Maintenance Technician - Odd shifts

Location: South Boston, Virginia, United States of America

Job ID: R0093295

Date Posted: 2025-06-13

Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY USA INC

Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: Full time

Remote: No

Job Description:

• It is the role of the maintenance technician to monitor, assist with and improve all performance aspects of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Inventory goals, through coaching an engaged workforce and a culture of sustainability.

• Continuously promotes, coaches, participates in Continuous Improvement activities.

• The incumbent will assist in managing overall shift performance:

  • Safety – Audits and ensures compliance to applicable HSE systems.
  • Quality – Monitor and drives actions to improve yields.
  • Delivery – Work with production control to ensure on-time order delivery to customers.
  • Cost – Manages headcount (crewing) needs. Implements corrective actions to deviations from standards.
  • Inventory - Drive and maintain accurate inventories.

• Commit to workorder completion and entry into cmms (SAP) daily.

• Support continuous improvement initiatives

• Support SAP (CMMS) schedule for work order execution, downtime repair and meeting deadlines

• Reporting verbally all downtime concerns to Lead technician

• Submit all parts & tool requirements on materials requestions or direct entry into inventory system

• Support & assist the Planner Scheduler position in communication of work assignments and required parts to complete.

• Offers helpful and constructive suggestions to help the Maintenance Team improve the care they give to equipment based on personal experience and insights gained from this assignment.

• Follow policy and procedures on a consistent basis throughout the plant.

• Conduct relatively straight-forward analyses and tests. Participate in the investigation of technical problems and provide information and recommendations for reports.

• Solves major technical, equipment or facilities problems in order to achieve higher performance of the production lines. Maintains tools and repair equipment in good working order.

• Proposes improvement projects for processes and production lines aimed at reducing ordinary and extraordinary maintenance and optimizing operational and energy efficiency.

• Submit all parts& tool requirements on materials requestions or direct entry into inventory system.

• Prepare for Preventative maintenance workorders by reviewing scope and task assignments prior to beginning work.

• Commitment to continue learning to achieve multi-skilled technician status, while progression to end goal: Total equipment maintenance support with full confidence.

• Consistent desire to learn and train in Electrical, Electronics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Fabrication, Plumbing, PLC, HVAC, Fluid Mechanics, and mechanical repairs/troubleshooting.

• Practicing safe work practices, identifying unsafe work conditions, etc.

• Support security of facility

• Understanding First Aid protocol and/or be part of the First Aid Team.

• Setting a good example of work ethics.

• Good verbal skill and written skills are a requirement.

• Possess basic computer skills. Will be expected to attend training in basic Excel & Word where needed.

• Other duties as assigned.

Key Leadership Behaviors Expectations:

• Lives on a daily basis the 5 Hitachi Value Pairs. For this particular job, special emphasis is placed on:

• SAFETY AND INTEGRITY – Conducts oneself and team to the highest standards. Ensures actions and behaviors do not compromise one’s health or wellbeing or jeopardize one’s career or the reputation of the company.

• OWNERSHIP AND PERFORMANCE – Gets results through a disciplined Leadership Standardized Work, Accountability and Ownership. Effective Communicator - Engages personnel through effective written and verbal communication

• INNOVATION AND SPEED – Champions Change; Leads and manages change through the use of Change Management.

• COLLABORATION AND TRUST – Make people better; Consistently coaches to develop employees. Leadership Impact - Gets engagement through visibility - spending time with people on the floor and ensuring that we are all on the same page. Foster’s Teamwork and Diversity – Creates an open and constructive team environment.

• CUSTOMER FOCUS & QUALITY – Ensures the customer is the center of all our activities. Ensures delivery meets the utmost quality standard. Removes waste from areas of responsibility to ensure all activities are value added for our customer. Works consistently for continuous improvement and lean activities.

Complexity of Tasks: Requires thorough knowledge of the organization's activities and ability to independently resolve complex problems. Requires ability to communicate effectively, represent the group and influence decisions. Errors typically result in significant delays, inefficient use of resources and considerable additional costs. Requires foresight to anticipate problems and ability to recognize opportunities for cost-effectively improving operations.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School degree or GED equivalent required

• Mechanical, electrical and/or fabrication skills and experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associates or technical degree

• Basic computer skills, to include SAP

• HVAC experience

• Welding experience

• Ability to operate industrial equipment, including cranes and forklifts

• Ability to read and understand blueprints and simple schematics

• Experience in lean manufacturing including 4Q, JIDOKA, 6S, etc.

• Experience in running conduit

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Action-Oriented Functional / Technical Skills

• Self-Starter Typing / Data Entry Skills

• Detail-Oriented Priority Setting

• Decision Quality Organized, Manages Work Well

• Logical Thinker Driven to Meet Deadlines

• Dependability Good Communication Skills

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