Maintenance Mechanic

Maintenance Mechanic

The Maintenance Mechanic will use best maintenance practices to maintain equipment reliability and efficiency at maximum levels. Duties are usually performed during day shift, but this position requires responsibility for a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week operation, and scheduled "on-call" status as required.

Callouts, overtime, Saturday, Sunday, holiday, and nightshift hours will be required as conditions demand. Day shift is not guaranteed, as rotating shifts are always a possibility in a continuous operating plant.

Responsibilities:

• Perform routine, scheduled and unscheduled preventative maintenance and repairs to all plant equipment.
• Utilize manuals, blueprints, parts catalogs, vendors, technical experts, and CMMS (computerized maintenance management system) to properly maintain equipment, and diagnose equipment malfunctions
• Perform timely, accurate record keeping in CMMS for inventory control, parts orders, and equipment files
• Perform routine equipment inspections & lubrication
• Fabrication of guards, base plates, chutes, etc
• Cutting (Oxy/acet and plasma) of mild and stainless steel
• Welding (stick & wire-feed) of mild and stainless steel
• Alignment of drives, bearings, motors, shafts, couplings, sprockets, and sheaves using precision alignment tools
• Safely remove & install equipment/components with proper rigging techniques using cranes, forklifts, hoists, properly rated rigging, & approved practices
• Maintenance to kiln drive systems, bowl mills, roll crushers, belt conveyors, screw conveyors, fans, feeders, airlocks, actuated gates, load-out spouts, compressed air systems, hydraulic systems, pneumatic blowers, bucket elevators, product screens, weigh belts, product scales, mobile equipment, HVAC, etc
• Complete understanding of the process, all plant equipment, associated controls & instrumentation, power systems, and ALL safe maintenance practices
• Primary goals of Maintenance personnel:
• Strict adherence to all safety & environmental rules
• Proper preventative maintenance & mechanical repairs to protect equipment
• Achieve minimal equipment downtime to produce stable process operation with maximum safe
• Perform refractory repairs
• Change bags, cages, and components in process dust collectors
• Carpentry & pipefitting skills
• Basic electrical knowledge to assist electricians

Qualifications:

• High school diploma and 5 years of industrial maintenance experience preferred
• Computer skills sufficient to operate CMMS, fill out maintenance work requests, and the ability to learn and understand the operation of plant control systems
• Able to access and work in ALL areas of plant which include heights up to 125' above ground level, and confined spaces
• Lifting, carrying, pushing or moving of 75 pounds minimum
• Ability to detect safety hazards and equipment malfunctions, and respond accordingly
• Knowledge of best-maintenance practices
• Ability to safely operate front-end loader, skid-steer loader, forklift, hoists, cranes
• Ability and willingness to be cross-trained in other job functions
• Strict adherence to safety policies
• Valid driver license