Job Description
The position involves performing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of machinery in a pellet manufacturing plant to ensure smooth operations and equipment reliability, while adhering to safety and environmental standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform preventive maintenance, lubrication, and inspections on critical and auxiliary machinery in pellet manufacturing.
- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair motors, gearboxes, pumps, conveyors, fans, and other equipment.
- Assemble, install, repair, and maintain piping and various mechanical components.
- Operate tools and equipment such as hand tools, power tools, welding machines, and mobile equipment.
- Analyze equipment performance and implement changes to improve throughput and quality.
- Perform rigging, follow safety procedures, and operate mobile equipment as needed.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records and reports using computerized systems.
- Adhere to safety, environmental, and health guidelines and practices.
Requirements
- Must be able to work safely obeying OSHA and Enviva standards for practices
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs. and climb ladders
- Experience in preventative, predictive and proactive maintenance procedures, troubleshooting, servicing mobile heavy equipment
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills in hydraulics, lubrication, and mechanical equipment basic understanding of types of lubricants and application of each
- Ability to analyze process flow to identify issues
- Ability to cut, thread, and lay pipes, and repair, install, maintain various types of equipment
- Ability to repair, maintain, troubleshoot pumps, conveyors, valves, cylinders, bearings, motors and other types of rotating equipment
- Meticulous, attention to detail
- Must demonstrate strong verbal and written skills
- Experience with computerized maintenance management system
- Skilled in use of Windows, Excel, Word, Outlook
- Must be willing to complete training as required by Supervisor and specified by Enviva
- High School Diploma or equivalent technical degree (preferred)
- A minimum of three (3) years experience working in manufacturing environment (preferred)
- Knowledge and experience with industrial electricity, mechanics, hydraulics, pneumatics, bearings and welding (preferred)
- Ability to develop and maintain accurate records (preferred)
- Proficient in mathematics and measurements (preferred)
- Experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, welding, fabrication, vibration analysis and precision alignment (preferred)
- Able to work in outdoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees
- Willing and able to work in a hot, humid, cold and noisy industrial environment
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, and overnight to address unexpected site issues with or without notice
- Must be available to work any shift any day required overtime frequent
- Able to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, bending, squatting, crawling, and or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day
- Must use required provided PPE including safety glasses, hard hat, gloves, safety toe boots, hearing protection
- Able to work around moving equipment and machinery
- Able to pull and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to work well in high places in excess of 100 feet, climb ladders, climb a crane, and use man lifts
- Ability to work in confined spaces
- This position is not eligible for visa support
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range not specified
Work schedule includes evenings, weekends, overnight shifts, and occasional overtime
Work environment includes outdoor settings, hot, humid, cold, noisy industrial environments, high places, confined spaces, and around moving equipment
Use of PPE such as safety glasses, hard hat, gloves, safety toe boots, hearing protection
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