Maintenance Technician

With a strategy centered on people and sustainability, Braskem is engaged in contributing to the value chain to strengthen the Circular Economy. Braskem’s 9,000 team members dedicate themselves every day to improving people's lives through sustainable solutions in chemicals and plastics. With its corporate DNA rooted in innovation, Braskem offers a comprehensive portfolio of plastic resins and chemical products for diverse industries, such as food packaging, construction, manufacturing, automotive, agribusiness, health and hygiene, and more.

With 40 industrial units in Brazil, the United States, Mexico, and Germany, Braskem exports its products to clients in over 70 countries.

Braskem America is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Braskem S.A. headquartered in Philadelphia. The company is the leading producer of polypropylene in the United States, with six production plants located in Texas, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, as well as an Innovation and Technology Center in Pittsburgh and a New Renewable Innovation Center in Lexington, which focuses on leveraging groundbreaking developments in biotechnology and chemical catalysis.

Department: Maintenance & Reliability

Travel Involved: 0-5%

Job Type: Full Time

The basic function of the Maintenance Technician is to perform preventive and corrective maintenance on the facility’s equipment, including rotating and fixed equipment. The mechanic must be knowledgeable in the use of hand & power tools and operating certain mobile equipment. This position is also frequently called on to troubleshoot mechanical/equipment problems and perform unscheduled equipment repairs. Additional duties include identifying parts needed, maintaining equipment records, ensuring Maintenance history is accurate and entered into SAP, interfacing with the work planner on job instructions and estimates, and documenting work in procedures and instructions.

• Perform Corrective and Preventive Maintenance on fixed and rotating equipment, including pumps, compressors, blowers, gearboxes, extruders, rotary feeders, hydraulic skids, heat exchangers, and filters.
• Line opening, flange breaking, gasket replacement.
• Bolting and torqueing.
• Valve, filters, and PSV change outs.
• Lubrication, Bearings, Couplings.
• Laser Alignment.
• Cartridge and Component mechanical seals.
• Precision Measuring Tools.
• Drill Press, Parts Washer, Grinder, sandblaster, and band saw.
• Specialty tools, like rams, wedges, spreaders, hydraulic torque guns, etc.
• Utilize prints and plant documentation, read and interpret P&IDs and machine drawings to resolve problems or rebuild equipment.
• Troubleshoot and repair rotating equipment problems, assisting in determining root causes of equipment failures.
• Perform PdM tasks, such as lubrication and vibration data collection, as needed.
• Assist the planner as necessary to develop accurate millwright and multicraft work plans.
• Search for WO’s in SAP and identify parts needed to complete work.
• Document work performed in procedures and/or work packages as appropriate.
• Write and review maintenance procedures supported by the maintenance engineer.
• Update equipment records and files in the plant library, as appropriate.
• Appropriately handle work packages, ensuring they flow from hand to hand without being misplaced.
• Participate in Route Cause Investigations, as required.
• Be available for call outs on off hours and/or weekends, to support plant operations.
• Work indoors and outdoors, with frequent walking, standing, and climbing, and the ability to perform elevated work using portable ladders, scaffolding, and fall protection equipment. The position also involves repetitive motion, stair climbing, and frequent lifting of weights up to 50 pounds.
• Perform SMP tasks, such as APTs and ISCs, according to assignments in the team activity plan for the month.
• Record timekeeping data and hand over timesheets to be entered in SAP to register work order details.
• Hand over planner feedback forms back to the planner after completion of a job to allow for planning improvements and learning opportunities.
• Share discoveries and learnings from day-to-day work with maintenance engineers to allow for reliability…