Maintenance - Maintenance Technician Job Franklin area,Kentucky USA,Manufacturing / Production

Maintenance Technician - Nights

MATALCO - We are North America's largest independent aluminum billet and slab provider, using recycled aluminum and state-of-the art technology. We are currently seeking candidates to fill a night shift opening at our Franklin, KY plant for our multi-craft maintenance department, a team that's key to keeping us up and running!

You will:

Work safely and smartly, following our procedures, safety protocols, and training.
Install, inspect, adjust, and repair equipment.
Use your expertise when responding to production needs and equipment failures.
Recommend improvements to processes and procedures.
Perform all preventative and predictive maintenance and repairs to all equipment, ensuring proper service of equipment to maintain its planned lifespan.
Monitor operations through PM checks to anticipate and prevent production loss due to equipment failure.
Respond quickly to breakdowns and safety concerns, resolving issues and keeping downtime to a minimum.
Report deviations, out of service or non-conforming equipment or operations for the team to make corrections or adjustments to processes and equipment.
Maintain a spare parts warehouse to ensure all crucial parts and components, including consumables, are on hand at a moment's notice.

Preferred Qualifications

Post-secondary education in automation, controls, engineering, or equivalent experience.
Min. 2 years of experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment or foundry industry or maintenance experience within an aluminum or hot metal industry.
Excellent understanding of hydraulics, pneumatics, combustion, electrical and mechanical maintenance.
Excellent working knowledge of PM.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

100% commitment to following safety requirements.
Experience maintaining cranes and performing crane inspections.
Strong math, reading, and blueprint reading skills.
Solid understanding of PLCs as well as PM software utilization.
Excellent critical thinking skills, essential to fixing production equipment and manufacturing system issues.
Physical endurance and the ability to manage several urgent tasks at once.
Reliable and stable work attendance.
Basic PC understanding preferred and an ability to learn Windows/web-based programs.
Capable of safely rigging and moving some heavy equipment components.
Hands on experience using preventative maintenance system software.
A team player capable of working with minimal supervision.
Effective communication skills with operators, leaders, and vendors/partners.
OSHA/KYOSH helpful.

When will you work?

We are a 24/7 company. Our maintenance team works 12-hour shifts on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule, which means you will work some weekends and holidays. It also means you are generally scheduled to work 15 days a month and off 15 days a month. We are filling a 6p-6a shift.

Where will you work, and what's the physical environment like?

Our production facility in Franklin, KY.
High frequency visually monitoring production processes for quality defects and of HMI and PLC panels.
Regular frequency of visually monitoring scrap conditions/types.
Frequent data entry of necessary information.
Frequent visual and audio monitoring of processes.
Low frequency of hot metal work, confined space entry, and lifting up to 50 lbs.
Low frequency using forklift/mobile equipment.
Low frequency lifting, bending, pushing, pulling, walking, and reaching into/working in tight areas.
Low frequency climbing over four feet.
Low frequent operation of overhead crane.
Mostly indoor work with exposure to outside elements, including some outdoor work.
Long-term exposure to variable ambient temperatures and to loud noises.
Some exposure to fumes.
Some work in confined spaces.

What's in it for you?

Competitive pay based upon your skills and experience; tell us what pay you seek.
$1.00 per hour shift differential.
Eligible for monthly safety, training, and KPI incentives.
Benefits: medical, dental, vision, company paid life insurance, company paid short- and long-term disability, uniforms, safety shoes (up to $200), health savings account, paid vacation, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, hefty employee referral program.


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