Maintenance - Maintenance Specialist

Oil-Dri Corporation of America; Ripley (MS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Oil-Dri Corporation of America in Ripley, Mississippi seeks a Maintenance Specialist to provide safe, timely mechanical and electrical support, preventive maintenance, installation, service, and repair of multiple operating machines in a manufacturing setting.

The role requires reading schematics/blueprints, following lockout/tagout, and working with CMMS. Candidates should have an HS diploma and a technical degree or related experience, with the ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work on-site.

Qualifications

• HS diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum two years technical degree in a related field or electrical/mechanical experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures safe, efficient work according to safety rules to strive for ZERO accidents.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs plant machinery and equipment.
• Diagnoses failures and performs necessary repairs to machinery and equipment.
• Performs and documents preventative maintenance.
• Reads manuals, schematics, and blueprints and follows lockout/tagout procedures.

Skills

CMMS

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Troubleshooting

Reading blueprints

Forklift operation

Lockout/Tagout

Education

HS Diploma or equivalent

Two-year technical degree

Tools

Electrical test equipment

Welding equipment

Job description

Job Overview

Primary duties include providing safe and timely mechanical and electrical support, preventative maintenance, installation, service, repair, troubleshooting, and resolution of multiple operating machines within a manufacturing industrial environment.

Job Description

Job Title: Maintenance Specialist

Location: Ripley

Department: Maintenance

Reports To: Maintenance Manager

Responsibilities

• Conducts all work in a safe, efficient manner, using appropriate tools, according to established safety rules and practices while striving for ZERO Accidents.
• Encourages Safety First, identification of Near Misses along with appropriate corrective actions.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs plant machinery, equipment, and physical structures.
• Diagnoses failures in machinery or equipment and makes necessary repairs.
• Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment using electrical and electronic test equipment.
• Performs and documents preventative maintenance.
• Follows specifications, blueprints, manuals, and schematic drawings and lockout/tag out procedures to make repairs.
• Performs repairs by skillfully using hand tools, power tools, hoist, crane, and measuring and testing instruments.
• Performs plumbing and pipe fitting and related work in installing, repairing, or routing water, sewage, air, and gas pipes.
• Documents repair procedures and parts used from inventory and maintain accurate inventory of tools and equipment.
• Performs welding, acetylene brazing, cutting torch, routine layout and other duties as needed.
• Keeps areas clean and free of clutter.
• Available for On Call Duty
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education:

• HS Diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum two (2) years technical degree in a related field or electrical/mechanical experience preferred.

Skills & Abilities

• Must effectively use CMMS.
• Mobile equipment operating skills, such as forklifts, crane, front-end loader etc. preferred
• Must be able to work independently with limited supervision.
• Fabrication skills preferred.
• Must be able to read and understand manuals, parts, diagrams, schematic drawings, and blueprints.
• Must demonstrate the ability to perform maintenance skills.
• Electrical tasks such as changing motors.
• Demonstrated ability to perform detail-oriented work.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Possess core values of Honesty and Integrity.
• Must be able to stand for the duration of the shift.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and assist with lifting heavier weights.
• Bending, reaching, twisting, stooping, walking, and climbing stairways and ladders frequently.
• Must be able to climb and work at heights greater than 100 feet.
• Physical endurance to withstand operation of geared equipment and to withstand heavy physical labor required of position.