Maintenance Lead

Viserion Grain Company; Dalhart (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Viserion Grain Company in Dalhart, TX seeks a Maintenance Lead to oversee repair and preventive maintenance of facility equipment and assist with grain handling and elevator operations.

You will use hand and power tools, inspect drives and belts, diagnose issues from manuals, and perform welding and fabrication. A High School Diploma or GED is preferred, with 3–5 years of related experience in a safety-conscious environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Associates, Technical or Mechanical Degree preferred.
• 2–5 years of experience in maintenance or related field.
• Ability to work in a safety-conscious environment.
• Physical ability to lift up to 75 pounds and work in confined spaces.

Responsibilities

• Use hand and power tools to repair or replace faulty equipment parts and reassemble equipment.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure machines run smoothly and efficiently.
• Inspect drives, motors, and belts; check fluid levels and replace filters.
• Diagnose mechanical problems using manuals and parts catalogs.
• Operate welding equipment for repairs and fabrication.
• Dismantle devices to access defective parts and plan repair work.

Skills

Basic written and verbal communication

Safety conscious

Quality control mindset

Welding and fabrication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associates/Technical/Mechanical Degree

Tools

Welding equipment

Fabrication tools

Job description

The Maintenance Lead is responsible for the repair and maintenance of facility equipment. This position will also assist or lead in all other aspects of grain handling, storage, maintaining facilities/equipment and elevator operations.

5V, LLC is joint venture partnership between Viserion Grain, LLC and Five Rivers Cattle Feeding encompassing a shuttle train grain facility in Dalhart, Texas. This facility is positioned to meet the growing demand for feed in the region and represents a key strategic asset to complement the partners’ existing grain, merchandising, and feed businesses.

• Use hand and power tools to repair or replace faulty equipment parts and reassemble equipment.


• Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly and operate efficiently.


• Inspect drives, motors, and belts, check fluid levels, replace filters, or perform other maintenance actions, following checklists.


• Use tools ranging from hand and power tools to precision measuring instruments and electrical and electronic testing devices.


• Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them by checking blueprints, repair manuals, and parts catalogs as necessary.


• Inspect, operate, and test machinery and equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.


• Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.


• Dismantle devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists, forklifts, hand tools, and power tools.


• Plan and lay out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, and schematic diagrams.


• Operate a cutting torch or welding equipment to perform repairs and fabrication.


• Thoroughly understands all facets of Viserion’s safety programs and culture, with strong working knowledge of safety procedures and environmental regulations.


• Consistently demonstrates safe working practices and promptly communicates safety alarms to operations.


• Responsible for properly and accurately recording all applicable documentation.


• Assist all areas of the loading, unloading, and transferring of grain and grain products for truck, and rail


• Perform basic housekeeping and cleaning duties.


• Compliance with all the Company’s safety programs and policies.


• Perform other duties as assigned.


• High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred.


• Associates, Technical or Mechanical Degree desired.


• Two to five (3-5) years of experience.


• Basic written and verbal communication skills.


• Demonstrated ability to work in a safety conscious environment.


• Ability to work in a quality-controlled environment.


• Welding and light fabrication preferred.


• Agriculture and/or grain elevator experience preferred.


• Regularly walk, bend and stoop.


• Regularly required to walk on catwalks at a variety of heights; up to 200 feet with appropriate safety equipment.


• Regularly climb stairs and ladders.


• Regularly lift up to 75 pounds.


• Regularly enter and works in confined spaces.

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