Maintenance Technician (Electrician)

Maintenance Technician (Electrician) Job Highlights

Company Profile

BlueScope Coated Products is one of the largest metal painters. The company offers services on a range of finishes on steel and aluminum substrates for many applications including building products and manufactured goods.

Job Profile

The company is searching for a Maintenance Technician (Electrician) who will be responsible for safely performing a wide range of maintenance and electrical duties to emergency and preventative repairs to plant machinery and infrastructure.

Responds to the needs of the production supervisor in the event of an unplanned production line breakdown.

Effectively utilizes manpower and equipment to complete repairs in a timely manner, thereby contributing to productivity and customer satisfaction.

Educational Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED)

Work Experience

• 1 year of experience as an Industrial Mechanic or Electrician

Duties/Responsibilities

• Communicates daily with internal personnel from Production and Quality Control in order to assist in resolving problems and achieving company goals.
• Informs the Maintenance Assistant or Maintenance Group Leader when supplies have been removed from stock and require replenishment. Provides ordering information for replenishment of stock.
• Reports to the Maintenance Group Leader or Production Leader during off-shifts and weekends.
• Responsible for electrical work with proper PPE in accordance with rules and regulations set forth by OSHA and NFPA 70E (National Electrical Code).
• Responsible for performing assigned preventive maintenance, cutting weld, and fabricating as needed on projects.
• Responsible for responding to the needs of the production supervisor in the event of an emergency breakdown. Effectively utilizes manpower and equipment to complete repairs in a timely manner.
• Responsible for responding to work instructions from the Maintenance Group Leader, respond to emergency or breakdown calls. Diagnosing problems, dismantling and replacing defective or worn parts, and testing of all repairs after replacement before turning over to the machine operator.
• Responsible for safely performing emergency and preventative repairs to plant machinery and infrastructure.
• Responsible for the cleanup of Maintenance and work areas where repairs are performed.
• Responsible for the safe and prudent use of company equipment and tools. Also, ensures a safe work environment by utilizing Lock-out/Tag-out procedures and reporting any unsafe conditions.
• Responsible for understanding and complying with the fundamental principles associated with the Quality and Environmental Management System in place at BlueScope Coated Products.
• Other duties include but are not limited to, plumbing, concrete work, digging and climbing to elevated heights, or working in high-temperature areas and confined spaces.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Ability to read and comprehend documents including safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and simple correspondence.
• Ability to communicate information in small group situations to other employees.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as fractions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Capable of driving a forklift and using power tools.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding, to perform work instructions that are furnished in written, oral, or diagram form also, and the ability to solve problems that involve multiple variables in a standard situation.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently required to walk.
• Occasionally required to stand; sit; bend; stoop; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance.
• Required to be capable of lifting a minimum weight of 75 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include close-up and distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Benefits/Perks

• The benefits include health insurance, life insurance, short and long-term disability, paid time off, and retirement.

Employer’s Statement

BlueScope is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status, as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.