Plant Maintenance

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Chicago, IL, US, 60642 Bridgeview, IL, US, 60455

We are Prairie Materials
, part of Votorantim Cimentos North America (VCNA).

As the North American operations of Votorantim Cimentos, a global building materials and sustainability solutions leader in 11 countries, we are helping to make a positive impact and are transforming our world. We have a culture built on solid partnerships, long-lasting relationships, and opportunities for those who want to learn, grow and be part of a diverse and dynamic culture.

With solutions that include cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates, we help to build homes, highways, hospitals, buildings, bridges, and schools across the Canadian and U.S. Great Lakes region and Northeast United States. Our commitment to excellence can be seen in those who invest and believe in what we do, those who share their lives with us, those who trust in our deliveries and those committed to innovation and a sustainable future.

Every day, we have the chance to accomplish something new and you're invited to be part of it.

Installs, maintains, and repairs machinery, equipment, physical structures, and pipe and electrical systems in industrial establishments by performing the following duties.

• Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment.
• Listens for unusual sounds from machines or equipment to detect malfunction and discusses machine operation variations with supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problems or repair machines.
• Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.
• Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
• Repairs and maintains physical structure of establishment.
• Operates cutting torch or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.
• Fabricates and repairs counters, benches, partitions, and other wooden structures.
• Responsible for the preventive maintenance of all the equipment in the plant, including building Preventive Maintenance.
• Troubleshoots and replaces defective electrical apparatus, such as switches, relays, motors, and electrical and electronic components of machinery equipment.
• Responsible for ordering and/or notifying the designated person to order the parts related to maintenance.

• Must have welding and cutting torch skills to work with metal to repair and maintain plant machinery and equipment. Ability to perform small fabricating jobs in plant.
• Must have basic electric wiring understanding to trouble shoot and repair. Skills helpful include: checking a motor or fuse disconnects box for continuity, replacing electric eyes, replacing motor leads, and using a voltage meter in a 480 volt, three-phase environment.
• Overtime and Saturday work will be mandatory if events or emergencies so dictate.
• Must be able to perform preventative maintenance chores such as cleaning chutes and changing dust house filter bags as needed.
• Must adhere to strict safety policies/procedures including lockout-tagout, confined space, fall protection, respiratory protection and all other applicable safety policies incurred performing work duties.
• Requires good communication skills and must be able to work in a team environment.
• Able to work with management to help improve and maintain a good preventative maintenance program.
• Needs to be self-motivated and have the ability to work alone at times in an unsupervised atmosphere.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in air compressor systems and air solenoid valves and their operation

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to…