Industrial Maintenance Technician

FWS; Grand Forks (ND); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Health Insurance

Dental and Vision Insurance

Professional Training

Job summary

KPIC Maintenance Services Inc., part of the FWS Group, is seeking an Industrial Maintenance Technician for North Dakota sites. You will perform preventive maintenance, repairs, and installations on mechanical systems used in grain handling, feed mills, and related facilities.

The role emphasizes safety, technical skill, and teamwork. You will read drawings, use welding and fabrication methods, operate hoisting and rigging gear, and mentor junior staff while ensuring quality workmanship across

Qualifications

• Demonstrates mechanical aptitude with troubleshooting skills and safety focus.
• Able to read and interpret mechanical drawings and manuals.
• Experience with welding principles and safe equipment operation.
• Comfort with hoisting, rigging, and control of mechanical systems.
• Knowledge of industrial drives, shafts, bearings, and lubrication preferred.
• Residency in or near North Dakota; capable of travel to sites.
• Willingness to work in varying climates and field conditions.

Responsibilities

• Promote safety policies and maintain a clean, safe work area.
• Perform preventive maintenance, repairs, and installations per specs.
• Inspect mechanical equipment and troubleshoot faults; document work.
• Handle tools, equipment, and materials; manage daily paperwork.
• Lead and mentor junior workers; supervise labor and resources as needed.
• Complete tasks on time and support field projects for grain, feed, and forestry sites.

Skills

Safety practices

Mechanical aptitude

Troubleshooting

Equipment installation

Reading drawings

Welding and cutting

Forklift operation

Team collaboration

Paperwork

CWB welding knowledge

Tools

Forklift

Scissor lifts

Power tools

Rigging equipment

Welding equipment

Job description

INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

specializing in industrial maintenance services, providing preventative and reactive solutions along with small project retrofits and expansions to our client's facilities primarily in grain handling, feed mill, food processing and forestry. To support our continued growth,

, for our North Dakota area location to join our collaborative and team focused organization.

INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

KPIC Maintenance Services Inc. (a member of the FWS Group of Companies) specializing in industrial maintenance services, providing preventative and reactive solutions along with small project retrofits and expansions to our client's facilities primarily in grain handling, feed mill, food processing and forestry. To support our continued growth, we are recruiting for an Industrial Maintenance Technician, for our North Dakota area location to join our collaborative and team focused organization.

We have a lot to offer you – 401K, Health Insurance, Dental and Vision Insurance, Professional Training, just to name a few. Ask us to hear more.

As an Industrial Maintenance Technician, you will ensure all assigned mechanical related tasks are completed in a timely and cost-effective manner with a high level of quality, using safe work practices acceptable to the customers’ satisfaction.

Position Overview

• Utilizes safe work practices and promote safety policies to others. Must maintain a clean and safe work area.
• Proficient in standards, codes, best practices, safe work policies and practices.
• Responsible for safe and conscientious use of equipment including forklift, skid steer loader, scissor lifts, power tools along with proficiency in safe methods of hoisting and rigging at all times.
• Mechanical equipment inspections, troubleshooting, repairing and preventative maintenance along with installations, dismantling, assembling as per manufacturer specifications and recommended standards.
• Proficient in material take offs, interpreting equipment drawings, including providing accurate layout of the work and building to drawings and specifications along with O+M Manuals to ensure correct maintenance and service has been provided.
• Accurately and effectively uses various types of welding and cutting equipment.
• Supervises laborer’s and resources as required for a specific task.
• Mentors and trains junior workers to develop trade related skills.
• Ability to complete required daily paperwork with legible penmanship and to KPIC standard.
• Responsible for all company tools ensuring they are accounted for at the end of each day. Maintaining a clean tool trailer each and every day.

Qualifications Needed

• Candidates must live within state of posted job.
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity in all business interactions and strives to meet customer needs in a creative and safe manner.
• Highly motivated, positive attitude, pleasant demeanor with an ability to handle multiple time-sensitive tasks while working within a team environment and cross-functional departments as well as independently.
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude with excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills. Knowledge and ability to assemble and commission mechanical systems in addition to understanding of multi hp industrial drives, shafts, bearings, and lubrication.
• Ability to install, examine, diagnose, and adjust various types of industrial and mechanical equipment.
• Understanding of welding principles, including rod selection and pre/post heat theory along with CWB certification (flat minimum and or/ all position preferred-SMAW process) considered an asset.
• Ability to work in cold & hot weather/environments and green/brown fields sites subject to grain dust.
• Appropriate level of experience in industrial maintenance/service environment. Agricultural Industry experience considered an asset.
• Holds no previous safety violation within the FWS Group of Companies.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.
• This position is for work in the United States only.