Maintenance Mechanic

Responsibilities

• Inspect, repair, install, adjust, maintain, fabricate, lubricate, lay out and assemble all mechanical equipment in assigned area.
• Dismantle and move heavy equipment.
• Perform all types of welding, brazing, and cutting on an type of metal using gas and electrical welding equipment.
• Lay out, install, maintain, and repair all types of pipelines, fittings, and fixtures.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and test air, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems and components including steam and acid applications, boilers and air compressors. Perform PVC and other types of plastic welding.
• Perform rough carpenter work as required.
• Requires the capability to learn to inspect, repair, install, fabricate, adjust, maintain, layout, and assemble all mechanical equipment in producing unit or assigned area.
• Reason through repair problems, determine causes of failures and corrective steps necessary to return equipment to operating condition.
• Use craft tools in a wide variety of tasks involving close tolerances.
• Use welding equipment as assigned.
• Responsible for continuity of equipment operations.
• Perform assigned maintenance work.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or a minimum of 2 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel;
• Reach with hands and arms;
• Talk or hear;
• Frequent standing;
• Frequent walking;
• Sitting;
• Climbing or balancing;
• Stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling;
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts;
• Frequent exposure to high, precarious places;
• Extreme cold and extreme heat;
• Exposure to noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Pay

All Shifts, up to $35.02 per hour.