Maintenance Technician

WHO WE ARE:

Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Schofield, Wisconsin, Wausau Supply Company has a history of providing top-quality building materials to authorized retailers across the United States. As a proud 100% employee-owned company, we are dedicated to not only serving our customers but also ensuring that our employees have a direct stake in our success. We distribute building materials from the industry's leading manufacturers to authorized retailers from the western Rocky Mountains to the east coast. In addition to our distribution capabilities, Wausau Supply Company is known for its high-quality manufactured brands, including Diamond Kote Siding System, Waudena, ChamClad and Taylor Entrance Systems. These brands reflect our commitment to innovation, safety, service and integrity. Our territory continues to expand as we continuously strive to meet the demands of our customers with nineteen distribution centers and five fabrication and finishing facilities across the United States.

At Wausau Supply Company, we are driven by a passion for excellence and a dedication to service, ensuring that we remain a trusted partner in the building materials industry for generations to come.

BENEFITS we offer:

• 3 weeks paid vacation within 1st year

• 9 paid holidays

• 100% Employee Owned

• Employee Stock Ownership Program

~Employer funded with an average retirement contribution of up to $4 per hour

• 401K Retirement Fund - Additional opportunity for employee to contribute

• Health, Dental, Vision, Short Term/ Long Term Disability

• Employee Assistance Program

• Opportunity for advancement

• Training and development

• Employee Material Purchase Program

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL BE DOING:

A Maintenance Technician will have complete involvement in routine and emergency corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for all electrical, mechanical and electromechanical equipment and their related controls. A Maintenance Technician can also become a key player in plant layout, installation, and start-up of new equipment. This position reports to the Maintenance Manager.

Duties to include (not limited to):

• Repairs or replaces-in-kind existing production and material handling equipment.
• Assists Maintenance Manager in maintaining an inventory of critical and other repair parts to ensure uninterrupted productivity.
• Determine the most cost-effective repair or upgrade, disassemble equipment, repair defective components, reassemble and start-up equipment.
• Documents maintenance repairs and equipment histories.
• Installs and modifies machinery and equipment, including one-off assignments, as required by production, engineering, and other personnel.
• Services and repairs programmable logic controllers (PLCs), motors, and drives.
• Assembles and maintains: electrical and electronic devices and systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and other production mechanical systems, as necessary.

A WSC EMMT will possess and demonstrate:

• The ability to diagnose and repair or replace-in-kind electromechanical systems and the use of electromechanical tools and test equipment.
• A comprehensive understanding of how these technologies and skills are linked together to create a totally productive manufacturing system.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Personal computer operation.
• Established safety policies, standards, practices, and procedures.

Education / Position Requirements:

Associate of Arts degree in Electro-Mechanical Technology or Industrial Maintenance preferred.

• OR-
• Minimum 3 years' experience in industrial maintenance with 3 years demonstrated capability in the electromechanical disciplines noted above.
• Travel as maintenance necessitated to various locations.
• Physical Requirements - ability to lift up to 100 lbs.
• Demonstrated experience with any or all of the following is a strong plus:
• AC / DC Drives
• Automation
• Chain / Belt Conveyors
• CNC programming
• Motor repair / installation
• Hydraulics
• Instrumentation
• Literacy in blueprints and schematics
• Pneumatics
• Power Distribution
• Welding

2nd Shift Schedule: Monday- Thursday 3pm-2am

Conclusion:

The WSC EMMT will exemplify the highest standards that have come to be associated with WSC. As an employee cutting across all departments and levels of the organization, the EMMT will demonstrate communication excellence, politeness, honor, integrity and the willingness to do what our competition will not. The maintenance and growth of WSC is every employee's primary objective.