Industrial Tech Electro/Mechanic

About This Role

Maintain, repair, and troubleshoot food processing equipment and production lines in a large-scale manufacturing environment, focusing heavily on mechanical systems with some electrical work. Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards while meeting production goals.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, repair, troubleshoot, and overhaul the plant's mechanical equipment
• Troubleshoot to the component level, research manuals, identify and requisition replacement parts
• Utilize technical skills and a team approach to problem solving during preventative maintenance activities
• Meet production goals and ensure compliance with safety and quality standards
• Use manuals, schematics, blueprints, test equipment, and diagnostic tools to identify problems
• Interview operators, co-workers, and supervisors about equipment symptoms and failures
• Observe equipment in operation to detect problems through sight or sound
• Operate equipment to conduct pre-flight tests
• Perform gas welding (oxyacetylene, torch brazing), and arc welding (stick, MIG, TIG), and gas cutting
• Care for and operate hand tools, drill press, sanders, grinders, band saws, and torque wrenches

Requirements

• Advanced experience with steam systems
• Advanced experience with steam turbines
• Advanced experience with evaporator processes
• Advanced experience with gas fired boilers
• Mechanical experience on pumps, motors, gearboxes
• Knowledge of shafts, keys, keyways, pins, and shaft couplings
• Knowledge of chains, sprockets, gears, and gear ratios
• Knowledge of plain, ball, roller, thrust, liner, and guide bearings
• Knowledge of lubrication types, viscosity, methods, storage, handling, and disposal
• Ability to troubleshoot mechanical equipment to the component level
• Ability to use manuals, checklists, schematics, blueprints, and diagnostic tools
• Familiarity with normal day-to-day equipment operation
• Ability to make measurements with micrometers, scales, etc., and use mathematical equations
• Understanding of designed use and limitations of all types of mechanical tools
• Knowledge of properties, uses, measurement devices, and lockout requirements for pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, and steam systems
• Ability to perform gas welding (oxyacetylene, torch brazing) and arc welding (stick, MIG, TIG)
• Ability to use an oxyacetylene cutting torch

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits