Maintenance Mechanic

Overview:

Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment such as engines, motors, pneumatic

tools, conveyor systems, and production and utility machines and equipment. Installs and repairs

electrical systems, apparatus, and electrical and electronic components of industrial equipment.

Responsibilities:

Observes mechanical devices in operation and listens to their sounds to locate causes of

trouble.

• Dismantles devices to gain access to; removes defective parts.

• Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections.

• Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.

• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.

• Repairs or replaces defective parts.

• Performs preventive maintenance on production and maintenance equipment and utilities.

• Install special functional and structural parts in devices.

• Starts devices to test their performance.

• Sets up and operates lathe, drill press, grinder, and other metal-working shop tools to

make and repair parts.

• Installs power supply wiring and conduit for newly installed machines and equipment

such as robots, conveyors, and programmable controllers.

• Connects low voltage power supply wires to machines and equipment and connects

cables and wires between machines and equipment.

• Diagnoses malfunctioning apparatus such as low voltage motors, and lighting fixtures

and replaces damaged or broken lighting fixtures.

• Replaces blown fuses, reset breakers, and overload relays for lighting and equipment’s.

• Tests malfunctioning machinery and discusses malfunction with other maintenance

workers to diagnose malfunction.

• Lays out wiring and installs wiring, conduit, and electrical apparatus in buildings.

• Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and

pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and

related equipment.

• Operates cutting torches or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.

• Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on metal stock surfaces.

• Replaces defective parts with new part or repairs or reproduces part from various kinds of

metal stock.

• Operates forklifts, scissor-lifts and other equipment necessary to perform tasks.

• Fills up logs for inspection and preventive maintenance of equipment and utilities.

• Fills up work order upon completion of job/task.

• Performs plumbing and piping repairs.

• Reports to Manager or Supervisor status of pending and ongoing jobs.

• Performs other duties as required and/or assigned.