Multi-Craft Maintenance Technician

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.; Oxford (NC); On-site; USD 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$3000 sign-on bonus

12-hour night shift

Shift premiums

Perfect attendance incentive

Long-term bonus program

Weekly pay

Competitive benefits: Medical, Dental,

Job summary

Bandag plant in Oxford, NC seeks an energetic Maintenance Technician to set up, operate, maintain and troubleshoot manufacturing equipment. You will join our Bridgestone manufacturing team on a 12-hour night shift, delivering reliable process performance and quality outcomes.

Compensation includes a $3,000 sign-on bonus, pay ranging from $35.00 to $42.00 per hour, shift premiums, attendance incentives, weekly pay, and comprehensive medical, 401(k), PTO and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Maintain equipment in compliance with plant safety requirements.
• Collaborate within a team to address equipment and process issues.
• Repair and replace faulty components as needed.
• Perform heavy physical and/or dirty work as required.
• Provide service in a respectful manner.
• Be dependable - follow through on commitments, promises, and keep your word. Walk the talk and be responsive to requests.
• Utilize safety precautions and conduct work in a safe manner (e.g., LOTO, PPE, confined space, hot work permits).
• Perform preventive and predictive maintenance on plant machinery.
• Enhance technical knowledge through ongoing training opportunities.
• Utilize provided training resources and refer to manuals when necessary.
• Develop familiarity with plant equipment and learn to operate machinery for troubleshooting.
• Provide timely updates and reports to management and the maintenance team.
• Organize daily tasks efficiently for optimal time management.
• Apply logical troubleshooting approaches and problem-solving techniques.
• Clean up after yourself and contribute to maintaining the shop, assigned areas, and oil storage area, especially after breakdowns.

Job description

Company Overview

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a "Bridgestone West" strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Job Category

Production & Skilled Trades

Position Summary

The Bandag plant in Oxford has been in operation for over 50 years, producing tread rubber and retreading materials for Bandag dealers. Bandag is a critical piece of Bridgestone dedicated to the research, development, and manufacturing of premium retread tires. Bridgestone seeks energetic and motivated Maintenance Technicians to join our manufacturing team in Oxford, NC. As a Maintenance Technician, you will focus on setting up, operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting manufacturing production equipment.

12 Hour Night Shift

• $3000 sign on Bonus
• Pay ranging from $35.00 - $42/ hour
• Shift Premiums available
• Additional Incentive Pay for Perfect Attendance
• Long-Term Bonus Program
• Paid Weekly

Other Pay and Benefits

• Competitive Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision coverage at 1st day of employment
• 401k plan with Company contribution
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• 11 Paid Holidays

Responsibilities

As part of the Maintenance Team you will be working to deliver solutions to improve our process reliability, product quality and plant-wide performance.

Some of the duties include:

• Maintain equipment in compliance with plant safety requirements.
• Collaborate within a team to address equipment and process issues.
• Repair and replace faulty components as needed.
• Perform heavy physical and/or dirty work as required.
• Provide service in a respectful manner.
• Be dependable - follow through on commitments, promises, and keep your word. Walk the talk and be responsive to requests.
• Utilize safety precautions and conduct work in a safe manner (e.g., LOTO, PPE, confined space, hot work permits).
• Perform preventive and predictive maintenance on plant machinery.
• Enhance technical knowledge through ongoing training opportunities.
• Utilize provided training resources and refer to manuals when necessary.
• Develop familiarity with plant equipment and learn to operate machinery for troubleshooting.
• Provide timely updates and reports to management and the maintenance team.
• Organize daily tasks efficiently for optimal time management.
• Apply logical troubleshooting approaches and problem-solving techniques.
• Clean up after yourself and contribute to maintaining the shop, assigned areas, and oil storage area, especially after breakdowns.
• Complete