Multicraft Outside Mechanic​/Pipefitter

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Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Multicraft Outside Mechanic / Pipefitter in Seadrift, Texas.

As a Multicraft Outside Mechanic / Pipefitter you will provide maintenance craft‑specific support to plants. You will maintain and repair all types of equipment within craft knowledge and expertise. You will require broadened technical skills in analytical/scientific methods or operational processes to perform a defined array of activities. You may act as an informal resource for team members with less experience.

• Diagnoses and corrects equipment problems.
• Calibrates and aligns equipment.
• Completes preventative maintenance activities.
• Checks sizing of components and parts.
• Specifies, requisitions, and installs parts and equipment.
• Coordinates maintenance spare parts.
• Assembles or secures pipes, tubes, fittings, or related equipment, according to specifications using a variety of hand and power tools (e.g., saws, cutting torches, pipe threaders, or pipe benders).
• Prepares various joints for assembly (e.g., bolted, welded, etc.) to meet specific system requirements.
• Lay out full-scale drawings of pipe systems, supports, and related equipment, following blueprints, plans, and drawings.
• Work from and prepare fabrication sketches for other team members to work from.
• Able to learn the techniques required to assemble high‑pressure fittings (e.g. Grayloc, Wave ring, Lens Ring and Autoclave tubing, etc.)
• Repairs, maintains, and installs equipment and machinery which is used in the process.
• Troubleshoots and repairs malfunctions and documents failure analysis.
• Collects equipment operation and history data to facilitate reliability improvements.
• Works within established Maintenance Work Processes and helps resolve issues that surface as a result of planning and scheduling work.
• Repair a variety of processes and rotating equipment used in industrial processing. The mechanical equipment may include ANSI pumps, various types of compressors, blowers, fans, gearboxes, mixers, extruders, and agitators.
• This job requires hands‑on fieldwork to determine the cause of equipment failure, locate spare parts, and install spare parts using repair procedures and machinist techniques for alignment.
• Utilize functional, and technical knowledge, company standards, and educational background or experience to analyze and solve problems.
• Develop and review routine maintenance procedures.
• Act as lead craftsman and or quality focal point and direct outside contractors as needed on routine and non‑routine repair activities.
• Work Nights and weekends as business needs dictate.

• Must have a High School diploma or GED and one of the following:
  • Associate degree or higher in a mechanical type craft or NCCER certified as a Millwright (NCCER Certification obtained through an Instructor Led Training Program is a preference). In lieu of a degree Dow will consider those with 3 or more years of relevant military experience.
  • 3 or more years of experience in an industrial environment as a Millwright/Mechanic or Pipe Fitter.
• Strong mechanical skills and mechanical aptitude.
• Previous experience sketching isometric drawings. (This experience could be from school, training, or on‑the‑job experience.)
• Able to learn company piping standards.
• Able to work overtime, including nights, weekends, and holidays with occasional overtime as dictated by business needs. Participates in an after hour call rotation for night and weekend coverage.
• Current, valid US driver's license.
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