DESCRIPTION:

The Maintenance Mechanic will use best maintenance practices to maintain equipment reliability and efficiency at maximum levels. Duties are usually performed during day shift, but this position requires responsibility for a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week operation, and scheduled "on-call" status as required.

Callouts, overtime, Saturday, Sunday, holiday, and nightshift hours will be required as conditions demand. Day shift is not guaranteed, as rotating shifts are always a possibility in a continuous operating plant.

Responsibilities:

* Perform routine, scheduled and unscheduled preventative maintenance and repairs to all plant equipment.

* Utilize manuals, blueprints, parts catalogs, vendors, technical experts, and CMMS (computerized maintenance management system) to properly maintain equipment, and diagnose equipment malfunctions

* Perform timely, accurate record keeping in CMMS for inventory control, parts orders, and equipment files

* Perform routine equipment inspections & lubrication

* Fabrication of guards, base plates, chutes, etc

* Cutting (Oxy/acet and plasma) of mild and stainless steel

* Welding (stick & wire-feed) of mild and stainless steel

* Alignment of drives, bearings, motors, shafts, couplings, sprockets, and sheaves using precision alignment tools

* Safely remove & install equipment/components with proper rigging techniques using cranes, forklifts, hoists, properly rated rigging, & approved practices

* Maintenance to kiln drive systems, bowl mills, roll crushers, belt conveyors, screw conveyors, fans, feeders, airlocks, actuated gates, load-out spouts, compressed air systems, hydraulic systems, pneumatic blowers, bucket elevators, product screens, weigh belts, product scales, mobile equipment, HVAC, etc

* Complete understanding of the process, all plant equipment, associated controls & instrumentation, power systems, and ALL safe maintenance practices

* Primary goals of Maintenance personnel:

o Strict adherence to all safety & environmental rules

o Proper preventative maintenance & mechanical repairs to protect equipment

o Achieve minimal equipment downtime to produce stable process operation with maximum safe

o Perform refractory repairs

o Change bags, cages, and components in process dust collectors

o Carpentry & pipefitting skills

o Basic electrical knowledge to assist electricians

Qualifications:

* High school diploma and 5 years of industrial maintenance experience preferred

* Computer skills sufficient to operate CMMS, fill out maintenance work requests, and the ability to learn and understand the operation of plant control systems

* Able to access and work in ALL areas of plant which include heights up to 125' above ground level, and confined spaces

* Lifting, carrying, pushing or moving of 75 pounds minimum

* Ability to detect safety hazards and equipment malfunctions, and respond accordingly

* Knowledge of best-maintenance practices

* Ability to safely operate front-end loader, skid-steer loader, forklift, hoists, cranes

* Ability and willingness to be cross-trained in other job functions

* Strict adherence to safety policies

* Valid driver license