Rotating PMs Helper - Austin Industrial - Bay City, TX

About the role

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries. The MLT (Machinery Lubrication Technician Level 1) position is responsible for equipment lubrication, contamination control, inspection and proactive maintenance activities for all lubricated mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordination of inventory and routine ordering of products
• Stocking inventory locations
• Use of tools and equipment for routine and non-routine lubrication functions
• Draining and cleaning of reservoirs
• Mechanical modification of systems as directed to facilitate sampling and filtration, and other proactive improvements
• Filling reservoirs
• Topping off reservoirs
• Changing filters and breathers on reservoirs
• Operating filtration equipment
• Grease relubrication with manual and automatic dispensing equipment
• Maintenance of dispensing equipment and automatic systems
• Labeling and tagging reservoirs, equipment, inventory and delivery containers
• Printing and fulfilling planned lubrication activities
• Update scheduling systems, including adding notes to system and requesting work orders for maintenance repairs and activities
• Perform field level oil analysis, including: Crackle, Viscosity, Demulsibility and Blotter Test
• Schedule, collect, label and mail samples for analysis
• Receive and evaluate oil analysis results for future planned maintenance
• Report in writing any discrepancies or conditions that require corrective, predictive or planned maintenance for production systems

Requirements

• Good oral and written communication skills and good team building skills
• Capability to work in an unsupervised position effectively
• Capability to read and interpret technical documents, such as: OEM Maintenance plans, Advanced Lubrication Technology instruction and recommendations

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

• Education: no minimum education requirements
• Experience: 4 years of Journeyman-level experience
• Certifications/Licenses: A Weld Test, a Valid Driver's License, and a TWIC Card