Maintenance Technician in Hays, Kansas at Hess Services Inc

Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Job Grade: 13

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Reports To: Operations Manager

Appraisal Type: Employee

Job Purpose: Maintenance personnel are responsible for ensuring the maintenance of equipment.

Essential Functions include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Performs routine maintenance on equipment, doors, buildings. Conducts repairs as directed.
2. Inspects air compressors, inspects forklifts for fuel and overall functionality. Document on daily inspection form and reports any nonfunctional parts to maintenance manager or mechanics.
3. Changes oil, orders parts, keeps equipment running, and fixes doors.
4. Perform scheduled PMs (preventive maintenance work orders).
5. Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations. Secures tools, materials and equipment at end of day.
6. Performs additional duties as needed.
7. Regular attendance and timeliness.

Qualifications and Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
2. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
3. Ability to read and interpret documents such as charts, procedure manuals and job instructions with basic problem solving skills.
4. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
5. Ability to accurately read and record measurements using calipers, micrometers, and other measuring tools, as well as read a tape-measure.
6. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
7. Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines. Has strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
8. Ability to use hand tools and power tools.
9. Ability to operate computer and computer software, to include Microsoft Office products.
10. Ability to use department equipment: scissor, boom, and forklifts. Able to work safely on lifts and is able to work at heights. (boom lifts)
11. Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, bend, kneel, climb stairs and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds for men or 30 for women. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Subject to confined spaces.
2. The work environment is usually an indoor setting with frequent exposure to outside elements. The noise level in the work environment is frequently high. This position requires infrequent travel, which may involve exposure to extreme weather elements.
3. Must abide by PPE requirements.

This job description was reviewed with me and I understand that nothing in this job description restricts Hess Services, Inc. right to assign, reassign or eliminate duties and responsibilities of this job at any time. This job description reflects Hess Services, Inc. assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This job description is not intended as a contract of employment, nor to be construed as a guarantee of employment for any specific period of time or any specific type of work. I agree and acknowledge that my employment is “at will” and can be terminated, with or without cause or notice, at any time by Hess Services, Inc. or myself.