PLANT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN (Levels I-III)

Colonial Group; Iowa (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GCC in Big Stone, SD is seeking Plant Maintenance Technicians to repair and maintain equipment across our ready-mix plant and related systems. This role requires regular travel to support maintenance activities at multiple plant locations within the region.

You will work on air handling devices, PVC piping, and electrical systems, performing preventive maintenance and troubleshooting to minimize outages; occasional overnight travel is required.

Qualifications

• Must know air handling devices and components such as cylinders, solenoids, compressors, regulators.
• Able to work with PVC and rigid piping for air and water handling; know pumps and capacities.
• Must understand 480-volt systems and be able to read schematics and prints.
• Experience reading prints and plant layouts (plumbing, air, electrical systems, conveyors, hoppers, silos, bins).
• Formal training and/or certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain equipment and building operations including ready-mix plant, recycler and other equipment.
• Ensure plant equipment operates safely; participate in plant safety meetings and address issues from inspections.
• Minimize unplanned outages; communicate uptime issues to Ready Mix Management Team.
• Perform preventive maintenance and resolve equipment breakdowns; avoid temporary patches.
• Educate Operations Manager and drivers about proper plant operation methods; troubleshoot root causes.
• Coordinate with Accounting to classify maintenance expenses correctly; use daily KPIs to drive maintenance excellence.
• Occasional overnight travel required.

Skills

Air handling devices

Electrical systems

Reading prints/schematics

Troubleshooting

Safety culture

Root cause analysis

Education

Certification or formal training

Tools

Transit

Job description

Relocation Opportunity! We're seeking skilled Plant Maintenance Technicians to join our team in Big Stone, SD. Competitive pay, great benefits, and long-term career growth. This position requires regular travel to support maintenance activities at multiple plant locations throughout the region.

What you will do:

Repair and maintain equipment and building operations including ready-mix plant, recycler and other miscellaneous equipment.

• Repairs plant equipment in such a way as to ensure all equipment is always operated in a safe condition. Reinforces the safety culture throughout the entire organization. Attends plant safety meetings. Fixes issues identified during plant inspections in a timely manner.
• Works to ensure that the ready-mix plant is mechanically available every day and that unplanned production outages are kept to an absolute minimum. Proactively communicates problems in achieving continual plant uptime to Ready Mix Management Team.
• Effectively and efficiently performs all preventive maintenance activities and quickly resolves all equipment breakdowns. Avoids fixing equipment with temporary patches that do not resolve the fundamental cause of the equipment failure. Develops additional skills required to continually improve personal mechanical abilities.
• Educates the Operations Manager, Plant Managers, and Drivers about the appropriate methods to operate all parts of the plant. Troubleshoots unexpected breakdowns to identify root causes of the failure.
• Works with the Accounting department to ensure all administrative procedures are followed and that all maintenance expenses are appropriately categorized by piece of equipment.
• Utilizes daily Key Performance Indicators to drive operational excellence in maintenance.
• Occasional overnight travel required

Experience and abilities, you will need:

• Must know all aspects of air handling devices, i.e. cylinders, solenoids, compressors, regulators. Knowledgeable of electric over air systems. Formal training and/or certification.
• Must be able to work with PVC and rigid piping for handling of air and water. Knowledge of pumps and their capacities.
• Must have expertise in the utilization of these tools. Formal training and/or certification preferred.
• Must understand 480-volt systems and lower. Must be able to read schematics and prints. Troubleshooting experience necessary. Computer batch panel experience necessary. Formal and/or certification necessary.
• Must be able to read prints and plant layout features, i.e. plumbing, air and electrical systems, conveyors, hoppers, silos and bins. Must be able to use a transit and experience installing forms.

You will love working here because:

At GCC, employees are our most important resource. As a part of the GCC family, you'll be welcomed into a culture that promotes the company vision and internal career growth. Our company vision is to have our customers recognize us as a business partner that generates the most value to their construction projects. We're a sustainable growing company, a great place to work and a solid investment for our shareholders. GCC is an enterprise with a global and sustainable approach. Our production is mainly devoted to the manufacture and sale of gray Portland cement, mortar, premixed concrete, concrete blocks, plaster, aggregates and other construction materials. Join the family!

An Equal Opportunity Employer

GCC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.