Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift

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Summary

The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing a high level of maintenance support for all equipment in the Memphis Global Logistics Center. This includes maintaining equipment in all areas of the facilities. This requires providing on time PM completion, constant monitoring to spot and solve issues before they affect distribution. The successful candidate will drive innovation and continuous improvement, able to work independently and closely with facility operations, engineering and quality groups to resolve issues. This position will support Sr. Field Service Technicians and Lead Maintenance Technicians with scheduling and timely PM completion.

This shift is Monday to Friday 1st Shift. It is customary to provide service on an emergency basis, including overtime, weekends and during facility shut downs. Out of town travel may be required to attend seminars, visit equipment vendors or other Baxter facilities.

WHAT WE OFFER FROM DAY 1:

• Hours: Monday - Friday 6:00am - 2:30pm

• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

• Medical, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance coverage

• Vision and Voluntary Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave

• Retirement Savings Plan

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

• Flexible Health Care Spending Accounts

• Educational Assistance Plan

What you'll be doing:

A Maintenance Technician requires little supervision to accomplish his/her objectives. This individual looks for ways to improve their knowledge and skill set through additional training. Take a proactive role in safe work practices and lead by example. Point out unsafe conditions and practices to others and support the C2S initiative.

• Experience with energy management, conservation and sustainability projects
• Monitor assigned manufacturing lines and communicate with manufacturing to reduce down time.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems—including forklift equipment—with precision. Leverage system controls expertise to enhance equipment reliability and performance.
• Review current PMs, verify parts are in stock and complete PMs on time.
• Build and rebuild machine assemblies.
• Communicate equipment issues and work status to supervision, manufacturing, and management per the plant’s Stop and Fix guidelines.
• Initiate work orders using the Proteus CMMS system.
• Perform PM work and assign work related to the facility operations when work is required to maintain equipment reliability and efficiency.  Ensure proper and timely completion of related documentation.
• Note in Proteus or other downtime tracking method any problems, breakdowns or alarms related to all equipment. Initiate a work order, and additional documentation required to resolve the issue. Review equipment trends related to the issues and support efforts to eliminate reoccurring problems.
• The Maintenance Technician will share knowledge and train less experienced technicians in all related equipment including safety, 6S, PM’s.
• Learn to handle robots in all normal production modes, troubleshoot and identify problems related to robots, machine output and quality defects as they occur.
• Solicit help from Lead technicians and engineering assistance when needed.
• Adhere to the Baxter Code of Conduct.
• Maintain 100% on time completion of all required training.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

What you'll bring: