At Owens & Minor, we are a critical part of the healthcare process. As a Fortune 500 company with 50+ facilities across the US and 18,000 teammates in over 90 countries, we provide integrated technologies, products and services across the full continuum of care. Customers—and their patients—are at the heart of what we do.

Our mission is to empower our customers to advance healthcare, and our success starts with our teammates. 

Owens & Minor teammate benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, available on first working day
• 401(k), eligibility after 30 days of employment
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Development opportunities to grow your career with a global company

Shift: Sunday - Thursday, 11 pm to 7am plus mandatory overtime as required

$3000 retention bonus [ $500 at 90 days, $1000 at 6 months and $1500 at 1 year]

Job Summary

Working from work requests (stored in CMMS - Computerized Maintenance Management System); work procedures; or other written, verbal or electronic instructions; performs a wide variety of self-directed mechanical and electrical duties to maintain production equipment and facilities in a safe, clean, and efficiently operational manner. Adheres to procedures and prepares and maintains records, in either written or electronic form, regarding safety, quality, productivity, preventive maintenance, and housekeeping.

Core Responsibilities

• Troubleshoots industrial machinery and equipment: electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and PLC logic systems.

• Observes and listens to mechanical devices in operation to locate causes of trouble; repairs equipment in a timely manner.

• Dismantles machines or equipment, replacing defective parts and motors, and adjusting feed mechanisms.

• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments to ensure machines are operating within validated parameters.

• Reads, interprets, understands, and works from drawings, sketches, schematics, machine manuals, CMM work requests, and other written, electronic or verbal instructions.

• Uses measuring devices and visual inspections to ensure quality of product and conformity to prints, work instructions, and standards.

• Trouble shoots, repairs, and/or installs AC/DC motors, switches, relays and solenoid valves and low voltage control circuits.

• Trouble shoots, repairs or replaces various motion controllers/actuators (e.g. IAI, Yasakawa)

• Operates various tools and equipment to maintain, clean, prep, lubricate, handle, manipulate, and move machinery, equipment, salvage, and facilities.

• Performs tooling changes and setups to support production requirements.

• Performs preventative / predictive maintenance, and supports production set-ups.

• Bends, cuts, threads, glues pipe, and cuts openings in walls, ceilings, and floors for pipes; seals pipe joints with sealing compound.

• Operates cutting torch and welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.

• Reports and corrects safety issues relating to equipment.

• Directs, guides, assists, and/or trains others to promote manufacturing flexibility.

Qualifying Experience

• Associate’s degree in technical discipline or 8,000 hour state-approved apprenticeship certificate required

• Two or more years of general experience as a mechanic or mechanic’s helper required

• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience to meet the above requirements

If you feel this opportunity could be the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply. This position will accept applications on an ongoing basis.

Owens & Minor is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, religion, disability, age, status as a veteran, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.