic preventative maintenance services
• Assist with mechanical, electrical and control systems duties as required
• Learn how to proactively predict the operational state of equipment, filters, oil, hydraulics, compressors, motors, pumps, plumbing and electrical systems and determine course of immediate and future action as needed to eliminate unscheduled downtime.
• Complete welding and fabrication work as needed, process repairs, improvements, and capital projects.
• Learn iMaintenance software to generate work orders, track labor, and consume materials/parts.
• Make shift rounds at a minimum of once per shift to inspect Air Compressors, Material Transfer Systems, Air, Water, and Electrical Systems and other Operation-Critical Equipment to insure functionality to required operational standards.
• Learn how to resolve problems with equipment, leaks, and other deficiencies and act as needed
• Assist with preventative maintenance tasks in accordance with the Preventative Maintenance Program.
• Training and development in troubleshooting PLC based control systems and making component adjustments and/or repairs.
• Maintain high level of organization and high standards for housekeeping.
• Make suggestions for improvements to safety, efficiency, and costs to management.

Skills and Qualifications?

1. High School Diploma/GED
2. Electrical and mechanical experience

 

What do Maintenance Technicians do at Pratt Industries?

 

Our Maintenance Technicians maintain and repair the machinery and building involved in turning recycled paper into sheets of Corrugated board and getting them to our customers! Think boxes for Domino’s pizzas, moving with Home Depot, Amazon deliveries, Hello Fresh meals, and more! (And yes, we make those!)

 

What’s it like working here?

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Regularly required to stand, walk, talk, and hear.
• Frequently required to use hands to handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with the assistance of another worker.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy. Able to apply concepts of high school math.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.

 

Qualifications

Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits after 30 days

401k (6% match)

Paid Vacation

Paid Tuition (State Registered Apprenticeship Program) - Must maintain a C average

Fitness Reimbursement Program

Opportunity for Advancement