Job Description
Job Description
This position is ideal for a mechanically skilled, safety-conscious technician with welding know-how who's ready to learn heat-treating operations while maintaining and troubleshooting facility equipment. If you're strong in general maintenance, comfortable in industrial settings, and eager to build on your skills, we'd love to hear from you.
Responsibilities include:
- Performing preventive and corrective maintenance on general mechanical equipment: pumps, conveyors, hydraulics, bearing systems, etc.
- Assisting in minor maintenance and troubleshooting of heat treat equipment.
- Conducting welding repairs as needed for fixtures, chutes, guards, frames, or equipment components.
- Reading and interpreting mechanical drawings, schematics, and technical manuals to diagnose faults.
- Operating thermocouple sensors, temperature controls, or monitoring instruments when involved in heat treat tasks.
- Maintaining a safe and clean work environment in compliance with OSHA and environmental standards.
- Assisting with inventory control of repair parts, fixtures, and consumables for maintenance use.
- Creating work logs, maintenance records, and completion reports.
- Providing on-call support for emergency repairs or breakdowns.
- Cooperating with production staff and communicating maintenance updates clearly.
Skills/Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Technical training or equivalent hands-on experience in mechanical maintenance.
- Strong mechanical aptitude, including the ability to troubleshoot bearings, motors, gearboxes, fluid power, and conveyor systems.
- Proficient in welding (e.g., MIG/TIG/Stick), including the ability to make structural or fixture repairs.
- Comfortable reading blueprints, wiring/mechanical schematics, and technical instructions.
- Experienced using hand and power tools, welding equipment, and common maintenance tools.
- Ability to lift ~50 lbs, work in noisy/hot/fume-exposed environments, and stand/climb as needed.
- Strong attention to detail, good written and oral communication, and safety awareness.
- A team player capable of working with minimal supervision yet coordinating with others.
- Previous experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of heat treat processes, such as tempering, annealing, oil quenching, or vacuum furnaces is a plus.
- Prior work with mechanical and electrical troubleshooting (a plus), HVAC, hydraulics, or compressed air systems.
- Experience maintaining preventive maintenance records and scheduling equipment downtime.
- Basic computer skills for logging repairs and ordering materials.
Compensation: Pay will be offered based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, and certifications.
Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefits to include health, and an incentive recognition bonus (all benefits are based on eligibility).
Please submit your resume for immediate consideration!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.