Operations Support Mechanic New Iberia, LA
About The Position
The Operations Support Mechanic is responsible for improving equipment efficiency, upgrading designs, reducing maintenance, and improving machinery reliability. The role troubleshoots mechanical equipment issues, analyzes equipment performance and failure data, develops predictive maintenance schedules, and applies technical expertise to complex machinery problems. It also supports equipment repairs and overhauls, reviews design upgrades and new equipment, and helps train maintenance mechanics and operators. The position is based at SGS Retail Spanish Trl in New Iberia, Louisiana.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Five or more years of related experience and/or training.
- Certificates in A/C mobile equipment and millwright and/or mechanical work and welding.
- Advanced knowledge of rolling equipment, pumps, product movement and lift equipment, including individual components and auxiliaries, and compressor and pump operation and maintenance.
- Ability to track equipment performance against application requirements.
- Understanding of maintenance management, predictive and preventive maintenance, and reliability-centered maintenance principles.
- Ability to weld alloy materials and carbon steel.
- Ability to communicate effectively with management, professional engineers, craftspeople, customers, and clerical personnel.
- Computer literacy and ability to work with computer software.
- Demonstrated strengths in planning and organizing, initiative, judgment and analysis, decisiveness, and interpersonal communication.
- Ability to manage repairs and craftsmen.
Nice To Haves
- Welding experience.
- Crane operations experience.
- Heavy equipment operations experience.
- Electrical and instrumentation experience.
- Computer skills and experience.
- Hazardous material handling experience.
- HAZMET Technician experience.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot mechanical equipment problems to improve reliability and eliminate excessive maintenance costs and performance deficiencies.
- Coordinate root-cause investigations and ensure long-term solutions are identified.
- Analyze data to develop predictive maintenance schedules and address repetitive machinery failures.
- Prepare detailed technical reports on machinery performance and condition.
- Evaluate solutions and equipment repairs to minimize costly, disruptive downtime, and implement corrective expenditures based on overall profitability.
- Analyze mechanical equipment and issue maintenance work scopes and checklists as needed.
- Assist in training maintenance mechanics and operators on procedures related to major equipment.
- Perform WeightMaster and operation duties as needed.
- Help develop plans for major overhauls and repairs to maintain peak performance and prevent repetitive maintenance.
- Represent the Company during major equipment repairs at outside service shops, ensuring schedules and workmanship requirements are met.
- Review, recommend, and implement design upgrades, modernization, or equipment replacement to address design-related failures and downtime.
- Review engineering design, fabrication, and material details for new equipment.
- Observe the run-in of new or repaired mechanical equipment and recommend acceptance.
- Work some weekends as a management representative and respond to off-hours emergency callouts; work extensive overtime and long hours when critical equipment issues require it.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
