Maintenance Specialist

Oil-Dri Production Company, PO Box 476, Ripley, Mississippi, United States of America

Job Title:

Maintenance Specialist

Location:

Ripley

Department:
Maintenance

Reports To:

Maintenance Manager

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.

• 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 tools, 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.

• HS Diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum two (2) years technical degree in a related field or electrical/mechanical experience preferred.

• Must 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.
• 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.
• Must be able to stand for the duration of the shift.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and assist with lifting heavier weights.
• Bending, reaching, twisting, stooping, walking, and climbing stairways and ladders frequently.
• Must be able to climb and work at heights greater than 100 feet.
• Physical endurance to withstand operation of geared equipment and to withstand heavy physical labor required of position.