Maintenance Technician

Bakelite; Conway (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Bakelite is seeking a Maintenance Technician to support dynamic manufacturing operations, ensuring equipment runs smoothly and efficiently.

The role involves performing routine repairs and proactive maintenance to keep facilities at peak performance, with emphasis on safety and teamwork. Conway, NC offers opportunities to grow within a global company devoted to sustainable products.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• At least 1 year of experience with rotating equipment inspection and assessment.
• At least 1 year of experience with pumps, seals, valves and bearings.
• 1 year of mechanical troubleshooting in manufacturing or similar environment.
• Ability to work rotating weekends and lift 50 lbs.
• Willingness to undergo background checks and drug testing.

Responsibilities

• Operate equipment such as hoists, man-lifts, rigging equipment and forklifts.
• Apply facility safety policies and practices.
• Collaborate with maintenance, production, engineering and contractors; follow work plans and schedules.

Skills

Rotating equipment

Mechanical troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

On-call rotation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.

We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.

Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World.

It’s Better with Bakelite.

Maintenance Technician: The Impact You’ll Have On The Organization and World

• Play a key role in supporting dynamic manufacturing operations by ensuring equipment runs smoothly and efficiently.
• Take charge of performing routine equipment repairs and proactive preventive maintenance to keep our operations at peak performance.

It's Better with Bakelite: Our Commitment Back to You

• You’ll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you’re part of a diverse, global population creating the next generation of the company and we expect you to put your fingerprint on it.
• We Champion Our Associates. At Bakelite, you don’t just climb the career ladder – you pave your personal path through continued learning and development.
• Together, We Will Protect the Planet. From our processes to our products, we are focusing on the opportunities that both grow our profitability as a company, and improve and protect the planet.
• Safety is a Core Value. At Bakelite, safety is a 24/7 mindset. We are all safe today to ensure we are able to show up tomorrow – for our families and friends, for each other and for our communities.
• We Care. Plain and simple, we care about our associates. From the top on down, we place a high value on our culture and the associate experience. We offer competitive compensation, robust benefits and support our associates every step of their career.

Life in Conway

Located in the eastern part of the state, Conway is a small North Carolina town within 100 miles of Richmond, Norfolk-Virginia Beach and the Raleigh-Durham area.

• Our Conway team has strong ties to the local community. We recently sponsored the town’s annual charity golf tournament, and several of our associates are active in the volunteer Conway Fire Department, to which Bakelite donates essential emergency services equipment.
• A nearby attraction is the Roanoke River, which flows across North Carolina’s coastal plain and is home to lots of wildlife, including more than 200 species of birds. You can also explore the Roanoke Canal Museum and Trail, which highlights the historical significance the canal system played in westward expansion and trade.
• With the Norfolk International Airport just an hour and a half away, you can easily hop a flight to anywhere in the world.
• Learn more about Conway

Does a Typical Day Look Like?

Here are your primary responsibilities:

• Operating equipment such as hoists, man-lifts, rigging equipment, and forklifts to complete mechanical installations.
• Applying facility safe work policies and practices.
• Collaboratively working with other maintenance employees, management personnel, production operators, engineers, and contractors. Following work plans and schedules.

What is Needed to be Successful in this Role (Required Skills/Abilities)

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience working with, understanding, maintaining, and repairing mechanical components e.g.: rotating equipment inspection and assessment, coupling/pulley alignment, belt tensioning and alignment.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience working with, understanding, maintaining, and repairing mechanical pumps and seals, valves, and bearings.
• Minimum of one (1) year of mechanical troubleshooting (valves, motors, pumps, etc.) experience in a manufacturing or military environment.
• Work required rotational weekend on-call duties.
• Work in high places and confined spaces. Lift 50 lbs. throughout an eight (8) hour shift.

We are an Equal Opportunity, Aff…? All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.

Candidates must be at least 18 years old, willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti‑Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies. Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. This company participates in E‑Verify.

If currently an employee of the Company, you must have satisfactory work performance. Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to an employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.