Mechanical Technician

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Your role at Clorox:

At Clorox, we are seeking a qualified candidate for a Mechanical Technician position at our Atlanta West facility. Duties include following all Clorox Plant safety rules, troubleshooting mechanical and electrical faults, performing PMs, ensuring stock of critical spares, executing work orders. This facility utilizes automated packaging equipment and utilities to manufacture and distribute disinfecting wipes.

Successful candidates must demonstrate detailed solid understanding in many technical areas, have the ability, competence, and aim to troubleshoot these systems with minimum supervision to enable reliable manufacturing.

Starting hourly rate: $38.80 with a shift differential for overnight hours. We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package.

In this role, you will:

• Candidates must demonstrate a detailed working knowledge in several technical areas to be a valuable technical resource to the position’s internal customers.

• Maintain, troubleshoot, analyze, and repair equipment to prevent, resolve, and eliminate various process failures and equipment breakdowns (mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, power transmission, electrical, controls, etc.). 

• Troubleshoot motor and motor control problems. The technician needs to have thorough knowledge of all VFDs, PLCs, and servo motors used in plants. 

• Candidates should have computer skills using all the appropriate business computer programs such as Microsoft Office.

• Experience with computerized maintenance management systems such as SAP is a desire but not required. 

• Candidate’s experience or familiarity with servo motion control systems is a desire. 

• Learn and perform mechanical work as needed. 

• Clean work area after each job and maintenance of the workstation. Utilize computer software (SAP, Microsoft Suite, Internet, Process Book, FactoryTalk, etc.) to perform several tasks (Create/Edit Work Orders, Look Up Parts, Researching Equipment, Email, Tracking Time, Troubleshoot Equipment, etc.) 

• Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills. 

• • Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills to respond appropriately to stakeholders of all levels. 

• Demonstrate a self-motivated work behavior requiring limited supervision. 

• Demonstrate a strong commitment to the plant non-negotiables.

• Read and update technical manuals and drawings. 

• Understand shaft alignment techniques/tools. 

• Understand and maintain mechanical drive systems, lubrication, and various pump types. 

• Perform pipe fitting Use hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, rigging equipment, various man-lifts, and shop equipment (mills, lathes, band saws, presses, etc.) 

• Utilize fabrication and assembly skills to repair defective machinery using drawings, manuals, and/or sample parts to determine dimensions, set up requirements, etc., of the finished workpiece 

• Identify and install bearings, seals, belts, chains, and other parts/components of automated packaging equipment 

• Ability to deal professionally with people during times of equipment breakdown. 

• Knowledge of equipment nomenclature, spare parts identification, and the location of the same. 

• Ability to understand and evaluate the operation of the equipment; detect or anticipate malfunctions.

• Initiative -- demonstrated pride in workmanship, neatness of work and personal dress. Responsibility -- fulfilling obligations of job assignments and reporting to work in a dependable manner.

• Reporting into the department when unable to come to work in sufficient time to cover his/her shift. 

• Demonstrate the ability to perform the following tasks using various shop equipment: 

• Turn down a shaft using a lathe 

• Cut a keyway in a shaft using a milling machine 

• Broach a sprocket 

• Cut metal using a torch 

• Basic stick welding 

• Threading pipe with a hand and powered pipe threader 

• Demonstrate a basic working knowledge of DC and AC circuits and the ability to read a schematics. 

• Demonstrate the ability to replace or adjust the following electrical devices:

• Photo eyes 

• Relays 

• Motor starters 

• Disconnects 

• Motors 

• Demonstrate the ability to locate I/O’s on PLC from schematics 

• Demonstrate the ability to use a multi-meter 

• Demonstrate a knowledge of variable frequency drive operations 

• Demonstrate a knowledge of motor control circuits 

• Demonstrate an understanding of electrical device functionality 

• Demonstrate an ability to properly terminate wiring 

• Demonstrate the ability to perform address and rung searches 

• Demonstrate how to follow ladder logic for troubleshooting 

• Demonstrate the ability to read and update P&ID’s 

• RSlogix Studio 5000 Experience (Required) 

• Experience connecting a PLC to a computer using RSlinx 

• Experience creating Tags and I/O 

• Experience Programming a Ladder Routine (such as Bits, Timers, and counters) 

• Basic electrical troubleshooting experience 

• Capable of wiring up a 3-phase motor 

• Understanding of ControlLogix or CompactLogix 

What we look for:

Education and Work Experience: Industrial maintenance work experience of at least 5 years. Candidate can substitute successful completion of a two (2) year college curriculum in technical areas AND/OR vocational school certificates of completion of training in electrical or mechanical technical areas. Other vendor courses in machining, electricity, or welding. Wide exposure to various technical areas during past work experience will be evaluated on an individual basis. 

• Proficiency in maintaining, troubleshooting, analyzing, and repairing mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, power transmission, electrical, and control systems.  

• Thorough knowledge of VFDs, PLCs, and servo motors.  

• Ability to repair defective machinery using drawings, manuals, and sample parts.  

• Skilled in using hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, rigging equipment, man-lifts, and shop equipment (e.g., mills, lathes, band saws, presses).  

• Understanding of shaft alignment techniques and tools.  

• Ability to maintain mechanical drive systems, lubrication, and various pump types.  

• Pipe fitting skills.  

• Electrical Skills. 

• Knowledge of variable frequency drive operations and motor control circuits.  

• Proficiency in following ladder logic for troubleshooting and reading/updating P&IDs.  

• Ability to respond appropriately to stakeholders at all levels.  

• Integrity in dealing with people during equipment breakdowns.  

• Self-Motivation and Work Ethic- proven self-motivated work behavior requiring limited supervision.  

• Strong dedication to plant non-negotiable and company policies.  

• Ability to understand and evaluate equipment operation to detect or anticipate malfunctions.  

• Candidates should have computer skills using all the appropriate business computer programs such as Microsoft Office. Experience with computerized maintenance management systems such as SAP is preferred but not required.  

• Candidate’s experience or familiarity with servo motion control systems is preferred but not required.  

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• Competitive compensation

• Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international

• Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being

• Flexible work environment, depending on your role

• Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing

• Half-day Fridays, depending on your location

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