General Maintenance Technician

Amentum is seeking a General Maintenance Technician to join our operations & maintenance team in Ladson, SC.

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $23.00 -$26.00 per hour (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.

This position includes competitive pay and top-shelf benefits package:

• Medical and dental insurance
• Paid vacation:
  • Two weeks during year 1
  • Three weeks during years 1 through 5
  • Four weeks during years 5 through 9.99
  • Five weeks after year 10
• Company paid short term disability
• Company paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K:
  Amentum matches a percentage of compensation up to 6% of your pay that you contribute
• 10 Paid Flexible Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Parental Leave
• Other voluntary benefits offered:
  • Supplemental Health Insurance
  • Identity Protection
  • Legal Plan
  • Pet Insurance
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Student Loan Program
  • Employee Purchase Program
  • Employee Discount Program
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Stock Purchase Plan

Typical work schedule will vary based on business demand.

This position is responsible for providing an intermediate level of expertise in responding to work orders, troubleshooting, and providing emergency and preventive maintenance and repairs on the building equipment, fixtures and systems in a manufacturing environment.

Working under minimal supervision as a member of a self-directed work team, this is a multi-craft position that may perform equipment repairs and general non-licensed maintenance work, as well as support other licensed trades as directed. Requires good working knowledge of all types and applications of equipment pertaining to maintenance and operations for assigned area, and the ability to work within machine tolerances.

General maintenance, including minor duties in carpentry, painting, and sheet metal, may also be required. The General Maintenance Technician must have the ability to identify and correct any safety-related issues and perform independent equipment evaluations to identify potential equipment failures. General Maintenance of equipment will also be required.

• Safely performs functions of the position including following proper safety guidelines such as job hazard analysis and lockout/tagout procedures and wearing PPE as required.
• Operates, maintains, and repairs all facility and production associated equipment in compliance with all company regulations and standards.
• Analyzes equipment failures, inspects, replaces, alters, and maintains in good repair all building and related equipment.
• Performs planned maintenance on all building equipment and related services for specific area while being sensitive and responsive to customer needs.
• Performs trouble‑shooting techniques on mechanical equipment such as HVAC, pumps, agitators, hydraulic systems, RO/DI purified water systems, compressed air and other gas equipment and distribution systems to determine problems and effect repairs as promptly and efficiently as possible to minimize downtime.
• Performs preventative maintenance inspections.
• Develops and implements planned maintenance procedures, performs job estimates, maintains spare parts inventory. Keeps stock persons informed as to parts consumed from inventory.
• Assists in installing, inspecting new equipment and servicing installations.
• Provides support to co‑workers, contractors, vendors, project managers, building managers, and engineers as necessary to support project and renovation work.
• Complies with all governmental, company, and industrial regulations, codes, and standards, health safety practices, and permit systems.
• Performs preventive maintenance as scheduled in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Responds and provides service and feedback to the customer on all work orders while assuring compliance to codes, regulations and industry standards.
• Recommends measures to improve maintenance methods and equipment performance.
• Operates various measuring, diagnostic and testing instruments to help provide energy efficiency solutions.
• Operates a variety of equipment such as hand tools, laptop computers and diagnostic hardware to…