Industrial Mechanic

USG Corporation

1d • Onsite

About The Position

USG is hiring an Industrial Mechanic for the Maintenance Department at its Cloquet plant, its largest ceiling tile production facility. The role maintains and repairs production machinery and mechanical equipment, including motors, pneumatic tools, hydraulic systems, conveyor systems, and production machines. The mechanic follows technical documents and specifications, troubleshoots malfunctions, identifies defects using measuring and testing instruments, and removes, inspects, adjusts, or replaces parts. The position also involves following the plant’s reliability performance model, maintaining technical knowledge, conserving maintenance resources, and supporting safety and continuous-improvement initiatives.

The role requires readiness to work the schedules production needs, which may include rotating 12-hour shifts, overnight work, weekends, and overtime during breakdowns or emergencies. The job has physical requirements that may include lifting items weighing 49 pounds or less, working in extreme temperatures, at heights, and in confined spaces, and navigating uneven terrain, ramps, steps, and ladders. The listed pay range is $29.63 per hour, with potential to earn up to $39.75 per hour; pay may be adjusted based on qualifications and experience.

Requirements

• Millwright or other maintenance-related degree and/or industrial mechanic experience is preferred.
• Consistently understand and follow plant and departmental safety rules, standards, and programs.
• Use safe work practices and demonstrate the ability to protect oneself and coworkers from potential safety hazards.
• Have regular and predictable attendance.
• Be able to safely operate plant mobile equipment.
• Complete and pass the mechanical skills assessment.
• Understand verbal and written instructions from plant supervision and efficiently perform assigned tasks.
• Maintain personal tools as required by the maintenance department.
• Meet the essential physical requirements, which may include lifting items weighing 49 pounds or less, working in extreme temperatures, at heights, and in confined spaces, and negotiating uneven terrain, ramps, steps, and ladders.
• Know when, where, and how to use standard and specialized personal protective equipment.
• Cooperate with coworkers on safety, quality, and production or maintenance, and understand how assigned tasks relate to other requirements.
• Be willing to work shifts that may include overnights and weekends, and overtime as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Millwright or other maintenance-related degree and/or experience as an industrial mechanic.
• Shop skills including power and hand tools, rigging and overhead lifting, complex measuring, blueprint comprehension, layout and fabrication, electric arc welding, basic mechanic skills, oxy-acetylene torch-cutting, propylene torch-heating, special maintenance problem solving, and forklift operation.
• Mechanical and technical understanding of mechanical fundamentals, lubrication, maintenance documents, pumps, piping systems, welding and cutting (stick, MIG, TIG, and torch), bearings, basic hydraulics and hydraulic troubleshooting, and pneumatic principles and components.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Complete preventive maintenance on motors, pneumatic tools, hydraulic systems, conveyor systems, and production machines.
• Follow diagrams, sketches, manuals, manufacturer instructions, and engineering specifications, and troubleshoot malfunctions.
• Identify sources of equipment problems by observing machinery and using precision measuring and testing instruments.
• Dismantle equipment and remove defective parts using hoists, cranes, and hand or power tools.
• Inspect used parts and determine changes in dimensional requirements using measuring instruments.
• Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments using hand tools and alignment aids.
• Conform to the plant’s reliability performance model and maintenance activities and requirements.
• Maintain technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing technical publications.
• Conserve maintenance resources and supplies while accomplishing assigned work.
• Contribute to team efforts and complete related tasks as needed.
• Take an active role in plant safety and continuous-improvement initiatives as required by supervision.
• Perform assignments delegated by the Mechanical Supervisors.
• Work shift schedules, including overnights and weekends, as required by production schedules or plant priorities.
• Work overtime as needed during breakdowns or emergencies.

Benefits

• 401(k) investment plan with company matching
• Pension plan
• Up to six flex days each year
• Earned vacation
• Vacation buy program
• Nine paid holidays
• $3.00 shift differential for night shifts
• Six weeks of paid parental leave
• Annual footwear allowance
• Education assistance program
• Medical insurance options
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Company-provided short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company-provided life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Optional accident insurance
• Optional legal insurance
• Optional pet insurance
• Quarterly bonus potential for hourly employees based on performance metrics tied to safety, quality, and productivity
• Paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed