Maintenance Technician

Oil-Dri Production Company, PO Box 476, Ripley, Mississippi, United States of America Req #1492
Thursday, October 5, 2023

Job Summary

Primary duties include providing safe and timely mechanical and electrical support, preventative maintenance, installation, service, repair, troubleshooting, and resolution of multiple operating machines within a manufacturing industrial environment.

 

Essential Functions

  • Conducts all work in a safe, efficient manner, using appropriate tools, according to established safety rules and practices while striving for ZERO Accidents. 
  • Encourages Safety First, identification of Near Misses along with appropriate corrective actions. 
  • Installs, maintains, and repairs plant machinery, equipment and physical structures.
  • Diagnoses failures in machinery or equipment and makes necessary repairs. 
  • Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment using electrical and electronic test equipment. 
  • Performs and documents preventative maintenance.
  • Follows specifications, blueprints, manuals, and schematic drawings and lockout/tag out procedures to make repairs. 
  • Performs repairs by skillfully using hand tool, power tools, hoist, crane, and measuring and testing instruments.  
  • Performs plumbing and pipe fitting and related work in installing, repairing or routing water, sewage, air and gas pipes.
  • Documents repair procedures and parts used from inventory and maintain accurate inventory of tools and equipment.
  • Performs welding, acetylene brazing, cutting torch, routine layout and other duties as needed.  
  • Keeps areas clean and free of clutter.
  • Available for On Call Duty
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

 

Qualifications

  • Minimum two (2) year technical degree in a related field or electrical/mechanical experience preferred. 
  • Must have the ability to effectively use CMMS.
  • Mobile equipment operating skills, such as forklifts, crane, front-end loader etc. preferred
  • Must be able to work independently with limited supervision.
  • Fabrication skills preferred 
  • Must be able to read and understand manuals, parts, diagrams, schematic drawings and blueprints.
  • Must demonstrate the ability to perform maintenance skills
  • Electrical tasks such as changing motors
  • Demonstrated ability to perform detail-oriented work.
  • Good oral and written communication skills.
  • Possess core values of Honesty and Integrity.

Other details

  • Pay Type Hourly
  • Hiring Rate $27.42
  • Job Start Date Thursday, October 5, 2023
Location on Google Maps
  • Oil-Dri Production Company, PO Box 476, Ripley, Mississippi, United States of America