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Maintenance Mechanic
- Job Title
- Maintenance Mechanic
- Job ID
- 27727873
- Location
- Parsons, KS 67357
- Other Location
- Description
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At Power Flame (an ASTEC brand), our mission is to design, build, and capitalize on the most innovative solutions and products for the industries and customers we serve globally. Our employees thrive in a safe and team-oriented work environment where they are empowered to make suggestions for operational and sustainability enhancements. With safety as our first core value, we take pride in developing talent and invest in training, protective equipment, and technology for continuous improvement. If you share our dedication to advancement and quality services, we'd love to have you join us!
Why You'll Love Working for Us:
• Health, Dental, Vision- Day 1 Eligibility
• Life, and Spousal Insurance
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term Disability
• PTO
• Employee Wellness Programs, Tuition Aid, and Employee Assistance Program
ABOUT THE POSITION
Maintenance Mechanics are also involved in routine tasks, such as lubrication of machinery, seal replacement, cleaning of parts during repair, adjusting valves and seals, investigating breakdowns, removing, and replacing motors, starters, relays, limit switches, fuses, primary control components. Must be able to read blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures. Must be able to safety and correctly use hand and power tools. Ability to troubleshoot mechanical problems, control and power electrical systems, hydraulics, and/or pneumatics and focus on problem solving issues. Responsibilities and skills in, but not limited to; installing, maintaining, dismantling, and repairing new and existing machinery or equipment and its components such as machining centers, press brakes, burn tables, mechanical clutches, gear boxes, control and power electrical systems, hydraulic and pneumatic control systems.
Key Activities & Responsibilities- Install, maintain, overhaul, modify and repair machinery and stationary equipment (e.g. conveyors, hydraulic systems, pneumatic devices, pumps, engines, motors, programmable logic controls, machining centers, press brakes, burn tables, etc.)
- Inspect and examine machinery and equipment to detect and investigate irregularities and malfunctions through troubleshooting production problems and taking preventive or corrective action
- Perform pre- and post-operational checks of equipment ensuring operating safety devices function properly upon completion of repairs, modifications and installations
- Read and interpret blueprints, manuals, schematics, and process specifications to visualize layouts and guide work
- Collect, analyze, summarize, and communicate information, irregularities, or trends in order to prepare mechanical maintenance reports to support ongoing maintenance program requirements
- Collaborate with production departments and maintenance shop personnel to ensure maintenance requirements are completed in timely fashion
- Maintain a clean, orderly and safe work environment practicing 6S principles, environmental sustainability, and continuous improvement related to maintenance processes and procedures
- Operate hoisting and lifting devices such as cranes, jacks, forklifts, scissor or boom lifts to position equipment and parts during the installation, set-up, and repair of machinery
- Maintain all equipment by performing routine repair work, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual maintenance
- Perform minor repairs which should include, mechanical, plumbing, building and grounds to keep the entire facility in working order
- Coordinate any electrical repairs with electrician or contracted Electrician
- Responsible for observing and following all safety procedures and regulations
- Miscellaneous other duties as directed by department supervisor
To be successful in this role, your experience and competencies are:- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- Minimum four (4) years’ experience as a mechanic, maintenance mechanic, or millwright.
- Ability to accurately read and interpret schematics, blueprints and other related drawings
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
- Ability to apply concepts such as basic math skills, fractions, micrometers, percentages, ratios, proportions to practical situations, and able to convert decimals into inches
- Ability to accurately read and interpret a tape measure, blueprints, and bills of material (BOM’s)
- Continue to grow lean knowledge and use the tools to identify and assist with continuous improvement
- Skilled in working efficiently and accurately to keep up with production requirements
- Safe material handling skills in working with steel
- Capacity to learn quickly, parts machined are unique to manufactured equipment and change orders are frequent
- Flexible and adaptable in coping with pressures, deadlines, and rapidly changing situations
- Self-starter, self-motivated, and flexible using a variety of skills and the ability to change tasks as needed
- Maintain positive, cooperative working relationships by working, acting, and communicating with various personalities getting along with customers, vendors, co-workers and management working both individually and as part of a team
Supervisor and Leadership Expectations
None
Our Culture and Values
Employees that become part of Astec embody the values below throughout their work.- Continuous devotion to meeting the needs of our customers
- Honesty and integrity in all aspects of business
- Respect for all individuals
- Preserving entrepreneurial spirit and innovation
- Safety, quality and productivity as means to ensure success
Travel Requirements: 0% of travel, regional, international
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Manufacturing Environment
Shop manufacturing environment exposures include exposure to moving mechanical parts, machinery, tools and equipment, vibration, fumes or airborne particles, motorized vehicles, welding and machining operations, outside weather conditions and exposure to the risk of electric shock. The employee may occasionally be exposed to varying levels of dirt, dust, toxic or caustic chemicals, very warm and/or very chilly temperatures. The noise level in the shop can be very loud at times consistent with an industrial assembly facility and may require hearing protection. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
What We Need from You:
• High school diploma or GED preferred
• Minimum of 1 year experience in assembly with cutting and installing conduit, installing chassis and general to final wiring within a manufacturing environment/fabrication shop preferred
• Reasoning development to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed written and oral instructions relating to standardized situations.
• Basic knowledge of the use and operation of hand tools, air tools, electrical tools, and computers.
• Mathematical development to perform the four basic arithmetic operations.
• Language development: ability to read specification sheets, drawings, etc.
• Write compound and complex sentences, using punctuation, adjectives, and adverbs
• Speak clearly and distinctly with correct pronunciation and variations in word order using present, perfect, and future tenses. Must be able to talk and/or hear well enough to communicate with co-workers 100% of time
• Ability to effectively communicate instructions, directions, processes, procedures, safety rules
• Proficient in promoting safe and healthy work environment
• Ability to pass training and required testing.
• Specific vision abilities with this job require close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less); and distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more); and peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point); and depth perception (three dimensional vision, ability to judge distances); and ability to adjust focus; and ability to identify and distinguish colors 100% of time.
• Must be able to stand on level surface 100% of time and walk on level surface 40% of the time.
• Must be able to bend, twist, stoop enough to perform assembly 20% of time.
• Must be able to push, pull, and/or lift, exerting up to 50 pounds of force, 10% of time.
• Must be able to reach with hands and arms; and/or use hands to feel or handle well enough to pick up parts and perform assembly 85% of time. • The employee is required to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally; and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently; and/or up to 15 pounds of force regularly
• While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is regularly exposed to a moderate noise level, fumes, chemicals, work near moving objects, heavy equipment, and cordless electrical tools. Building is heated during winter and during the summer temperatures will exceed outside ambient temperatures.
ASTEC is a Drug Free Workplace, Affirmative Action, and Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.