Maintenance Operator Azusa

polyntspa•Azusa, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves troubleshooting, repairing, installing, and maintaining all mechanical equipment within a chemical plant that operates on a 24-hour, 7-day schedule. Responsibilities include working rotating on-call status and potentially night or weekend shifts. The mechanical equipment includes various types of pumps (centrifugal, positive displacement, air diaphragm, etc.), agitators, fans, blowers, mechanical seals, and sealing devices. The operator will also install and modify existing and new piping systems and lines, including valves, vessels, filters, exchangers (assembly and disassembly), and perform equipment setting and alignment. Additional duties may encompass structural, construction, painting, concrete, insulation, and light sheet metal work. The position requires learning proper methods for equipment and safety inspections, inspecting equipment for defects, recording all repairs in the CMMS system, and writing and performing preventative maintenance tasks. The operator must become familiar with relevant maintenance department SOPs, understand plant processes and associated hazards, and strictly follow plant safety policies and procedures (e.g., fall protection, lock out tag out, hot work, confined space). Familiarity with proper PPE task requirements is essential. Active participation in safety committees, near miss reporting, incident investigations, and safety housekeeping inspections is expected, along with completing and initiating proper documentation of work orders in the SAP system.

Requirements

Pass a routine physical examination and drug test.
Lift and control a minimum of 50-pound load from floor level to standing position.
Regularly walk, climb stairs, ladders, scaffolds, etc. both indoors and outdoors, in all weather conditions.
Operate power tools such as a drill press, band saw, grinders, etc.
Operate torches, welders, cutters, etc.
Operate plant vehicles, such as forklift and boom lift.
Operate basic hand tools, measurement and test equipment.
Self motivated, quality and safety conscious individual.
Communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and written, and read and follow instructions with minimal supervision.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the willingness to learn from and train others.
High school diploma or equivalent level as a minimum education.

Nice To Haves

Additional course work, technical training, apprenticeship, etc, is desirable.

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot, repair, install and maintain all mechanical equipment in a chemical plant.
Troubleshoot, repair, install and maintain pumps (centrifugal, positive displacement, air diaphragm, etc.), agitators, fans, blowers, mechanical seals and sealing devices.
Install and modify existing and new piping systems and lines, including valves, vessels, filters, exchangers (assembly and disassembly) and equipment setting and alignment.
Perform structural, construction, painting, concrete, insulation and light sheet metal work.
Learn proper methods for equipment and safety inspections.
Inspect equipment for defects and record all repairs in the CMMS system.
Write and perform preventative maintenance tasks.
Become familiar with relevant maintenance department SOPs.
Learn the plant processes and hazards associated with them.
Be safety conscious and follow the plant safety policies and procedures (e.g. fall protection, lock out tag out, hot work, confined space).
Become familiar with the proper PPE task requirements.
Actively participate in safety committee, near miss reporting, incident investigations, and safety housekeeping inspections.
Complete and initiate the proper documentation of work orders in the SAP system.