*Job Title: *Maintenance Assistant

*Department: *Maintenance

*Reports To: *Maintenance Foreman

*FLSA Status: *Non-Exempt

*Prepared By: *Helmut S. Kraus

*Prepared Date: *21 July 2015

Summary: Installs, maintains, and repairs machinery, equipment, physical structures, and pipe and electrical systems  by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment.
• Listens for unusual sounds from machines or equipment to detect malfunction and discusses machine operation variations with supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problem or repair machine.
• Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.
• Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Installs and repairs electrical apparatus, such as transformers and wiring, and electrical and electronic components of machinery and equipment.
• Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
• Repairs and maintains physical structure of establishment.
• Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery and equipment such as robots or programmable controllers.
• Sets up and operates machine tools such as grinder, drill, and saw to repair or fabricate machine parts.
• Operates cutting torch or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.
• Fabricates and repairs counters, benches, partitions, and other wooden structures.
• Operates forklift.

Supervisory Responsibilities:  This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies.

Analytical - Design - Problem Solving - Project Management - Technical Skills - Customer Service - Interpersonal Skills - Oral Communication - Written Communication Teamwork - Visionary Leadership - Change Management - Delegation - Leadership -Managing People - Quality Management - Business Acumen - Cost Consciousness - Diversity - Ethics - Organizational Support - Strategic Thinking - Judgement - Motivation - Planning/Organizing - Professionalism - Quality - Quantity - Safety and Security -Adaptability - Attendance/Punctuality - Dependability - Initiative - Innovation.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year College or technical school; or two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

*Language Skills: *   Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.

Mathematical Skills:   Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:    Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer S ills: Tool cribs.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: None.

*Other Skills and Abilities: * Mechanical skills are essential. Ability to read electrical and hydraulic schematics.

*Other Qualifications: *  Must be able to travel between buildings.        

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is required to regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; and occasionally lift and/or move up to 70 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.