Industrial Fabricator

Tier1usa; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Tank Holding Corporation in St. Louis, MO, is seeking an Industrial Fabricator to build and maintain secondary equipment for injection and extrusion blow mold machines. You will support production, read drawings, and work with hydraulic, air and water systems.

The role requires troubleshooting, welding of metals, and the use of mills, lathes, drills, and grinders. Overtime and weekend production support are common; teamwork and safety are emphasized.

Qualifications

• High school diploma and at least two years of verifiable maintenance experience in manufacturing.
• Or an associate degree in mechanical technology, electrical technology, plastics, molding, or equivalent from a technical school.
• Experience reading mechanical drawings, bills of materials, and electrical schematics is preferred.
• Welding of mild steel, stainless steel, aluminum may be required.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate secondary equipment to support injection and extrusion blow mold machinery.
• Perform maintenance support across departments and facilities.
• Read hydraulic, air and water systems and troubleshoot issues.
• Operate and maintain mills, lathes, drill presses, band saws, grinders.
• Overtime and weekend production support as needed; assist with PLCs is preferred.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Read drawings

Read electrical schematics

Welding

Dependability

PLC knowledge

Education

High school diploma + 2 years maintenance experience

Technical associate degree in mechanical/electrical tech

Tools

Mills

Lathes

Drill presses

Band saws

Surface grinders

Job description

Address 5301 Old Baumgartner Rd, St. Louis, MO 63129, USA

Compensation $25.00 - $40.00/hour

Schedule Full time

Job Type Permanent

Industry Manufacturing and production

Description

Company Overview

Tank Holding Corporation has become the market leader and manufacturer of rotationally molded poly and welded steel bulk storage and material handling products in North America. Tank is growing rapidly and is always working to expand its capabilities and diversify product offerings consistent with the company values of growth and service to its customers.

Job Summary

We’re looking for an Industrial Fabricator to join the Tank team! Primary responsibility is to fabricate secondary equipment to improve injection and extrusion blow mold machines and support equipment for the production machinery to operate dependably. Included would be maintenance support for other departments and facilities. Support equipment examples included compressed air systems, chilled water systems, vacuum systems (pumps, loaders, blenders), grinders, conveyors, and robots.

This job is for you if…

• You are detail-oriented and a master at troubleshooting.
• You look at the short term and the long term when it comes to fixing things.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy getting things done, whether it be independently or as part of a team.

Key Responsibilities

• Must have understanding, experience preferred, of hydraulic, air and water systems.
• Experience preferred with reading and interpreting mechanical drawings and parts lists to locate machine components.
• Experience preferred with reading and understanding assembly and part drawings to compare to actual components with measuring instruments such as tape measures, calipers, micrometers, and gauges.
• Experience with reading and interpreting electrical schematics to identify electrical wiring and component issues is preferred. On the job training of these needed skills will be encouraged.
• Experience with use of machining equipment such as mills, lathes, drill presses, band saws, and surface grinders preferred.
• Ability to weld mild steel, stainless steel, cast iron, and aluminum.
• Performance of this responsibility will require use of hand tools, power tools, measurement instruments, machine tools, ladders, forklifts, cleaning agents, lubricants and a variety of equipment.
• Position requires dependability, overtime, flexible work hours, and weekend production support. Plant shutdowns also require maintenance staff for work not possible with production running.
• Experience or knowledge of PLC’s preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Required experience (required or preferred): 2 Years (required)
• Education: High school diploma and a minimum of two years actual verifiable work experience in the field of manufacturing mechanical and electrical maintenance experience (required) OR a technical associate degree in the field of mechanical technology, general mechanics, electrical technology plastics, molding technology, or equivalent, from an approved technical school, college or university (preferred).

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Occasional, represents 1 to 33% or 1-2 hours of an 8-hour work day.
• Frequently, represents 34 to 66% or 2 1/2 to 5 1/2 hours of an 8-hour work day.
• Regularly, represents 67 to 100% or 6 to 8 hours of an 8-hour work day.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and peripheral vision.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to hot, cold, wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals and outside.

AAP/EEO Statement

Tank Holding provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, creed, ancestry, sexual or affectional orientation, marital or veteran status, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, status with regard to public assistance or any characteristic protected under federal, state or local law.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.