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Job Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities** **:

+ Analyzes work orders, blueprints and schematics to determine work to be performed.

+ Troubleshoot equipment problems by observing mechanical devices in operation to locate causes of trouble and examining defective machinery to determine cause of malfunction and perform machine repairs.

+ Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts, then inspects parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.

+ Repairs, rebuilds or replaces defective parts. Installs special functional and structural parts in devices. Lubricates and cleans parts.

+ May set up and operate lathe, drill press, grinder, and other tools to make and repair parts and machines.

+ Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments. Ability to utilize computers and understand ladder logic to determine PLC and HMI problems a plus but not required.

+ Sets up and starts devices and machines to test performance.

+ Initiates purchase order for parts and machines.

+ Performs preventative maintenance.

+ May modify PLC programs for production equipment with appropriate supervision.

+ Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product. Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase production efficiencies.