Industrial Maintenance Technician I - Hands-On Plant Upkeep

Darling Ingredients; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Darling Ingredients seeks a Maintenance technician to perform preventive and corrective maintenance in the plant, under management supervision. The role includes welding, equipment diagnosis, and adherence to safety rules.

Key duties involve preventive maintenance on all plant equipment, repair/installation tasks, and operating aerial lifts with rotating weekend shifts. The position offers a yearly salary range of $76,000 to $92,500 and requires experience in industrial maintenance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2-year experience in industrial maintenance.
• Minimum of 2-years experience with stick/arc welding.
• Minimum of 1-year experience using a plasma cutter and oxygen acetylene torch.
• Minimum of 2-year operating aerial lifts.
• Must be able to work rotating weekend shifts.

Responsibilities

• Performs preventative maintenance on all plant equipment.
• Performs machine repair and installation such as replacing motors, gear boxes, screw conveyors, threading piping, weld piping, repair/replace pumps and uses cutting torch.
• Conducts daily greasing and oiling of plant equipment as needed.
• Diagnosis and replacement of equipment parts with little or no direction.
• Maintains clean, neat, and orderly work area at all times.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Arc welding

Plasma cutting

Aerial lifts

Weekend shifts

Job description

Darling Ingredients seeks a Maintenance technician to perform preventive and corrective maintenance in the plant, under management supervision. The role includes welding, equipment diagnosis, and adherence to safety rules.

Key duties involve preventive maintenance on all plant equipment, repair/installation tasks, and operating aerial lifts with rotating weekend shifts. The position offers a yearly salary range of $76,000 to $92,500 and requires experience in industrial maintenance.