Maintenance technician - 1st Shift

Maintenance Technician - 1st Shift

U.S. Pipe is seeking a 1st shift Maintenance Technician to join our team. The Maintenance Technician is responsible for ensuring equipment/machinery is functioning properly and performing routine preventative maintenance of equipment system prioritizing work based on need. The Maintenance Technician will perform routine adjustments and calibrations to machinery and will follow up with a Production Technician on any diagnostics needed to perform a needed repair.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Receives instructions or participates in team decisions regarding scheduled and emergency repairs, installation, and inspection tasks.
• Inspects plant equipment for defects such as misalignment, wear, insufficient lubrication, etc. and repairs such defects.
• Dismantles, cleans, repairs, replaces, installs, maintains, assembles, adjusts, and lubricates all plant mechanical equipment and machinery.
• Performs preventive maintenance tasks to maximize effectiveness of plant equipment.
• Perform precision maintenance duties.
• Fabricate and weld for projects, routine maintenance jobs, emergency jobs, etc.
• Interpret blueprints, drawings, sketches, etc.
• Makes and seals various types of joints such as expansion, flange, nipple, coupling, union, lead wiped, soldered, flared, caulked, banded, and welded. Installs gaskets, packing, and tests joints for leaks or tightness.
• Tests, inspects, dismantles, repairs, replaces, or installs any type of high or low-pressure piping, tubing, fittings, fixtures and parts for the installation, maintenance and repair of pipelines for air, water, steam, oils, gases, acid, and caustics.
• Ability to troubleshoot, repair, install, etc. hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.
• Utilize a CMMS to obtain work orders, document information, close work orders, etc.
• Keeps work area in a neat and orderly condition and performs all work in a safe and efficient manner.
• Performs any other duties assigned by supervisor.
• Cleans all work areas.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or G.E.D. and minimum of 3 years of experience as an industrial millwright or maintenance technician and/or successful completion of an apprenticeship program or a vocational course of study related to industrial maintenance at a recognized vocational institution.
• Requires interpersonal skills in dealing with coworkers, contractors and vendors, mechanical aptitude.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to read drawings, schematics, and blueprints.
• Industrial manufacturing maintenance experience
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment with people of varying skills and backgrounds.
• Must be a self-starter and have excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of safety policies and procedures (e.g., lock out/tag out) etc.

U.S. Pipe is an equal opportunity employer committed to developing a workforce with well-qualified individuals without regard to their race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender, disability, veteran status or other protected characteristics. U.S. Pipe is a drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment testing as a condition of employment. If you are unable to apply online due to a disability, contact the U.S. Pipe Recruiting team at View phone number on click.appcast.io.