Production Mechanic II- 2nd Shift

Location: Coppell, TX

Department: Equipment and Reliability

Position Summary

The Production Mechanic II is responsible for Preventive Maintenance (PM) and maintenance of production equipment. This role is to troubleshoot issues, repair failures of production and processing equipment and ensure maximum equipment efficiency, effectiveness, and reliability.

Responsibilities and Essential Duties

• Maintains and repairs industrial production and processing machinery.
• Repairs, installs, and adjusts industrial machinery such as unscramblers, fillers, cappers, labelers, bundlers, heat tunnels, pulverizers, blenders, powder presses, conveyors, lasers, ink printers, labelers, cartoners and other production equipment.
• Troubleshoots and repairs pneumatic switches, valves, and cylinders.
• Assists in the diagnosis and repair of gear boxes, bearings, and conveyor system problems.
• Optimizes line layout to reduce labor and increase line output.
• Engineers ergonomic workstations to reduce potential for employee repetitive motion injury.
• Performs routine preventive maintenance.
• Installs and connects air, electrical, and required energy sources for new production line installation and relocation.
• Responds to work order requests in a timely fashion.
• Adheres to all safety policies and procedures including, but not limited to, Lock Out/Tag Out/Try Out (LOTOTO) (ensuring machinery is off before performing maintenance or repair), hot work, confined spaces work, use of powered industrial machines, etc.
• Sets up, diagnoses, and repairs high speed filling machines.
• Trouble shoots electrical (relay logic PLCs), general building electrical systems, and mechanical systems.

Technical Skills Required

• Proficiency in industrial safety policies, risk reduction, OSHA and potential stored energy risks involved when working with equipment.
• Proficient mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to read, understand and collaborate on building/system drawings.
• Attention to detail, accuracy, and precision, as well as good problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as a team.
• Proficient controls/integration troubleshooting and routine maintenance skills.
• Proficiency in welding and machine shop work.
• Proficiency operating industrial lift trucks and scissor/boom lifts.
• Electrical troubleshooting proficiency.
• Proficiency using industrial tools and equipment.
• Spanish is a plus but not required.

Experience Required

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years of industrial maintenance experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience diagnostic/troubleshooting and preventive maintenance.
• 2 years of electrical experience in troubleshooting and programming of PLCs, knowledge of electrical controls, VFDs, servos, HMIs, and the ability to read electrical prints.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly sit, stand, and walk for extended periods of time.
• Ability to sit, balance, climb, stand, bend, squat, squeeze, kneel, turn, crouch and stoop repeatedly.
• Physically able to lift 75 pounds and manipulate up to a 500-pound drum on a regular basis.
• Frequent exposure to varying temperatures, loud noises, heavy machinery, fumes, or airborne particles, electrical, chemicals and moving parts.
• Prolonged use of computer screen.

About the Company

About Company

At the heart of what we are, we are a small company that specializes in manufacturing personal care products. While we are much bigger now than what we were 20 years ago or even 5 years ago, our company was built on a belief that being small meant that we had to be faster than our competition, smarter, braver and of course, nicer. We knew that in order to make it, we had to produce products that our customers needed, in time, priced right, and with the highest quality. We knew innovation meant pushing the envelope on design and thinking. Most importantly, we knew that developing relationships meant building a reputation for coming through on promises and standing behind our product. That is who we are today and how we operate every day.