Maintenance Technician – Heavy Machinery & Hydraulics

Mueller Brass Company; Port Huron (MI); In loco; USD 55.000 - 75.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

401K match

Full benefits package

Overtime pay 1.5x

Descrizione del lavoro

Mueller Brass Company in Michigan is seeking a skilled machine repair technician to inspect, repair, and maintain heavy equipment used in casting and extrusion processes. The role requires diagnosing mechanical and hydraulic issues, assembling components, and ensuring safe operation.

The position offers overtime at 1.5x, a 401K match plan, and a full benefits package. Additional shifts may be available; on-site work with unions teams; training provided.

Mansioni

• Observes the functioning of installed equipment to detect hazards, problems, and the need for service, repair, and/or replacement of mechanical components.
• Repairs and maintains mechanical and hydraulic components of production machines and equipment.
• Visually inspects and listens to machines and equipment to locate the cause of malfunctions, including measuring parts to detect wear, misalignment, or other problems, and removal, replacement, and repair of worn or defective parts.
• Assembles and/or fabricates according to engineering instructions, technical manuals, and knowledge of mechanical systems and components and their functions.
• Understands and can troubleshoot fluid mechanics, including repair of pumps, valves, cylinders, compressors, and rebuild of fluid mechanic devices per hydraulic and pneumatic schematics.
• Dismantles machines and equipment and operates rigging equipment, man lifts, and mobile equipment.
• Layouts, assembles, installs, and maintains mechanical parts, hydraulic systems, and supports. i.e., air lines, PVC pipes, water lines, including realigning and adjusting of components.
• Visually inspect and locate damaged pneumatic and hydraulic pipes, components, and fittings to detect leaks, damage, wear and repair or measure, cut, thread, bend, and install new.
• Install hydraulic, pneumatic, water lines on new machinery.
• Solder all copper pipes.
• Sets up and operates metalworking tools, i.e., hand threaders, machine threaders.
• Tests operation following repair.
• Read pressure gauges to detect abnormalities.
• Performs preventative routine maintenance such as inspections, filters, measurements, and changing oil.
• Markup sketches or computer-generated designs of machine components.
• Weld metal components of products by operating a number of welding machines including layout, fit, and tacking workpieces together.
• Visually examines welds for adherence to specifications including re-weld defective joints.
• Grind welded surfaces for penetrant test including removing surplus slag, flux, and spatter
• Make up safety shields and guards with understanding of OSHA guarding requirements;
• Maintain work area to acceptable housekeeping standards;
• Access the tool room and stock room computer to find parts in stock;
• Provide training and guidance to Machine Repair Trainees;
• Assists production when needed;
• Quality and productivity standards are expected to be met at all times;
• Maintain Lean Manufacturing/5S principles;
• Helps maintain critical spare parts. Recommend the purchase of material and supplies;
• Discusses performance issues and improvement ideas with pertinent technical staff;

Descrizione del lavoro

Mueller Brass Company in Michigan is seeking a skilled machine repair technician to inspect, repair, and maintain heavy equipment used in casting and extrusion processes. The role requires diagnosing mechanical and hydraulic issues, assembling components, and ensuring safe operation.

The position offers overtime at 1.5x, a 401K match plan, and a full benefits package. Additional shifts may be available; on-site work with unions teams; training provided.