Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Employer: Aerotek. **Job Title: Maintenance Technician** **Job Description** The Maintenance Technician installs, repairs, and maintains a wide range of mechanical, electrical, and process equipment within an industrial plant environment. This role focuses on piping systems, pumps, burners, lifting equipment, and PLC-based controls, ensuring reliable and safe operation of all plant assets through proactive maintenance and effective troubleshooting. **Responsibilities** + Fabricate, install, repair, and maintain a variety of piping systems—including stainless steel, galvanized, CPVC, lined steel, and FRP—in accordance with plant specifications and standards. + Perform repair and maintenance on evaporator burners and blowers, using knowledge of natural gas heating systems and burner operation to troubleshoot issues and complete minor repairs or component replacements. + Troubleshoot general industrial equipment such as inductive motors and photo-eyes to identify faults and restore proper operation. + Use volt meters and other electrical testing instruments to diagnose electrical and control issues on plant equipment. + Maintain all plant equipment by applying predictive maintenance (PdM), preventive maintenance (PM), and other established maintenance strategies. + Repair and maintain pumps, including troubleshooting performance problems, rebuilding components, and performing shaft and motor alignments. + Install bearings, seals, gears, chains, sprockets, and other mechanical power-transmission components to support reliable equipment operation. + Troubleshoot, repair, or replace block valves, control valves, solenoid valves, valve positioners, and pneumatic actuators to ensure proper flow and control in process systems. + Operate forklifts, aerial lifts, and other plant vehicles safely and efficiently to move materials and access equipment. + Maintain and repair lifting equipment such as cranes, hoists, and rigging systems, ensuring safe and reliable handling of heavy