Maintenance Technician Day Shift

About the role

This is an individual contributor position responsible for assisting with all functions of the preventive and repair maintenance, electrical, electronic and mechanical work for the Coatings Division to achieve personal and professional growth. The Maintenance Technician is also responsible for learning basic metal fabrication using welding, cutting and brazing.

Responsibilities

• Assist with testing, inspecting, repairing and re-assembling basic plant equipment, components, and systems including but not limited to overhead bridge cranes, hoists, gear boxes, forklifts, straddle trucks, shag trucks, company vehicles, pneumatic and mechanical systems, power transmission components, combustion engines, boiler systems, and electrical and hydraulic systems.
• Assist with electrical work
• Learn basic metal fabrication
• Communicate with other maintenance and production team members via e-mail, phone, and face-to-face
• Operate gauging equipment including tape measures, micrometers, and dial calipers.
• Maintain tools and equipment
• Complete record logs including labor, repairs made, equipment, and use of materials on the computer
• Assist in general plant clean up and housekeeping
• Participates in Safety and LEAN initiatives
• Communicate and interact with coworkers in a professional manner

Requirements

• 0-1 year of relevant experience
• Mechanical aptitude and desire to learn
• The ability to read and follow written and verbal instructions in English
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Ability to be company trained and authorized to operate powered industrial trucks, aerial platforms and bridge cranes
• Ability to be company trained and authorized in arc flash safety, confined space entry, hazardous energy control and fall protection
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, although most frequent lift is up to 30 pounds
• Ability to spend 75% of workday standing or walking, 10% bending or kneeling, 10% stooping, and 5% climbing
• Climb and work from ladders, aerial platforms, bridge cranes, and roofs in excess of 80 feet
• Ability to wear all required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and work in a non-temperature-controlled environment, as well as with exposure to outdoors
• Pay attention to detail and follow work instructions
• High awareness for safety
• Work one (1) to two (2) shifts of overtime per week, as needed

Qualifications

• Actively pursuing an Associate’s or Technical degree in Industrial Maintenance or related field
• Work in adverse conditions: wet, hot, dusty, dirty or cold
• Six (6) months of industrial maintenance experience
• Six (6) months of experience basic welding/fabricating metal structures/components
• Six (6) of experience with basic troubleshooting skills

Skills

• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide of whole numbers and fractions to perform calculations and conversions to and from metric and standard measurements
• Display an aptitude for problem solving and the ability to plan for potential problems or needs
• Demonstrate a minimum acceptable level of equipment specific knowledge within 12 months of on-the-job experience

Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Well-being benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Benefits include:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Employer paid life insurance
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave
• Retirement plans
• Dependent care
• Employee assistance programs
• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, mortgage services, home & auto insurance, health coaching and more