Maintenance Technician (1st Shift)

Company: Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions
Location: New Berlin
Posted on: June 27, 2025

Job Description:

This role is not open for submissions from outside staffing agencies Maintenance Technician (1st Shift) What Brought You Here : Total compensation pay range: $27 - $32/hr. depending on experience Quarterly & Monthly bonus opportunities Earn additional pay based on individual and team performance with our Monthly Production Incentive Compensation Program! Shift Days and Hours: Monday - Friday, 1st Shift, 6am - 230pm, OT as needed Benefits starting DAY ONE! Who You Are: A person who enjoys a challenge, a problem solver, a team player who has attention to detail skills What You Will Be Doing : Advises management of new developments which may affect profit, schedule, costs, and/or departmental relations. Engages in mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance of electric power generating equipment, and transmission, distribution, and control equipment of electric power utility. Confers with contractors to resolve problems in installation of new equipment, servicing, and repairing equipment and to assist in start of new plants or additions. Performs preventative and predictive maintenance on facility machinery. Communicate with operators from other shifts. Resolves problems using working knowledge and solutions that improve operations, and develops recommendations involving new techniques, technologies, or concepts. Maintains a working knowledge of safety policies and regulations to ensure duties of self and others are performed in a safe manner. Understand and analyze levels of line downtime caused by equipment issues and associated causation. Analyze test results, machine error messages, and information obtained from operators to diagnose equipment problems. Examine parts for defects such as breakage and excessive wear. Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems. Follow diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, and manufacturer’s instructions. Diagnose CNC equipment and PLC control systems. Locate root problems and perform repairs. Operate newly repaired machinery and equipment to verify the adequacy of repairs. Report any faulty or inefficient equipment. Record repairs and maintenance performed, parts and materials used, requisition new parts and materials, as necessary. Assist with the inventory of replacement parts and supplies by checking stock to determine inventory level. Control downtime by informing production workers of routine preventive maintenance. Operate cutting torches and welding equipment to fabricate, cut or join metal parts. Use tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as impact drills and wrenches, to precision measuring instruments and electronic testing devices. Skills You Bring : Prior industrial maintenance experience Working knowledge of three phase motors, programmable controls, circuits, computer interfaces, PLC’s, VFD’s. Able to read and understand electrical schematics and blueprints Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and procedure manuals. Must have working knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic troubleshooting. Able to use tools including hand tools, powered tools, diagnostic tools, and computer programs Test and repair water distribution, and compressed air systems Able to define problems, collect data, and draw valid conclusions Able to operate a forklift truck Basic computer and e-mail skills 480V Electrical Why Trulite : Trulite offers the most comprehensive benefit coverage in the industry. Including immediate access to all health, dental, vision and life insurance for you and your family. Our commitment to you as a member of our team also includes both Long Term and Short-Term Disability coverage to help protect you financially. Because we value your financial health, we provide not only a comprehensive wellness initiative, but we also provide financial literacy, providing all employees with a comprehensive financial wellness program. Stay with us for a year and your 401k employer match is 100% vested and immediately becomes part of your ever improving financial plan. This is also true for those who select and contribute to their Health Savings Account. We match on both employee and family coverage to help cover out-of-pocket expenses and if unused continues to grow until need. Employer match is also vested immediately at 100% improving your financial health. Trulite bears most of the cos of your benefits. We structured these benefits because we care not only about your physical wellbeing but your financial health and welfare too. Let us show you a way to financial independence while being a valuable member of our team. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

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