Maintenance Technician

We, at Leggett & Platt Inc., are searching for a Maintenance Technician within our Maintenance team to help support our business. Did you know we are the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of seating support and comfort systems for transportation manufacturers, as well as tier one and two suppliers within the automotive industry? That's right! In fact, in 2019, we were named as one of GM's Supplier of the Year recipients. Our automotive products fall into four primary groups: Seating and Lumbar support, Wireless Charging, Motors and Actuators, and Mechanical Cables. If you join our team, your work will ensure people across the world have a little more comfort in their lives.

The Maintenance Technician will support production needs by ensuring the mold presses are properly maintained, mold dies are repaired in a timely manner, and the mold injection process is running correctly and at optimum speed.

So, what will you be doing as a Maintenance Technician (Mold & Press)?

• Maintain presses by performing PMs, routine maintenance on the presses, repairing mold damage, and addressing processing issues during setup and operation.
• Perform die changes on presses to different products as scheduled by Production Scheduling.
• Perform other duties as requested or as deemed appropriate
• Conform with the environmental policy and procedures and with the requirements of the environmental management system

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• Must be able to interact with upper management, employees, & other branches

• Must be able to troubleshoot and repair issues with the mold presses.
• Learn tool and die repair using welding, EDM operations, CNC operations, grinding and hand working dies.
• Learn troubleshooting and maintaining manufacturing robots.
• Must have basic math skills.
• Must be able to obtain a forklift license for movement of dies.
• Must understand company products, their capabilities, & uses
• Must possess problem solving skills, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, facilitation.
• Capability of working in a team environment

• 4-year degree, certification, or equivalent (is a plus)
• Trained Technician (Electrician and/or Mechanics and/or Control, and/or Tooling)
• At least 2-4 years of working experience in the trained area in manufacturing companies

Education and previous experience

• 4-year degree, certification, or equivalent (is a plus)
• Trained Technician (Electrician and/or Mechanics and/or Control, and/or Tooling)
• At least 2-4 years of working experience in the trained area in manufacturing companies

Reasons You’ll Love It Here

Our benefits may vary slightly from one location to the next, but what you will find, is that we offer: medical, dental, and vision insurance; as well as paid vacation, paid personal time, and various opportunities to give back to your local community.  One convenient fact about our medical plan, is that we offer tele-visits, so you don’t have to leave the comfort of your home when you are feeling under the weather!  We also strongly encourage and provide opportunities for learning and professional development.  Our Learning & Development team has put together in-house training on subjects like front-line supervisor essentials, how to manage conflict in the workplace, and many others.

What to Do Next

Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for!  Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team.  Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available.

Our Commitment to You

We’re proud of the fact that we are strongly rooted in being an inclusive, people-focused organization.  Our company culture reflects values like integrity, ownership, and authenticity. We take these to heart, and if you do as well, you’ll fit right in.

Leggett & Platt is committed to making a reasonable accommodation to the known of physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability unless the accommodation would create an undue hardship on the operation of the business.

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