Senior Maintenance Technician (2 different day shifts)

Senior Maintenance Technician

Ostara is passionate about changing the way the Ag and T&O industry thinks about phosphate management. Our continuing mission is, and will remain, "Feeding the World While Protecting It." We believe that passionate people can make a real difference and we are building a culture around innovation, sustainability, efficiency, nimbleness, honesty, compliance, and a sense of urgency to make a positive difference and create real value. Ostara's CG P2X fertilizers are the first granular phosphate fertilizers to release nutrients in response to plant demand. Using Crop Driven Release, CG P2X is proven to increase yields, enhance soil health and significantly reduce phosphate tie-up and runoff, thereby improving food security while protecting local waterways from nutrient pollution.

Position summary: The Senior Maintenance Technician maintains electrical and industrial equipment, identifies electrical problems, performs instrumentation calibrations, and assists with PLC troubleshooting. This technician is expected to be an electrical subject matter expert on site and assists maintenance leadership executing the preventative maintenance strategy. Maintenance of mechanical systems is also required.

Essential functions

• Troubleshoots and repairs electrical/mechanical issues.
• Maintains, replaces, and diagnoses all instrument/electrical components in and around the manufacturing site
• Performs vibration data collection and analysis of equipment, keeps historical and updated database for all vibration data, and reports any inconsistencies to Management and update CMMS
• Performs balancing of plant equipment, keeps historical and updated database for all balancing, and reports and inconsistencies to Management and update CMMS
• Performs UT inspections of equipment and maintains UT database.
• Performs thermography inspections of equipment.
• Performs maintenance technician duties as required
• Installs and repairs various mechanical equipment in a heavy industrial setting
• Uses predictive tools and equipment in troubleshooting and repair processes.
• Ability to perform alignment of equipment i.e. shaft, bearing, motors.

• Stays informed of with all safety policies, guidelines, and procedures at all times
• Trains and mentors other technicians
• Backfills for Maintenance Supervisor when necessary and serve in a leadership capacity on assigned tasks.
• Addresses and/or responds to all safety hazards, near misses and work-related incidents immediately
• Offers suggestions and supports in efforts to improve the safety culture of Ostara
• Other duties as assigned

Required skills/abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software
• Ability to read blueprints and schematics for electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems
• Ability to safely use hand tools, torches, and welding equipment, pneumatic and/or electric tools and precision measuring tools to make repairs or replace equipment
• Rotating Equipment experience (rotary kiln, granulator, etc.) preferred
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, electronic equipment and instrumentation to make appropriate repairs, calibration, recommendation and or replacement
• Ability to safely move in and through work areas, including climbing stairs, maintaining good balance, being mentally alert, having good visual acuity and safety working at heights
• Ability to safety work in and around heavy industrial environment, including moving objects, concentrated chemicals, and transport vehicles

Education/experience

• At least 5 years experience in a heavy industrial maintenance technician roles
• Prior lead or experience training others highly desired
• Category I vibration analysis certification desired
• Category I Thermography certification desired
• Category I UT (Ultrasonic) certification desired
• Welding Certification: Stick and MIG required

PPE requirements

• Safety glasses with side shields, hearing protection, hard hat, steel/composite toe boots
• Occasional use of a respirator
• Other PPE as required per task

Physical requirements and work environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, high places, airborne particles, chemicals, and temperature ranges. The noise environment in the work environment is usually loud.

EEO statement: Ostara is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, parental status, gender identity or national origin.