Maintenance Technician - Night Shift - Blair

Calcium Products LLC; Blair (NE); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Calcium Products LLC in Blair, Nebraska, is hiring a Maintenance Technician for the night shift (5pm–5am) to execute preventive and predictive maintenance, lead repairs during unplanned downtime, and keep critical production equipment running safely.

Requires a high school diploma or equivalent and 2+ years in heavy industrial maintenance; familiarity with blueprints, schematics, and preventive maintenance routines; strong problem-solving and communication skills; willingness to work with

Qualifications

• Highschool degree or equivalent required.
• 2+ years of experience in heavy industrial maintenance.
• Experience in aggregates processing is ideal.
• Strong problem-solving skills and mechanical aptitude.
• Familiarity with blueprints, schematics and preventive maintenance routines.
• Ability to build trust and respect without relying on authority.
• Effective communicator.

Responsibilities

• Comply with all health and safety practices and procedures.
• Provide detailed statuses of completed or ongoing repairs, preventative and predictive maintenance.
• Comply with standard operating procedures and reporting/recording requirements.
• Assist contractors and ensure they have repair instructions, PM documentation and parts.
• Assist maintenance supervisor in auditing contractor work.
• Participate in training as provided and required by company directives.
• Perform high tech predictive maintenance using thermographic camera and ultrasonic tester.
• Clean and organize work areas after PMs and repairs; support operations in keeping a clean plant.
• Execute repair reports with accurate root causes and parts usage.
• Responsible for maintenance of all mobile equipment and care of large vacuum trailer.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Problem solving

Effective communicator

Education

Highschool degree or equivalent

Tools

Blueprints reading

Schematic interpretation

Job description

Description

Reports to:

Maintenance Engineer Manager

Company Overview

Calcium Products has been helping farmers grow better crops for nearly 40 years. As a leader in calcium-based fertilizers, we manufacture 98G pelletized limestone and SO4 pelletized gypsum for a wide network of ag retailers across the Midwest. We are a stable, growing, people-focused company that takes pride in the work we do and the customers we serve.

As we continue to invest in our Iowa facilities, we are also expanding our footprint with new locations, including a new plant in Blair, Nebraska. To support this long-term growth, we are now recruiting a Maintenance Technician-Night Shift position for the Blair facility (5pm-5am).

**Anticipated Start Date is last week of October for this position**

**Expect two weeks of hands-on operational training in Fort Dodge, IA.**

Position summary & purpose:

Executes preventive and predictive maintenance and associated repairs on all assigned equipment. Initiates and leads repairs due to unplanned plant breakdowns. Alerts supervisor of any safety, environmental, or mechanical efficiency issues that should be addressed immediately or scheduled at the next available opportunity.

Requirements

Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Comply with all health and safety practices and procedures
• Provide detailed statuses of completed or on-going repairs, preventative and predictive maintenance
• Comply with standard operating procedures and reporting/recording requirements
• Assist contractors and ensure they have all repair instructions, PM documentation and parts to properly execute work
• Assist maintenance supervisor in auditing the work done by contractors
• Participate in training as provided and required by company directives
• Perform high tech predictive maintenance utilizing tools such as the thermographic camera and ultrasonic tester
• Clean and organize work areas after PMs and repairs are completed. Support operations team in keeping an overall clean and organized plant
• Execute and ensure information in repair report is accurate, including root causes and parts usage
• Responsible for the maintenance of all mobile equipment
• Responsible for the care and safe usage of the large vacuum trailer and any other complex pieces of maintenance/cleaning equipment

Education and Experience:

• Highschool degree or equivalent required
• 2+ years of experience in heavy industrial maintenance
• Experience in aggregates processing is ideal
• Strong problem-solving skills and mechanical aptitude
• Familiarity in blueprints, schematics and properly written preventative maintenance routines
• Ability to build trust and respect without relying on authority
• Effective communicator