Industrial Mechanic - Pumps & Rotating Equipment
Tencarva Machinery Company · Cincinnati, OH · 3 wk ago
ManagementInternship
About the role
This role focuses on the repair, rebuild, testing, and occasional field service of industrial pumps and rotating equipment. You'll diagnose failures, rebuild equipment to OEM specifications, perform testing, and support customer installations and repairs both in our OEM-authorized service center and at customer facilities.
Equipment You'll Work On
- Self-priming centrifugal pumps (Gorman-Rupp is our primary pump line)
- Vertical turbine pumps
- Mag-drive pumps
- Air-operated diaphragm (AODD) pumps
- Gearboxes, motors, blowers, valves, mixers/agitators, and other rotating equipment
Responsibilities
- Disassemble, inspect, troubleshoot, and diagnose failures in industrial pumps and rotating equipment
- Perform complete tear-downs, repairs, rebuilds, and remanufacturing work to OEM specifications
- Replace bearings, seals, shafts, impellers, wear components, and other repair parts
- Perform laser alignment and other precision mechanical measurements
- Read and interpret mechanical drawings, parts diagrams, manuals, and OEM documentation
- Test, inspect, and verify equipment performance following repair completion
- Assist with field troubleshooting, equipment removal, installation, alignment, and startup activities
- Perform limited manual machining as needed to support rebuild work
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safety-focused work environment
Benefits
- Day shift, Monday-Friday schedule
- Earn up to 120 hours (3 weeks) of PTO per year, plus 10 paid holidays
- Profit Sharing via 401(k)
- Insurance benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, and life
Requirements
- 2+ years of hands-on industrial pump repair, rebuild, rotating equipment service, millwright, or related mechanical experience required (5+ years preferred)
- Ability to independently complete full tear-down and rebuild projects from inspection through final testing
- Experience with centrifugal pumps, vertical turbine pumps, and related rotating equipment preferred
- Familiarity with laser alignment and precision mechanical measurements
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, parts diagrams, and OEM documentation
- Comfortable performing occasional field service work at customer facilities
- Valid driver's license
Skills
- Industrial pump repair
- Pump rebuild
- Rotating equipment
- Centrifugal pumps
- Gorman-Rupp pumps
- Vertical turbine pumps
- AODD pumps
- Mechanical seals
- Bearings
- Shafts
- Laser alignment
- OEM-authorized service
- Field service