General Mechanic

DuPont•Pencader Farms, DE

20h•Onsite

About The Position

At DuPont, the purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive, focusing on areas such as providing clean water, producing materials for everyday technology, and protecting workers globally. The DuPont Vespel® Plant, a 24/7 production facility, has an opening for a Maintenance Multi-Craft Mechanic. This position is primarily a day shift role (Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) but requires some overtime, including extended hours, weekend, and occasional evening or weekend call-in work. The primary focus of this role is to provide maintenance support to plant facilities and operations by performing preventive and predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairing manufacturing equipment. Maintenance team members are responsible for the safe removal, assembly/disassembly, repair, installation, and improvement of highly specialized production equipment. Employees are expected to support all Safety, Environmental, Quality, and Personal Development activities/systems. DuPont is a tobacco-free work environment.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED equivalent
A trade/journeyman certificate or higher in a maintenance, mechanical, or related field
3+ years of experience in industrial plant maintenance on process equipment in the following: Pumps, compressors, rotating equipment, etc., HVAC (boilers, cooling towers, air compressors, chillers, etc.)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to follow and help write detailed maintenance procedures
Basic knowledge of hydraulics operations
Be able and willing to wear all PPE required, including a respirator both continuously or intermittently throughout the shift, for a high hazard chemical industrial manufacturing environment
Flexibility, initiative, and perseverance to troubleshoot and solve complex problems

Nice To Haves

Experience with compression molding presses and hydraulic presses is helpful

Responsibilities

Complete general maintenance and equipment repairs in an accurate and safe manner
Maintain complete records, manuals, technical references, prints, and diagrams associated with all plant maintenance and repair activities
Interpret blue prints, sketches, and verbal instruction
Update work instructions, procedures, and other media
Use desktop computer-based systems such as SAP, ETQ Reliance, email, and MS Office Suite, etc.
Provide maintenance support to plant facilities and operations by performing preventive and predictive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairing manufacturing equipment
Perform safe removal, assembly/disassembly, repair, installation and improvement of highly specialized production equipment
Support all Safety, Environmental, Quality and Personal Development activities/systems