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Job Description
Job description
JOB DUTIES
As a Maintenance Mechanic, you will be responsible for fabricating, installing, inspecting, testing, repairing, operating and maintaining all types of machines, pumps, conveyers, equipment, structures and facilities in a safe and orderly manner as directed by a Maintenance Supervisor.
REQUIREMENTS
Must have five (5) years industrial mechanical maintenance experience. Formal Apprenticeship or equivalent trades training is desirable. Vocational or high school graduate or equivalent.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Standing - worker stands on concrete (constant basis)
Walking - worker is walking on concrete floors during the shift (constant basis) Strength
Lifting - required to lift equipment, tools, and parts weighing up to 50 lbs., setting up of scaffolding
Carrying - carrying various parts and tools weighing up to 50 lbs.
Pushing/Pulling - utilizes hand tools such as cheater bars to change out parts, pulling ropes, utilizing pulleys or block & tackle some torque involving applying up to 250 ft. lb. of pressure
Climbing - of steps and of ladders on top of crane (occasional basis)
Balancing - good balance skills required in being on top or sides of high equipment, having to tie off to prevent falls
Bending - occasional during the changing out of parts
Kneeling - frequent
Crawling - frequent
Reaching - full ROM of UE required to change out parts, works overhead with tools
Handling - good manual dexterity required, works with hand tools, pneumatic tools, jackhammers, changing out hoses, couplers, and motors. Worker also is required to perform welding activities. Tools and equipment also include machine parts, metal stock, pipe, tubing, fittings, bolts, nuts, washers, compressed gases, oil grease, paint, insulating materials. Maintenance Mechanic may be required to use tools such as drill presses, saws, grinders, breaks, benders, shears, iron workers, pipe cutting and threading equipment, welding, burning and metal joining equipment, hoists, cranes, testing equipment, joiners, planers, mortar and concrete mixers, brooms, shovels and trowels
Squatting - frequent
Sitting - occasional (estimated 1 hour per shift)
Positions - Maintenance Mechanic is often working in tight, awkward positions to repair or PM equipment. Difficult to utilize proper body mechanics.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Must demonstrate the ability to comply with all plant PPE requirements and safety protocols.
Must possess the skills and abilities to work autonomously while conducting routine mechanical tasks.
Familiar with the handling, operation and safe use of all types of Mechanical Equipment including hydraulic systems, gearboxes, conveyor equipment, vibrating feeders, hammer mills, cranes, mechanical drives and assorted industrial equipment.
Tools and equipment used are hand tools, measuring devices, power tools such as drill presses, saws, grinders, breaks, benders, shears, iron workers, pipe cutting and threading equipment, etc. Welding, burning and metal joining equipment, hoists, cranes, mobile equipment, test instruments, gauges, equipment ladders, scaffold, hand and power tools common to the trade.
Read and work from blueprints, sketches, charts, manuals, instruction books, diagrams and other information and instructions. Fill out reports and other necessary paperwork.
Troubleshoot, dismantle, repair, assemble, inspect, test industrial equipment, machinery, structures and facilities. Install, inspect, maintain and repair piping systems, associated fixtures and equipment.
Perform cutting, welding, brazing and soldering work with metal sheet and plate, including the necessary layout work. Operate cranes, mobile equipment, and erects and disassembles scaffolding in conjunction with repair work. Perform necessary painting and related cleaning and surface preparation.
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