Maintenance Tech A - Days

Sabre Industries; Sioux City (IA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with Company Match

Continuing Education & Tuition Reimb

Life and Disability Coverage

Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays

Health and Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Sabre Industries, Inc. is seeking an experienced maintenance technician in Iowa to install, maintain, and troubleshoot hydraulic, mechanical, and pneumatic equipment across our manufacturing sites.

You will diagnose and repair complex plant systems, ensuring uptime and safety across operations. We value engineers with at least three years of electrical experience in a manufacturing environment, the ability to read schematics, and a Journeyman millwright certification.

Qualifications

• At least three years in electrical experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and structural schematics.
• Strong reading, writing, and English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Performs preventative maintenance and repairs on all plant equipment and facilities.
• Diagnoses, tests, disassembles, inspects, repairs, and re-assembles equipment such as hydraulic cylinders, pneumatic components, cranes, electrical boards.
• Performs skilled troubleshooting of pneumatic and hydraulic components.
• Records labor and materials used for repairs.
• Safe operation of lift equipment and adherence to Lockout/Tagout.

Skills

Electrical schematics reading

English communication

Mechanical and hydraulic systems

Troubleshooting

Reading blueprints

Education

Journeyman millwright certification

Tools

Dial indicators

Micrometers

Feeler gauges

Hydraulic testing tools

Job description

• Base Pay $25.50 - $33.50 / Hour
• Job Category Maintenance
• Employee Type Non-Exempt

Description

At Sabre Industries, we connect and power America’s communities with world-class utility and telecom solutions. We reliably build a better world together; one customer, one team, and one community at a time.

Our teams live out the organization’s core values of integrity, commitment, innovation, and connection. That’s how we continuously exceed our high standards of enterprise excellence—by creating a space for our engaged employees to thrive.

With consistent hiring opportunities nationwide and countless career levels, chances are the next big step on your career path starts here. We work with our employees to create customized career paths and development in all facets of the organization. People will always be our greatest asset and we place emphasis on enhancing the lives of our employees.

Scope of Responsibility:

The incumbent of this position performs highly skilled and highly technical work involving installation, maintenance, and trouble shooting of hydraulic, mechanical, and pneumatic equipment .

• Performs preventative maintenance and repairs on all plant equipment and facilities.
• Performs diagnosis, testing, disassembly, inspecting, repair and re-assembly of plant equipment or components such as hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, hydraulic shear, vacuum equipment, roller leveler, cranes, electrical boards and components, etc.
• Performs skilled trouble shooting and servicing of pneumatic and hydraulic components.
• Performs proper replacement and/or adjustment of mechanical clutches, drive trains, etc.
• Repair of worn parts, straightens and fabricates fixtures (welding, cutting, brazing, and surface hardening applications).
• Assist junior personnel and operators in proper direction of equipment repairs.
• Ability to perform major and general repairs on all equipment.
• Required to record labor and material used on each repair made.
• Required to take proper care and use of test equipment.
• Required to properly use lift equipment (cranes, booms, manlifts, cherry picker, etc.)
• Exercise communication skills pertaining to the job.
• Occasionally will be called during irregular hours to handle production coverage with little or no supervision.
• Reports all abnormal conditions and safety hazards to supervisor.
• Will perform housekeeping and other routine tasks as directed.
• Is diligent at all times to work safely, and to follow safe working practices, including Lockout/Tagout procedures and other safety procedures.
• Additional duties as assigned

Position Requirements:

• Regular and timely attendance is required
• Must be able to read, understand, and interpret electrical schematics
• At least three years in electrical experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Must have knowledge of basic shop mathematics, addition, subtraction, fractions, multiplication and decimals.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate in English.
• Ability to read and comprehend basic hydraulic, pneumatic, and structural schematics.
• Ability to convert inch to metric.
• Ability to use gauging equipment from .001” up, dial indicators, micrometers, feeler gauges, etc.
• Journeyman millwright certification
  

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving entire body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, bending, twisting and handling of materials
• Must be able to work in an outside manufacturing environment for long shifts, including weekends
• Climbing (heights to 40’), lifting, bending, kneeling, crawling, stretching, and working in confined areas and awkward positions.
• Handling gearboxes on top of machines, changing brakes, motors on cranes, etc. Average weight of object handled is 30 lbs. normally standing or stooping. Percentage of workday in each position is climbing 5%, bending or kneeling 10%, stooping 10%, standing or walking 75%.

At Sabre Industries, we invest in your future with a competitive benefits program. As a full-time employee, you are eligible for:

• 401(k) with Company Match
• Continuing Education & Tuition Reimbursement
• Life and Disability Coverage
• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Health and Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

Sabre Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer: M/F/Vets/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity