Maintenance Technician

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.​

JOB SUMMARY 

This role is a maintenance technician role that may be focused on people, process and/or systems as it pertains to the upkeep and/or repair of all plant processes, systems, buildings, and production equipment.  The Maintenance Technician ability to respond by use of effective mechanical, electrical, process or support systems skills is critical for success in this position. The position also works to eliminate failures resulting in downtime having direct impact on the plants the overall available operating systems.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

• Comply with Westlake Safety Policies and Procedures  

• Regular attendance, timeliness, and scheduling flexibility 

• Provide safety leadership in promoting and creating a zero-injury safety culture. 

• Ability to solve practical mechanical/process problems and work in a fast-paced environment. 

• Ability to understand and follow verbal, written, or diagram instructions. 

• Communicate with shift supervisors, and other line support regarding maintenance issues. 

• Ensure proper performance of all plant maintenance processes/systems and production equipment through effective use of planning, troubleshooting and/or diagnostics skills. 

• Ensure proper preventative maintenance on all plant systems and production equipment to maximize machine uptime. 

• Ensure compliance with all maintenance processes and work being performed. 

• Assist in determining necessary actions to address quality issues on molds, stones, and production equipment, as necessary. 

• Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein. 

• housekeeping standards 

• Conduct Huddle Meeting with Maintenance Techs 

• Assign work orders to each maintenance tech. 

• Communicate with shift supervisors and all operational support personnel regarding maintenance issues. 

• Ensure compliance with all maintenance work being performed. 

• Keep Maintenance leadership informed of maintenance issues. 

• Generates Work Orders and closes them out in SAP. 

• Follows up and reports craftsmanship (Good/Bad) to Maintenance Supervisor 

• Provide peer coaching discussions to correct issues. 

• Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.  

• Perform at an acceptable level as required to meet or exceed daily safety, quality and productivity standards. 

• Maintain a clean and orderly work area to ensure facility meets department. 

• Mechanical/Electrical troubleshooting 

• Blueprint/ Diagram reading 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES  

• Must be able to work well in a team e