Maintenance Technician

Our Company

AmeriBolt, founded in 2005, focuses on providing exceptional service to fastener distributors in the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions. Built on a foundation of speed and customer service, AmeriBolt has expanded its capacity while maintaining a commitment to superior service from quotation to delivery. As part of the LoneStar Group, AmeriBolt benefits from LoneStar's global manufacturing capabilities and customer approvals. Together, they offer enhanced value and diversified products to customers. LoneStar is a global leader in high-performance fasteners, gaskets, and flow-control components, serving industries like oil and gas and power generation, with operations across multiple regions.

Our Benefits

Our Benefits include: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Short Term, and accident insurance. We also offer 401(k) with matching contributions, Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays, and the opportunity to be part of a dedicated and reliable team.

Essential Functions

AmeriBolt is looking for the right qualified individuals to join our team!! We have 1 immediate Maintenance Technician position (full-time) opening within the Maintenance Department at our facility in Sycamore, AL!

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for the routine operation and maintenance of mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, ventilation, and electrical systems and devices. Conduct preventative maintenance on manufacturing equipment and facilities, performing repairs and upgrades as necessary, and implementing new equipment and technologies. The role involves working with a wide range of equipment, including advanced CNC machine tools and specialized diagnostic instruments.

Job Overview

• Comply with all company policies and procedures including Health, Safety and Quality Assurance policies.
• Report injuries, accidents, near misses or unsafe conditions to a Supervisor or Manager immediately.
• Trouble shoots and repair plant equipment and processes.
• Provide support to the production team to produce superior quality materials that meet/exceed client needs. This role supports the needs of manufacturing and facilities to ensure both are in top working order.
• Locates and diagnoses failures, replace defective components, performs basic troubleshooting using standard equipment, detailed drawings, diagrams, sketches, specifications, prints, manuals and verbal and/or written instructions. Diagnose problems with PLC’s and complex control systems.
• Performs preventative maintenance on equipment as specified.
• Properly inspect and maintain shop equipment in accordance with OSHA regulation.
• Installs functional and structural parts in devices or equipment. Prepares new machines and production equipment for operation.
• Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment such as pneumatic tools, motors, conveyor systems, production machines, equipment using testing instruments, hand and power tools and precision-measuring instruments.
• Work with mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, vacuum and process ventilation systems.
• Disassembles machines and repairs or replaces broken parts, adjusts functional parts of mechanical devices as necessary, Cleans and lubricates parts, inspects completed repairs and orders replacement parts.
• Prepares reports, keeps records, maintains appropriate maintenance, repair logs, requisitions for spare parts, and requires maintenance supplies as required.
• Maintain a clean, organized and safe shop and production floor. Identify, label and stage parts for the equipment.
• Electrical & Electromechanical Focus; Performs a wide variety of functions such as installation maintenance, repair of equipment for generating, distributing, and utilizing electrical energy. Uses instruments to test circuits, replace or install new power, light, electronic and control circuits.
• Repairs complex electrical equipment including motors, switches, switchboards, electrical mechanisms, automated machines, controls, panels, relays, circuit breakers, communication systems and alarms.
• Performs complex wiring assignments; installs, measures, cuts, bonds, threads, assembles and installs electrical conduit.
• Works from schematics, drawings, layouts, or other specifications to locate and diagnose trouble in the electrical system or equipment.
• Accurately perform the documentation requirements.
• Plan and perform other assorted maintenance functions
  
  
  

Skills And Qualifications

Experience: 5+ years of related experience and/or training in a manufacturing environment; with the ability and knowledge to safely use all required power tools and diagnostic equipment necessary to troubleshoot and repair electrical systems, mechanical systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems and CNC controls preferred.

• Strong electrical and mechanical maintenance experience and knowledge required
• Ability to read equipment, component and wiring drawings and schematics; familiar with Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems.
• Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions of the trades involved.
• Ability to adjust to changes without compromising Quality or Performance.
• Must be willing to work a shift schedule and work overtime as needed, including weekends.
• Knowledge of Fanuc or ABB automation robotics (Preferred)
• Ability to Welding and burning applications
  
  
  

WORK SCHEDULE

• Monday through Friday with weekend work as needed
• 2nd Shift hours are 2pm-11:30pm
• Shift Differential Pay for 2nd shift hours worked
• 8-hour shift with overtime daily as needed
  
  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Must be able to stand for the duration of scheduled shift
• Moderate physical effort handling parts. Equivalent to frequently exerting average effort. Ability to manually load or unload materials onto or off of pallets, skids, platforms, saws, and trucks. Able to lift items weighing up to 50 lbs. repetitively.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus
• Manual dexterity using hands, fingers, and arms to push, pull, reach, grab, hold, lift, and hammer
• Continuous mental and visual attention in cleaning. Diversified duties requiring constant alertness or activity.
  
  
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Manufacturing warehouse environment with multi step process production runs on different machines. High value highly customized components, long and large parts, and high precision manufacturing for critical service applications
• Noise Level: Moderate to High
• Temperature variable with season