Maintenance Technician

Every professional wants to work for an industry leader. Now is your chance as Hearth & Home Technologies is hiring a Maintenance Technician 3 in Lake City, MN. This is a 1st shift position from 6am-6pm on a 2 week rotation. (M, T, F, Sa, Sun, W, Th). Rotation includes every other weekend.

A career at Hearth & Home Technologies puts you in the position of working with the most popular brands in the industry, and having an impact on a product that people love. The hearth is the center of the home and family life.

Hearth & Home Technologies provides careers that fuel your professional growth. You've already reached an impressive level of success in your career, and now is the time to capitalize on all of your skills in a rewarding career without limits.

The team you work with will be highly skilled and trained. The products and company you represent are best-in-class.

This role is responsible for carrying out repairs and modifications to factory equipment and facilities that will improve safety, quality and productivity and prolong the useful life of company assets

• Assist all members with repairs or modifications to plant equipment or facilities according to requirements prioritized by the Maintenance Lead/Supervisor.
• May inspect, repair, install, modify, and maintain electrical systems, circuits and equipment.
• May design and install new line voltage circuits; troubleshoot and repair existing line voltage circuits ensuring they are up-to-code.
• May develop and implement new control systems and logic programs and make program changes to PLC and robotic equipment for machine build and other plant automated equipment.
• May design electrical processes in-house, schematics manuals and stays current on all revisions of PLC software.
• Responsible for all plant-wide maintenance requirements, report or recommend needed steps or, in the case of emergencies, take necessary action.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain electrical and mechanical equipment such as but not limited to motors, VFC, pneumatic devices, CNC equipment, laser cutting equipment, conveyors, air and water systems; using schematics, diagrams, sketches, manufacturer's repair specifications and tools such as hand tools, power tools, hoists, and forklift trucks.
• Maintain the work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and follow prescribed safety regulations.
• Actively participates in continuous improvement activities.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent mechanical aptitude and ability to analyze, evaluate and solve mechanical problems with the ability to make general repairs on press brakes, punch press equipment, lasers, packaging equipment, etc.
• CNC and PLC programming knowledge
• Knowledge of Rockwell Automation product line preferred.
• Ability to create/design/build/program new control systems for complex automated equipment. This is to be done with a high level of workmanship and electrical safeguarding to industrial standards.
• Ability to set up and perform advanced (predictive) machine PMs

Education & Experience

• Associate degree in industrial electronics or related field
• 3 or more years experience in manufacturing maintenance or related field