FEC - General Laborer

Fairbanks Morse, LLC in; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a General Laborer to join their team. This role involves maintaining and repairing machinery, ensuring a safe and efficient work environment. You will be responsible for evaluating equipment, assisting less skilled workers, and performing a variety of repair tasks. The ideal candidate will have strong technical skills in electricity, carpentry, and plumbing, along with the ability to work effectively in a team. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to a rapidly growing organization while ensuring the comfort and safety of all staff and visitors.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred for this role.
• Knowledge of electricity, carpentry, and plumbing is essential.
• Ability to read and interpret safety and maintenance instructions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair machines, equipment, and office appliances.
• Ensure safety measures are followed and report hazards.
• Assist and evaluate less skilled workers in construction tasks.

Skills

Electricity knowledge

Carpentry skills

Plumbing skills

Troubleshooting techniques

Manual dexterity

Ability to use hand tools

Reading and interpreting documents

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Hand tools

Job description

Federal Equipment Company has been a leading supplier for marine deck machinery and specialized weapons and material handling systems. Through the years the company has emerged into an internationally recognized organization with extensive expertise in marine design/engineering and manufacturing of critical shipboard systems. The company, now part of Fairbanks Morse Defense, is rapidly growing and in need of a General Laborer. This role is responsible fixing and maintaining machines, equipment and general office appliances

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the proper use of all tools in the workshop for cutting, bending and welding of equipment
• Carryout detailed evaluation of workshop equipment to ensure that they are in good condition for proper functioning
• Assist less skilled workers in different phases of building, construction and general maintenance and review works performed by them to ensure that they are in good condition
• Carryout repairs on ceilings, floors and walls by combining plaster of spackle and painting
• Take out damaged sheets and replace them with sheet rock and finishing seams
• Inspect equipment such as refrigerators and air conditioners from time to time for proper cleaning, speed, temperature and adequate lubrication
• Ensure proper repair and finishing of doors, desks, tables, chairs and other furniture in the organization to ensure comfort of staff and visitors
• Repair and change locks in the building and perform complex lock servicing to ensure maximum safety of all people
• Evaluate other temporal or seasonal workers in a range of construction works, assign different tasks to them based on their area of specialization and transport them to and from work sites accordingly
• Ensure maximum safety of all workers under their supervision by ensuring that they observe all safety measures to the latter, and report conditions that are likely to endanger safety of workers to management for quick resolution
• Perform the installation and repairs of fire and emergency alarms and other appliances that are used to call out for help in cases of emergency.
• Adhere to company Malpractice & Ethics Policies
• Cross trains on various positions in the department
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.
• Ensures that all safety procedures are followed as stated on posted signs and in Company policy
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma (Preferred) or GED
• Ability to read and interpret documents furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, quality manuals and procedure manuals.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for the position of General Maintenance Technician
• Have good knowledge of electricity, carpentry and plumbing among other technical skills
• Have good knowledge of troubleshooting techniques in order to determine exact problems and tackle them accordingly
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to perform simple shop math, convert decimals to fractional equivalents.
• Assemblers are not required to lift more than 50 lbs. by hand will be trained on fork trucks and cranes for the larger items
• Must be able to identify and measure material
• Good motor coordination and manual dexterity
• Candidates should be familiar with and capable of using hand tools.
• Have the ability to evaluate computer related work orders in accordance with accuracy

Note: This position requires access or potential access to Unclassified Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information, which is Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals (NOFORN) data. Therefore, to meet NOFORN requirement, you will have to provide proof of US Citizenship and attest that you do not have dual citizenship. Acceptable proof of US Citizenship is a US Passport, US Birth Certificate or Naturalization Certificate.

This specification is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. Ability to competently perform all the essential duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, demonstrated commitment to effective customer service delivery, and the ability to work productively as a member of a team or work group are basic requirements of all positions at Fairbanks Morse Defense.