Maintenance Journeyman

Ingevity•Covington, VA
•Onsite

About The Position

Ingevity’s Covington, Virginia plant is hiring a Carbon Tour Maintenance Journeyman to perform pipefitter and millwright maintenance, repair, and construction work throughout the plant. The role includes laying out, installing, dismantling, repairing, connecting, and maintaining piping and related equipment. It involves rotating 12-hour shifts on a modified Dupont rotation, weekend work, overtime as required, and floating shifts to fill vacancies. The plant operates in a union environment, with a probationary period of 120 worked days. Applicants must complete a drug screen, criminal background check, and physical before hire.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • At least one of the following: Millwright Journeyman card; Pipefitter Journeyman card; or completion of the NCCER Level 4 Industrial Maintenance Mechanic program with at least four years of industrial-related maintenance experience.
  • Strong math skills and understanding of physics as they relate to equipment.
  • Excellent communication, teamwork, consensus-building, and interpersonal skills.
  • Physical ability to work on feet, climb stairs and ladders to high areas, crawl in confined areas, and work in restrictive spaces.
  • Availability for rotating 12-hour shifts, weekend work, and overtime as required.

Responsibilities

  • Perform repairs, maintenance, overhaul, and service work on industrial and automotive equipment.
  • Analyze assigned jobs, lay out work, procure materials, diagnose problems, and remedy issues or breakdowns.
  • Install and maintain high-pressure steam lines and hydraulic control systems.
  • Understand the general operating principles of equipment being serviced.
  • Read, interpret, and work from drawings, blueprints, sketches, diagrams, and manuals.
  • Apply mathematics, mechanics, and physics to measurements, rigging, and equipment repair.
  • Perform some work in other crafts, which may include welding, tinning, machinist work, carpentry, and instrumentation.
  • Work independently and self-direct while completing jobs.
  • Work rotating shifts, weekends, and overtime as required, and float shifts to fill vacancies.

Benefits

  • Competitive hourly wage rates
  • Medical, dental, and life insurance effective on the first day of employment
  • Eligible for 401(k) after 90 days
  • Holiday pay
  • Wellness activity opportunities
  • Employee Stock Purchasing Plan option
  • Employee discounts, including YMCA and Verizon
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