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Core Duties & Responsibilities
- Preventive Maintenance (PM): Conducts scheduled inspections, greases bearings, tightens belts, and replaces worn-out components to prevent unexpected breakdowns.
- Equipment Repair & Rebuilding: Troubleshoots, repairs, or rebuilds major MRF machinery, including:
- Balers and wire-tie systems
- Conveyor belts, rollers, and gear motors
- Disc/sorting screens, optical sorters, and eddy current/magnetic separators
- Hydraulic power packs, pumps, and pneumatic systems
- Electrical & Controls Troubleshooting: Diagnoses motor drives, electrical panels, sensors, and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) (often with the help of electrical specialists).
- Safety & Compliance: Follows OSHA guidelines, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) protocols, and company life-critical safety rules.
- Documentation: Logs daily equipment inspections (DEI), tracks maintenance backlogs, and orders replacement parts and supplies.
Typical Qualifications & Requirements
- Education: High school diploma or GED equivalent; technical school certification or vocational training in industrial maintenance is strongly preferred.
- Experience: 2 to 5+ years of hands-on industrial mechanical or maintenance experience in a manufacturing, heavy-equipment, or recycling plant setting.
- Technical Skills:
- Proficiency with hydraulics, pneumatics, power transmissions, and welding/fabrication.
- Basic understanding of 3-phase electrical systems and motor controls.
- Ability to read blueprints, schematics, and technical manuals.
- Physical Demands: Ability to lift up to 50+ pounds, stand, walk, crawl, bend, climb ladders, and work in varied indoor/outdoor industrial plant environments.
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Waste Pro, USA
Nov 05, 2026