Maintenance Technician II - 1st Shift
Charlotte, NC, US, 28269
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
Factory Overview
- Volvo Circular Charlotte specializes in the remanufacturing of Volvo/Mack diesel engines, Volvo Construction Equipment transmissions, and other Volvo Group sub-components.
- 1st Shift normal business hours are Mon-Fri 6-2:30pm.
Purpose/Description
Under the direction of the Volvo Operations Concept:
- Support the Volvo/Mack remanufacturing factory with Maintenance solutions
- Performs work according to SOP (Standard Operating Procedure)
- Performs maintenance tasks
- Performs Autonomous safety activities
- Performs quick/standard kaizens
All employees are responsible for the quality of their work and customer satisfaction and are expected to engage in active continuous improvement. Knowledge and understanding of workplace 5S and problem solving is required to prevent and correct situations that could reduce quality and customer satisfaction.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Performs reactive and preventive maintenance on machines and facility.
- Records, report, and act on solutions for damaged, worn, or broken parts.
- Orders and installs replacement parts for machines.
- Manages spare part inventory.
- Identifies the causes of unexpected breakdowns of machines and fills out the appropriate documentation.
- Prepare reports documenting work performed, including Kaizens.
- Cleans, organizes, inventories, stocks, and otherwise maintains shop areas, parts, tools, and supplies.
- Coordinates with managers to schedule regular maintenance on machines, utilizing the maintenance database system.
- Collaborate with product manager or plant engineer regarding new product industrialization and modifications required to support production.
- Making necessary modifications and implements tests runs; confers with product manager regarding test results and makes additional alterations to machinery as required.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Mitigates potential safety hazards.
- Experience troubleshooting mechanical breakdowns, diagnostics, electrical systems, hydraulic systems, air distribution systems.
- Contact liaison for all vendor related repair items at factory.
- Support Volvo Performance System continuous improvement projects.
Required Skills/Abilities
- Willingness to learn and grow professionally, shown by dedication, pliability and respect.
- Mechanically inclined with great problem-solving skills.
- Basic electrical knowledge.
- Works well independently and with others.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Organized with a high diligence to detail.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and stressful environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience reading and understanding electrical blueprints, schematics, mechanical drawings.
- General Fabrication.
- Ability to prioritize.
Education and Experience
- Some vocational or community college with related coursework or equivalent experience is required.
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged periods standing and walking.
- Able to bend, stretch, push, pull, and move as needed to reach, clean, and service machinery.
- Must be able to visually inspect machines.
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
Physical Demands to be met with or without accommodation
- Regularly required to reach with arms and hands.
- Required to stand, walk and use hands to handle tools/controls.
- Required to sit, climb, balance and crouch. Required to lift up to 50lbs.
Safety
- Safety glasses required while grinding, steaming, using blow nozzles, or around others performing similar tasks.
- Safety glasses in cleaning building and machine shop at all times.
- Safety shoes always required.
- Special attention to noise levels, hearing protection required in specific areas or operations.
- Continuous elevated level of alertness.
- Lock out tag out management and adherence.
Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
Group Trucks Operations encompasses all production of the Group’s manufacturing of Volvo, Renault and Mack trucks, as well as engines and transmissions. We also orchestrate the spare parts distribution for Volvo Group’s customers globally and design, operate and optimize logistics and supply chains for all brands. We count 30,000 employees at 30 plants and 50 distribution centers across the globe. Our global footprint offers an opportunity for an international career in a state-of-the-art industrial environment, where continuous improvement is the foundation. As our planet is facing great challenges, we - one of the largest industrial organizations in the world - stand at the forefront of innovation. We are ready to rise to the challenge. Would you like to join us?
Nearest Major Market: Charlotte