About the Company

Advance American Labs (AAL) is a research, development and manufacturing facility in Stonecrest, GA, just outside Atlanta. The 40,000 sq ft site houses laboratory and manufacturing operations under one roof and compounds, fills and packages hair and skin care products under cGMP. A small maintenance team supports the plant, so the people on it carry real responsibility for keeping production running. AAL is an equal opportunity employer.

About the Job

The Maintenance Mechanic II provides electrical, controls, instrumentation and mechanical support for the compounding, filling and packaging equipment that makes hair and skin care products. The work is preventive maintenance to the master schedule, corrective work orders, building utilities, and troubleshooting for both production runs and R&D trials.

The "II" means the mechanic works unsupervised, owns the troubleshooting that other people escalate, and can train a newer technician. On a small team, the Mechanic II is often the most senior technician on shift and the person Production calls directly when a line goes down. Because this is a cGMP plant, repairs on production equipment are recorded (the work, the parts and the cause) and equipment changes are coordinated with Quality before the line restarts.

Full-time, reporting to the Maintenance Manager. The schedule is 6:00 am to 6:00 pm on 12-hour shifts, with availability for any shift, including nights, weekends and overtime, as maintenance requires. Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Daily Responsibilities

• Trace electrical and controls faults on packaging and process equipment methodically, using prints and a meter, isolating the fault before replacing parts
• Monitor and troubleshoot PLC-controlled equipment; go online with a PLC to read ladder logic and force outputs where needed
• Install, maintain, repair and replace industrial processing and packaging machinery, work tools and equipment
• Perform preventive maintenance during uptime and downtime to the master PM schedule; when Production cannot release a line, negotiate the window and escalate rather than skipping the PM
• Complete corrective maintenance work orders and close them with the work, parts and root cause recorded
• Coordinate equipment changes with Quality before a production line restarts
• Perform your own lockout/tagout on every machine you work on; work at height from ladders, lifts and platforms
• Design and lay out circuits; install fixtures, wiring, conduit, motors and other electrical equipment and components
• Repair and maintain building utilities; work across pneumatics, hydraulics, mechanical systems and HVAC in the same week
• Provide electrical troubleshooting support for production runs and R&D trials
• Perform minor machining and welding tasks
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives; help train newer technicians
• Perform required safety and housekeeping audits and lead or participate in safety incident investigations

Requirements of the Role

• 18 years of age or older, with the ongoing right to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
• High school diploma or GED
• 5 or more years of current industrial maintenance experience on production equipment, including time as the technician responsible on shift
• Personally traces electrical faults with a meter and prints; able to describe a fault traced start to finish
• Working PLC familiarity: at minimum monitoring, forcing outputs and reading ladder logic, and able to name the software used
• Working knowledge of HVAC, pneumatic and hydraulic systems; multi-craft breadth rather than a single trade
• Able to perform lockout/tagout independently and to document repairs in a regulated environment
• Mechanical, math, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills; basic computer skills
• Effective written and oral communication skills; able to direct and train a newer technician
• Willing and able to work 12-hour shifts and any shift schedule, including nights, weekends, daily overtime and overtime outside regular scheduled hours (more than 40 hours per week)
• Standing and walking for up to 12-hour shifts; lifting up to 50 lbs; carrying, twisting, pushing and pulling; extended periods of climbing, bending and squatting
• Able to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty or wet conditions and around industrial high-speed moving machinery
• Able to wear safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection, hard hat or bump cap, hair/beard net and gloves as required; able to follow GMP hygiene and grooming standards (phones are not permitted on the production floor)

Additional Qualifications

• PLC programming experience
• Maintenance experience in a regulated plant: food, beverage, personal care, OTC, nutraceutical or pharmaceutical
• Experience maintaining filling, labeling, capping, coding or case-packing equipment
• Industrial maintenance service contractor or military maintenance background with civilian production-equipment experience
• Machining or welding experience
• Proficiency in English