Maintenance Technician

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POSITION TITLE / LOCATION

Hatch – Machinery Maintenance Technician

 

JOB CLASSIFICATION

Technician

 

POSITION REPORTS TO:

Engineering Services Manager

 

POSITION OVERVIEW

Must perform certain preventive maintenance responsibilities as well as daily repair work on knitting machines and doffs.  Technicians are to perform daily technical machine checks.  Must inspect fabric, looking at doff head and rolling out on doff table as required by specific styles.

 

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Regular and predictable attendance
• Perform preventive maintenance (PM) on assigned knit machines in compliance with the PM schedule
• Assist in troubleshooting and repair of machines in production as needed
• Perform style changes as assigned by Planning Department
• Perform machine oiling as required
• Perform maintenance as required, such as reneedle, flush, and various machine repairs
• Change the mechanical setting of a Knitting machine to produce fabric as needed