Industrial Maintenance Mechanic

Industrial Maintenance Mechanic Job Highlights

Company Profile

W&W/AFCO Steel is the largest, most capable structural steel fabricator and erector. The company is an industry leader in setting up the standard in steel design, fabrication, and erection.

Job Profile

The company is recruiting an Industrial Maintenance Mechanic who will possess strong mechanical aptitude and have hands-on experience maintaining CNC machinery, electrical and hydraulic systems, overhead cranes, and routine and preventive maintenance on various fabricating equipment.

Educational Qualification

• Applicants should have a High School Diploma, GED, or Equivalent

Work Experience

• Possess 3 to 5 years of maintenance experience in an industrial environment

Duties/Responsibilities

• Detect unsafe conditions and behaviors and immediately report to the supervisor.
• Perform mechanical and electrical maintenance as well as plumbing repairs.
• Maintain welding equipment, replace electric motors, and change/adjust blades on shears as required.
• Hook up new equipment.
• Make air, water, and electrical connections and hook-ups.
• Wire controls and power feed.
• Install wiring for cranes.
• Perform preventative maintenance on equipment as scheduled.
• Keep required records of maintenance, time, parts, etc.
• Perform repairs on production tools and machinery as required.
• Repair or replace wheels, bearings, gears, switches, wiring, air lines, water lines, etc., on shears, saws, cranes, punches, and other equipment.
• Repairs involve the testing, disassembly, assembly, and operation of the equipment together with the reworking or replacement of defective parts.
• Perform responsibilities in a safe manner and adhere to safety guidelines at all times.
• Plan, set up, and perform a wide variety of general electromechanical maintenance duties involved in maintaining the equipment, machinery, tools, etc.,
• Requires use of rules, meters (ohm and volt), test lights, ladders, screwdrivers, pliers, hammers, hoists, and various hand tools, together with the use of wiring and assembly diagrams, repair manuals, etc.
• Responsible to instruct, train and check the work of a helper or a lesser-classified maintenance mechanic.
• Use extreme care while handling high voltage electric lines and while working overhead to prevent injury to self or others
• With the approval of the Maintenance Supervisor or Plant Manager, determine needed replacement and repair parts and prepare requisition for the parts or order parts or specialty repair work as needed.
• Maintain the maintenance shop and work areas in a clean, orderly, and proper manner.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to stand for the entire shift and walk throughout the facility
• Ability to work from heights to repair and maintain overhead cranes
• Ability to perform basic math computations
• Must be able to communicate effectively with others
• Must be flexible with required working hours, including overtime
• Must be team oriented with a focus on safety and quality
• Ability to work in a non-climate-controlled environment
• Must be able to repeatedly lift 10-20 lbs. and occasionally up to 50 lbs.

Employer’s Statement

W&W/AFCO Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company is dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment, and all the terms and conditions thereof, on the basis of race, creed, color, age, sex, religion, marital status, veteran status, national origin, non-job-related disability or another protected group status in accordance with the law of the workplace.