Build, Repair, and Keep Our Plant Moving
We’re looking for a hands-on mechanic-welder to own installation, maintenance, and repair of industrial equipment across the site.
What You’ll Tackle
- Break down, install, align, assemble, and fabricate production assets: mills, pulverizers, conveyors, crushers, rotating equipment (belts, chains, fan housings, blowers, motors).
- Diagnose faults and restore functionality for mills, pulverizers, crushers, and conveyors.
- Plan and execute rigging for heavy, awkward loads; move and set equipment safely.
- Decide when to salvage or scrap removed parts and equipment.
- Weld and cut to repair, fabricate, or enhance metal components.
- Work from blueprints and verbal instructionsand innovate when needed.
- Apply your skills anywhere in the plant and team up with other crafts.
Tools of the Trade
- Standard craftsmen’s tools and grinders
- Electric/gas welding and cutting apparatus
- Transportation vehicles
- Overhead cranes
- Oil cans and grease guns
Where You’ll Work
- At heights or in confined spaces as required
- Independently with minimal supervision or with other maintenance crafts
- In hot, cold, dirty, greasy, wet, and noisy areas depending on assignment
What You Bring
- High School Diploma or GED
- Valid driver’s license
- Ability to pass a skills assessment
- Flexibility for shift and rotating schedules; daily/weekend overtime; call-outs for breakdowns; commitment to preventive maintenance and root cause analysis
- 4+ years in manufacturing and/or heavy industrial skilled trades
Your Skill Set
- Equipment troubleshooting
- Machine building/assembling
- Mechanical troubleshooting
- Pneumatics
- Motor replacement/repair/maintenance
- Conveyor chain replacement
- Hydraulics
- Reading a tape measure accurately
- Maintenance and repair
- Rigging and load handling
- Mechanical assembly
- Equipment repair and maintenance
- Equipment installation
- Excellent communication
- Blueprint reading
Equipment & Technologies You’ll Use
- CNC Mill (3-4 axis VMC)
- MIG Welder
- Turning Lathe
- Industrial/Parts Washing Systems
- TIG Welder
- Environmental Technology Systems
- Stick Welder
- Refrigeration/Cooling Systems
- Power Distribution Units (PDUs)
- Motor Control Centers (MCCs)
- Diesel Vehicles
- Sit-Down Forklift
- Industrial Controls
- Pallet Jack
- Power Tools
- Manual Lathe
- Crane
- SMAW Welder
- Aerial Devices
- Boom Crane
- CNC Lathe (2-4 axis)
- Industrial Blender / Mixer
- Flatbed Truck / Pickup Truck
- Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)
- Extrusion Machine
- Manual Vertical Mill
- Overhead Crane
- Palletizer
- Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
- Horizontal Machining Center (3-4 axis)
- Vertical Lathe
- Conveyor Systems
- Forklifts
- Pelletizer Machine
- Sliding Table Saw
- Band Saw
