Maintenance Technician - Senior-US

Kennametal; New Albany (IN); On-site; USD 71,635,000 - 108,886,000; Full time

Job summary

Kennametal Inc. in New Albany, IN, is seeking a Senior Maintenance Technician to service CNC equipment, lathes, and grinders, and plant support systems. This role emphasizes reading schematics, electrical and hydraulic repair, and preventive maintenance, with welding, plumbing, and fabrication as needed.

Requires a maintenance certificate and at least five years of machine shop experience; candidate must be safety-conscious and able to repair equipment promptly to minimize downtime.

Qualifications

• Must have a maintenance related certificate of education and /or willingness to attend a maintenance education program approved by supervisor.
• Must have 5 years minimum maintenance experience in a machine shop environment.
• Must be able to perform machine repair in a safe and timely manner to reduce machine downtime.

Responsibilities

• Prepare work area by identifying and addressing any safety issues before proceeding.
• Diagnose and repair production equipment
• Clean-up area after performing a maintenance function
• Diagnose and repair plant support eq. (compressors etc.)
• P.M. equipment

Skills

Reading schematics

Electrical repair

Hydraulic repair

Welding

Plumbing

Fabrication

Education

Maintenance-related certificate

Job description

About Kennametal

With over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Maintenance Technician - Senior

Shift: 1st 7am - 3:30pm

Summary

Will perform maintenance functions on CNC equipment, manual lathes and grinders (relay logic), plant support equipment to include compressors, pumps, cooling towers/heat exchanger systems, etc. Will perform many of the plant/Equipment P.M.'s. Must be well versed in reading of schematics, motor controls, electrical and hydraulic repair. Additional duties include occasional welding, plumbing and fabrication.

Experience

• Must have a maintenance related certificate of education and /or willingness to attend a maintenance education program approved by supervisor.
• Must have 5 years minimum maintenance experience in a machine shop environment.
• Must be able to perform machine repair in a safe and timely manner to reduce machine downtime.

Responsibilities

• Prepare work area by identifying and addressing any safety issues before proceeding.
• Diagnose and repair production equipment
• Clean-up area after performing a maintenance function
• Diagnose and repair plant support eq. (compressors etc.)
• P.M. equipment

Kennametal Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.