Grain Elevator Maintenance Technician; Mechanical​/Electrical

Overview

Competitive starting pay (dependant on skills/experience)

Annual Bonus potential

Weekly pay, Overtime opportunity during harvest

Excellent Benefits - medical/dental/vision, life, disability & supplemental insurances, a 401K retirement savings plan, paid time off, and more! This position is primarily responsible for the repair and maintenance of facility equipment at a grain elevator.

• Use hand and power tools to repair or replace faulty equipment parts and reassemble equipment.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly and operate efficiently.
• Inspect drives, motors, and belts, check fluid levels, replace filters, or perform other maintenance actions, following checklists.
• Use tools ranging from hand and power tools to precision measuring instruments and electrical and electronic testing devices.
• Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them by checking blueprints, repair manuals, and parts catalogs as necessary.
• Inspect, operate, and test machinery and equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.
• Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Dismantle devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists, forklifts, hand tools, and power tools.
• Plan and lay out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, and schematic diagrams.
• Operate cutting torches or welding equipment to perform repairs and fabrication.
• Thoroughly understands all facets of Viserion’s safety programs and culture, with strong working knowledge of safety procedures and environmental regulations.
• Consistently demonstrates safe working practices and promptly communicates safety alarms to operations.
• Responsible for properly and accurately recording all applicable documentation.

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
• Associates, Technical or Mechanical Degree desired, but not required.
• Two to four (2-4) years of experience.

• Basic written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a safety conscious
• Ability to work in a quality-controlled environment.
• Welding and light fabrication preferred.
• Agriculture and/or grain elevator experience preferred.

• Regularly walk, bend and stoop.
• Regularly required to walk on catwalks at a variety of heights; up to 200 feet with appropriate safety equipment.
• Regularly climbs stairs and ladders.
• Regularly lifts up to 75 pounds.
• Regularly enters and works in confined spaces.