Industrial Maintenance Mechanic

ZipRecruiter; Bessemer City (NC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in lithium innovation seeks a Maintenance Technician to oversee machinery installation and repairs. The role emphasizes safety, efficiency, and teamwork, requiring a high school diploma and experience in mechanical manufacturing. Join us to help power a sustainable future.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Work/life benefits

Opportunities for skills development

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Mechanical manufacturing experience preferred.
• High School diploma or GED required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for installation, maintenance, and repairs of machinery.
• Execute mechanical work orders as scheduled.
• Support safety efforts in the department.

Skills

Action Oriented

Customer Focus

Problem Solving

Education

High School diploma or GED

Associate’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

In January 2024, Livent merged with Allkem Limited to create Arcadium Lithium plc. While we work to integrate our technology systems, including our recruitment platforms, Arcadium Lithium plc will use Livent’s ADP system to capture all candidate information.

About Arcadium Lithium: We are change-makers, joining forces to drive progress. A world enabled by the critical mineral, Lithium - the elemental source powering modern life and our global transition to clean energy.

For decades, we’ve grown alongside and collaborated with our people, our customers, and communities. Pioneering, collaborating, and evolving Together.

From the birth of the first lithium-ion battery to the breakthrough lithium advancements that have followed. We've helped lead the change, powering the future of lithium innovation.

Our growth continues to be strategic, expansive, and sustainable. With a wealth of premier lithium resources spread across the world in key locations. We can reliably, safely, and responsibly provide the resources to meet the diverse needs of our customers.

No matter where they are. No matter the challenge. It's all about delivering on the high expectation for quality, performance, and sustainability.

And our duty goes even further. It includes everyone on the planet using a lithium-powered device or vehicle.

Every battery charged. Every device powered. Every lithium application utilized. Underscoring our commitment to quality, collaboration, and our shared vision of powering a more sustainable future for everyone.

Arcadium Lithium is more than just a company. It's a promise, and a commitment by our people.

To act ethically and responsibly, ensuring that our legacy is one of positive impact and lasting change.

Position Summary: Responsible for the installation, maintenance, and repairs of machinery, equipment, physical structures, and pipe systems; and performs emergency response tasks as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

EHS

• Responsible to support safety efforts in his/her department, participates in programs and systems to promote a safety culture at the site.
• Promptly and timely complies with site’s quality system databases (CPAR, Customer Complaints, QSA, etc.).
• Performs safety behavior observations
• Intervenes when unsafe acts or conditions are encountered.
• Understands, supports, and strictly adheres to site standards, policies, and procedures relevant to safety, industrial hygiene, security/CTPAT requirements, and environmental.
• Audits conformance to safety standards.
• Participates in incident investigations identifying root causes and appropriate corrective action to improve safety and environmental performance in the area.

Business Support

• Responsible for executing mechanical work orders as scheduled and planned
• Responsible for visually inspecting and tests machinery and equipment.
• Responsible for dismantling defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts
• Sets up and operates machine tools such as grinder, drill, and saws to repair or fabricate machine parts, fixtures, and tools.
• Repairs and maintains physical structure of establishment
• Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Responsible for keeping accurate records of work performed, time spent on jobs, and materials used.
• Responsible for recommending and implementing improvement ideas/methods for maintenance to lower costs and to improve equipment performance and reliability, and personnel safety.
• Responsible to enter production data into VDBs, log/batch sheets, databases and systems (SAP).

Education and Experience

• High School diploma or GED required - associate’s degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school and one-year related experience; or 3 or more years of Mechanical manufacturing experience with trade school diploma/certification desired

Knowledge and Skill Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must have basic working knowledge of the Materials Management and Production Planning modules in SAP as well as Excel and Word Processing software (Microsoft Office, including Access).
• May be required to work 2nd, 3rd, and or 12-hour shifts (7pm-7am)

Competencies

• Action Oriented
• Customer Focus
• Functional/Technical Skills
• Integrity and Trust
• Listening
• Problem Solving

Safety Requirements: (position and location specific) All employees are expected to carry out their work functions in a healthy and safe manner, to encourage and support safe work practices at all times, and to report and/or rectify any unsafe conditions that may come to their attention immediately.

Physical Demands: (position and location specific) 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. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to [10] pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and vision.

Work Environment: (position and location specific) The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Personal Protective Equipment – (position specific) Must wear PPE as required based on job duties or when traveling to locations where PPE is essential.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ARCADIUM LITHIUM employs people across a broad range of occupations in locations across the world. We are looking for people to join us in creating, developing, and improving our products, our processes, and our markets. Employees enjoy competitive compensation, a menu of work/life benefits and opportunities to continue developing their skills and building their career.

ARCADIUM LITHIUM is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EEO, AAE, MFDV and supports a drug free workplace.