Maintenance Technician (3rd Shift)

in Du Page County, IL

Job Description

Matrix Plastic Products is seeking a 3rd shift (night shift), hands-on, motivated, and experienced Maintenance Technician to join our injection molding team and coordinate repairs and preventative maintenance across primary machines and ancillary equipment. The Maintenance Technician is responsible for supporting production in diagnosing, troubleshooting, and repairing all injection molding machines (including Engel, Plus-tech, Shibaura, JSW, and Wittmann machines), Yushin robots, chillers, thermolators, dryers, granulators, etc. The role will coordinate with outside vendors and also support automation integration efforts as needed. Applicable technical training also available through Matrix during employment.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and coordinate repair of all major equipment systems including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems on injection molding machines, robots, and end-of-arm tooling (EOAT)
• Limit production downtime through efficient and effective efforts
• Perform PMs on all injection molding machines and equipment
• Modify, repair, and rebuild plant machinery and equipment
• Provide detailed instructions to others on how to repair or maintain equipment
• Properly wire control cabinets to a schematic diagram

Additional Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the automation team
• Identify and implement improvements to production to create cost reductions and improve performance
• Recommend cost-effective risk mitigations and equipment redundancies to support production uptime
• Complete all repair work on time and within budget
• Coordinate ordering of replacement parts and installation
• Oversee machine calibration
• Must have basic knowledge in Microsoft Office
• Strong communication skills both verbally and written
• Complete special projects as needed
• Perform the installation of new equipment and or relocation of equipment
• Is observant to the condition of all machines and equipment