Apprentice Maintenance - 6000 Hours
On-siteElmira, New York, United States
Job Summary
Perform troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance on glass manufacturing equipment, including conveyors, furnaces, and forming machinery. Diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues to minimize downtime. Read blueprints, schematics, and technical drawings to perform installations, alignments, calibrations, and rebuilds. Use diagnostic tools and follow lockout/tagout and confined space procedures while completing work orders and maintenance documentation. Assist in root cause analysis and recommend improvements to increase equipment reliability. Collaborate with production, engineering, and contractors to support emergency repairs and plant shutdowns. Maintain housekeeping standards and ensure safety compliance across all maintenance areas.
Required Qualifications
- troubleshooting, repairing, installing, and maintaining production equipment, facility systems, and related machinery in a glass manufacturing environment
- performing preventive maintenance
- responding to equipment breakdowns
- troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance on glass manufacturing equipment, including conveyors, batch handling systems, furnaces, lehrs, forming equipment, inspection systems, packaging equipment, motors, pumps, gearboxes, bearings, and related plant machinery
- Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and basic control system issues
- Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, equipment manuals, wiring diagrams, and technical drawings
- Perform equipment installations, alignments, adjustments, calibrations, rebuilds, and changeovers
- Use hand tools, power tools, precision measuring instruments, welding/cutting equipment, and diagnostic tools safely and effectively
- Complete work orders, preventive maintenance documentation, equipment history records, and parts usage records accurately and in a timely manner
- Follow all company safety policies, lockout/tagout procedures, confined space requirements, hot work procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements
- Assist in identifying root causes of equipment failures and recommend improvements to increase equipment reliability, quality, and operational efficiency
- Maintain housekeeping standards in maintenance areas, production areas, and shop spaces
- Work collaboratively with production operators, supervisors, engineers, contractors, and other maintenance personnel
- Support emergency repairs and plant shutdown work as needed
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