Maintenance/Assembler Technician - Rotating Equipment

Smiths Group; Swedesboro (NJ); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, seeks a Seal Repair Technician for disassembly, inspection, and assembly of rotating equipment. You will follow repair packets, document wear, and determine repair operations with close supervision.

Responsibilities include part handling, cleaning, and performing shop tasks such as drilling, bead blasting and lapping, while maintaining accurate records and assisting with purchasing orders.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required; some college or trade school preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of mechanical seal equipment experience in refining, petrochemical, chemical, power, or upstream markets.
• Ability to read, write, and follow simple instructions and memos.
• Able to present information clearly in one-on-one and small group settings.

Responsibilities

• Disassemble, inspect, and reassemble rotating equipment per repair packets.
• Document wear and condition of critical components; photograph and log inspections.
• Identify repair operations, verify specifications, and initiate work and purchase orders.
• Handle the assembly of seals; ensure components are cleaned and free of foreign material.
• Operate basic shop equipment and assist with cost and price determination for repairs.

Skills

Reading & writing

Numeracy

Communication

Problem solving

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Some college or trade school preferred

Tools

Drill press

Bead blast polisher

Lapping machine

Job description

• Full-time
• Grade: 07
• Employee Group: Permanent
• Global Region: North America

Company Description

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.

Job Description

Under general supervision, the Seal Repair Technician is responsible for all processes related to disassembly and assembly of rotating equipment. The Seal Repair Technician follows instruction from a Repair job packet and router to perform DCI (Dismantle Clean and Inspect) and gives a written description of the wear and condition of critical components seal.

This position completes all inspection forms taking pictures of all critical components, and uses inspection equipment for proper documentation of the assembly. With assistance identifies, inspects and evaluates material returned, determines repair operations, performs simple shop operations, verify specifications, initiate work and purchase orders.

Receives John Crane parts and materials returned by customers and branch offices. Evaluates from a condition of material, checks current drawing revisions and general product knowledge whether material is repairable or non-repairable.

• Identifies and inspects material returned.
• Ensures all components are properly cleaned and free from foreign material per departmental procedures
• Performs the assembly of the seal once the repair has been released to the shop and all components have been replaced or reconditioned and marked ready for assembly.
• Under close supervision, repairs returned seals and seal parts.
• May perform parts structuring, checks cost structure, and determines price of repair, ensures assembly is structured correctly, and price repair.
• Determines necessary repair operations, ensures BOM (bill of materials) / drawings / repair parts match.
• Performs simple operations on drill press (single spindle), tool post grinder, bead blast polisher and lapping machine.
• Additional duties as required by the business

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required. Some college and/or trade school preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of mechanical seal equipment experience/or comparable experience within the refining, petrochemical, chemical, power, or upstream markets working on or maintaining equipment.
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to effectively present information in one on one and small group situations to customers,
• clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to understand and complete instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Additional Information

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.

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We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.