CNC Maintenance Technician

ABOUT THE JOB - CNC Maintenance Technician

Location: Houston, Westplain Campus

Work Environment: On-site Monday - Friday

Work Schedule/Hours: 6:00am - 2:30pm

Pay Range: $38-40/hour based on experience

The CNC Maintenance Technician is responsible for preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining the machines and equipment associated with the production facility.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Troubleshoots, repairs, and provides reactive and preventive maintenance to machinery and equipment with minimal to no supervision.
• Maintains/replaces oils and machine coolants per machine specification as needed.
• Ability to understand proper refract and pH levels and adjust fluids as needed.
• Ability to clean machines and manage daily waste program in compliance with SPCC.
• Maintains oil and coolant inventory levels and ordering product with vendors.
• Proactively identifies, analyzes, and proposes solutions to repair or improve equipment/facility issues before breakdown occurs.
• Remove defective parts by dismantling devices, using hoists, cranes, forklifts and hand and power tools.
• Complete work assignments timely and in an effective manner
• Ability to perform in-depth Root Cause Analyses and identify solutions to decrease breakdowns and increase uptime.
• Work with contractors to perform various inspections, repairs, installations, or miscellaneous tasks.
• Reverse Engineering of used or extinct components and parts for re-manufacture and installation
• Fabricates repair parts by utilizing maintenance equipment.
• Supports the installation and fabrication of equipment and fixturing under Manufacturing Engineering supervision.
• Research and orders repair parts through OEM or Vendors. Maintains stocking levels of spare parts.
• Maintains a clean working environment and adheres to all plant safety requirements.
• Adheres to LOTO procedures on associated repairs.

• Ability to read and understand blueprints, sketches, diagrams, lubrication charts, operation manuals, and engineering specifications.
• Experience and knowledge of CNC machines with Fanuc, Yasnac, Okuma, and AB controls
• Extensive knowledge and experience with lathes, mills, drills, grinders, saws, welders, cranes, hoists, forklifts, and electric motors
• In-depth knowledge of machine metrology and alignments with ability to align machine tools (CNC/Manual) to OEM specifications.
• Basic working knowledge of Lincoln Electric and Miller welding equipment.
• Experience with rigging of machine components up to 10,000-lb.
• Experience of PLC ladder logic programming and diagnosis preferred.
• In-depth understanding of electronic troubleshooting including, but not limited to:
• Relays, switches, proximity switches, contactors, motor starters, PRO's, 3-phase electric motors etc.
• Ability to monitor and diagnose hydraulic systems that are stand alone or integrated into machinery. Knowledge of components, hoses, and fittings.
• Ability to use precision instruments such as calipers, micrometers, dial bore gauge etc.
• Great interpersonal skills, attendance, and punctuality.
• Self-starter who is dependable and able to work in a team environment.

• 5 years' experience with Fanuc, Yasnac, Okuma, and AB controls.
• Knowledge of servo units, spindles, and other machine parts.
• Adhere to all safety rules and regulations.
• Must speak English: written and oral.
• Ability to drive a forklift.
• Efficient with Microsoft Tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Ability to work overtime and "on-call" rotations.
• Formal CNC repair education/training
• Required to supply their own tools