Maintenance Technician Astec Industries

Northwest Iowa Community College; Yankton, Northern (SD, KY); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwest Iowa Community College in Yankton, SD is seeking Maintenance Mechanics to perform routine tasks such as lubrication, seal replacement, cleaning of parts during repair, adjusting valves and seals, and investigating breakdowns on campus machinery.

Must read blueprints, safely use hand and power tools, and troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems to keep equipment running smoothly.

Qualifications

• Reads blueprints/schematics to determine work procedures.
• Safely uses hand and power tools for maintenance tasks.
• Troubleshoots mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, dismantle and repair machinery and components.
• Work on equipment such as machining centers, press brakes, burn tables, clutches and gear boxes.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Safety with tools

Troubleshooting

Electrical systems

Hydraulic & Pneumatic

Problem solving

Tools

Power tools

Electrical testing equipment

Job description

Maintenance Mechanics are involved in routine tasks, such as lubrication of machinery, seal replacement, cleaning of parts during repair, adjusting valves and seals, investigating breakdowns, removing, and replacing motors, starters, relays, limit switches, fuses, primary control components.

Must be able to read blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures. Must be able to safety and correctly use hand and power tools. Ability to troubleshoot mechanical problems, control and power electrical systems, hydraulics, and/or pneumatics and focus on problem solving issues.

Responsibilities and skills in but not limited to; installing, maintaining, dismantling, and repairing new and existing machinery or equipment and its components such as machining centers, press brakes, burn tables, mechanical clutches, gear boxes, control and power electrical systems, hydraulic and pneumatic control systems.