Lube Tech - Austin Industrial - Florence, SC

Austin Industries, Inc.; Lafayette, Northern (IN, KY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

401K with ESOP

Job summary

Austin Industrial is seeking a Machinery Lubrication Technician to perform lubrication, contamination control, and proactive maintenance on lubricated mechanical systems in Lafayette, IN. The role supports inventory coordination, oil analysis, and equipment maintenance across industrial operations.

Responsibilities include scheduling, reporting discrepancies, and ensuring safe, efficient lubrication activities with established procedures.

Qualifications

• Good oral and written communication skills and strong teamwork.
• Ability to work effectively in an unsupervised position.
• Ability to read and interpret technical documents.
• Familiarity with OEM maintenance plans.
• Familiarity with advanced lubrication technology instructions and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Perform lubrication for equipment and maintain contamination control.
• Coordinate inventory and routine ordering of products.
• Update scheduling systems and request maintenance work orders.
• Conduct field level oil analysis and sample shipping.
• Maintain and calibrate dispensing equipment.

Skills

Good communication

Teamwork

Unsupervised work

Job description

Lube Tech - Austin Industrial - Florence, SC

Job Category: Craft

Requisition Number: LUBET033762

• Full-Time

Locations

Lafayette, IN, USA

Description

Description

Machinery Lubrication Technician

The MLT (Machinery Lubrication Technician Level 1) position is responsible for equipment lubrication, contamination control, inspection and proactive maintenance activities for all lubricated mechanical systems.

A description of the general activities may include:

• Coordination of inventory and routine ordering of products.
• Stocking inventory locations.
• Use of tools and equipment for routine and non-routine lubrication functions.
• Draining and cleaning of reservoirs.
• Mechanical modification of systems as directed to facilitate sampling and filtration, and other proactive improvements.
• Changing filters and breathers on reservoirs
• Grease relubrication with manual and automatic dispensing equipment
• Maintenance of dispensing equipment and automatic systems.
• Labeling and tagging reservoirs, equipment, inventory and delivery containers.
• Printing and fulfilling planned lubrication activities
• Update scheduling systems, including adding notes to system and requesting work orders for maintenance repairs and activities.
• Perform field level oil analysis, including: Crackle, Viscosity, Demulsibility and Blotter Test.
• Schedule, collect, label and mail samples for analysis.
• Receive and evaluate oil analysis results for future planned maintenance.
• Report in writing any discrepancies or conditions that require corrective, predictive or planned maintenance for production systems.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Requirements:

The MLT Level I position requires the following skills and abilities:

• Good oral and written communication skills and good team building skills.
• Capability to work in an unsupervised position effectively.
• Capability to read and interpret technical documents, such as:

o OEM Maintenance plans

o Advanced Lubrication Technology instruction and recommendations

Benefits & Compensation

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan.We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)!To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go tohttps://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned .

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy.The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

Accessibility Note

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Qualifications

Licenses & Certifications

Required

Valid Driver's License

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