Maintenance Technician

Position Summary
This position is responsible for the professional installation, diagnostic troubleshooting, and precision repair of heavy industrial electrical equipment at the CST Industries manufacturing plant in DeKalb, Illinois. Serving as a foundational hub for engineered storage solutions—including factory-welded tanks, glass-fused-to-steel structures, and dry bulk silos—the DeKalb facility requires a highly responsive technician. The Maintenance Technician performs critical preventive and predictive maintenance on complex plant machinery, manages digitized work orders, interprets specialized industrial schematics, and ensures all localized systems comply with rigorous workplace safety standards, OSHA mandates,
and regional regulations. This is a highly hands-on, physically demanding role requiring some technical diagnostic capabilities to minimize production downtime and support factory reliability goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and execute facility project work from start to finish.
• Perform high-level electrical installations, wiring modifications, and facility circuit upgrades.
• Install, repair, and maintain commercial plumbing lines, fixtures, drains, and backflow systems.
• Diagnose facility malfunctions and equipment failures independently.
• Assemble and build new facility infrastructure, conduits, and custom utility setups.
• Must have the ability to read facility blueprints, electrical schematics, and plumbing prints.
• Conduct routine inspections on generators, motors, circuit breakers, and control panels.
• Keep accurate logs of routine maintenance, project milestones, and facility repairs.
• Record and maintain clear technical logs in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) by updating active work orders with precise descriptions of root failure causes and parts used.
• Safely operate plant material-handling equipment, including industrial forklifts and overhead bridge cranes, to navigate heavy tooling elements.
• Advanced math skills and problem-solving mentality.
• Required to drive forklift.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• H.S Diploma/ GED
• 3 yrs + Facility maintenance or utility infrastructure experience.
• Strong, proven experience managing and executing physical facility projects solo.
• 3+ yrs experience with commercial electrical work and structural plumbing layouts.
• 3+ yrs power tools and commercial hand tools experience.

Key Skills and Functional Requirements

• CMMS System Usage: Experience using digital maintenance management applications to document asset issues, trace repair schedules, and manage active service tickets.
• Language Skills: Competently read, evaluate, and extract information from physical manuals, safety procedures, and corporate preventive maintenance instructions.
• Mathematical Competency: Solid capability in workshop math, including fraction-to-decimal conversions, geometric alignment checks, and fluid system volume tracking.
• Reasoning Ability: Exercise logical, independent technical problem-solving under tight timelines to clear critical machine faults and limit night-shift operational delays.
• Computer Literacy: Basic functional literacy using standard computer tools like Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.

Reasoning Ability

• Apply rational understanding to interpret multi-phase project blueprints and diagram forms.
• Handle complex problems involving variables in custom facility environments.
• Ability to make independent project decisions and know when to modify project plans.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully execute this role:

• Force & Lifting: Exerting up to 100 lbs. of force occasionally, up to 50 lbs. of force frequently, and up to 20 lbs. of force constantly to move heavy manufacturing components and tooling.
• Postural Agility: Continuous standing for long periods of time on concrete floors; frequent reaching, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling into tight machinery spaces to install new electrical conduit or troubleshoot existing systems.
• Sensory Capabilities: Full functional capacity for seeing (including color clarity for wiring), hearing diagnostic anomalies, and clear verbal communication.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee works in a manufacturing plant environment with normal exposure to noise, dust, and hazards associated with working in a high traffic, heavy machinery, manufacturing plant. Work hours are generally Monday through Friday from 6am-4:30pm but may vary somewhat by plant. Work hours may change at Management's discretion with prior notice. Occasional travel may be required.