MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN 7P-7A

Magnera's purpose is to better the world with new possibilities made real. For more than 160 years, the originating companies have delivered the material solutions their partners need to thrive. Through economic upheaval, global pandemics and changing end-user needs, they have consistently found ways to solve problems and exceed expectations. By bringing together these legacy companies, the distinct scale and comprehensive portfolio of products will bring customers more materials and choices. With a combined legacy of resilience, Magnera will build personal partnerships that withstand an ever-changing world.

Safety: 

• Performs all tasks in a safe manner, wearing required PPE and following all safety regulations.
• BBS participation.
• Know and understand all Safety rules and guidelines to ensure work is performed safely.
• Have a clear understanding of and strictly comply with LOTO policy.

Responsibilities:

1. The Maintenance Technician will address any outages seen and will ensure, with the Reliability Engineer, that outages are worked until compliance.
2. Work with Operations to address equipment issues an as needed basis. Support the dispatching of daily jobs with operations, planners and engineers
3. Compile daily activities as needed for each shift
4. Contact and schedule outside resources and contractors to support daily workload
5. Contact additional resources when needed
6. Be a primary trainer in the Department for PM’s, PdM, and utilizing reliability technology
7. Attend Asset Meetings, Shift Takeover Meetings

PEOPLE DIRECTION/STAFFING:

The EMT will work with planning schedule overtime and vacation coverage based on the roster in their work area.  They will look ahead and work with planning and the Reliability Engineer to ensure that their team is adequately

1. staffed from a skill standpoint and take the appropriate measures. They will work with the Reliability Engineer to get the right personnel in the right area in order to run the operation in the most successful manner for that shift.
2. The EMT will help to resolve conflicts among team members and will refer issues to higher authority when needed.
3. The EMT will assist the Reliability Engineer in understanding training and development needs for associates as well as help execute the development of individuals.

COMMUNICATION:

1. The EMT will serve as a conduit for 2-way communication for feedback between operators and maintenance resources in order to work in a collaborative manner.
2. The EMT will coordinate with operations ensuring any down time is utilized effectively. They will also communicate with Planners any exceptions to the operations schedule so that appropriate adjustments can be made to the maintenance schedule.
3. The EMT is responsible for communication and direction to technicians in the morning meetings.  This includes opening the meeting with safety topics and discussion and directing emergency work that is outside of the plan. 

OTHER:

1. The EMT will attend downtime meetings, schedule meetings, safety meetings, asset meetings, safety reviews for their work area, and down day planning meetings.
2. The EMT will be responsible for the accurate completion of all paperwork including but not limited to work orders, KPI’s, incident reports and the distribution technical data.
3. The EMT will coordinate and assist technicians with trouble-shooting activities.  The EMT will refer to the Reliability Engineer for root-cause solutions to recurring problems.  They will follow the resource allocation procedure when problems are occurring.
4. The EMT will be responsible for fulfilling the tasks as outlined in the daily task lists.

 The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Physical demands:

      1) Ability to stand and walk 12 hours or more a day on concrete, solid metal or corrugated metal surfaces to perform

            production duties.

• Employee must be able to work 12 hour shifts.
• Ability to sit while driving and operating material handling equipment 1- 3 hours per shift.
• Ability to sit while entering data into computers, reviewing data, completing reports, etc.
• Ability to push a wheeled cart filled with scrap, weighing up to 400 lbs., through manufacturing area
• Employee must be able to climb, bend, stoop and crawl.
• Employee must be able to lift up to 75 pounds  
• Required to frequently ascend and descend up to three flights of stairs over extremely fast moving machinery.
• Required to safely access fast moving machinery which includes rolls with inward nip points.   

• WORK ENVIRONMENT:
• Area may or may not be air conditioned or heated, and may be humid and hot or cold depending on seasonal conditions.
• Exposure to hot and/or abrasive surfaces.
• Required to be in tight spaces on occasion and to heights daily.
• Possible exposure to noise levels over 90 decibels for 12 hours at certain locations.
• Moving machinery or moving objects on production floor.
• Floor surfaces slippery at times.
• Exposure to chemicals which may cause eye or skin irritation and/or burns, and irritation to respiratory system.
• Exposure to static electricity on occasion.
• Exposure to and use of sharp implements at times.
• Exposure to outside elements on occasion.