Plant Maintenance Technician

Ecolab•Joliet, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Ecolab is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic to join our team in Joliet, IL. As a Maintenance Mechanic, you’ll be responsible for applying Ecolab standards, and ensuring safe, sustainable, and efficient operations to maintain plant equipment and infrastructure. You will participate in essential TPM tasks, including safety and environmental procedures, progressive quality initiatives, autonomous maintenance, focused improvement, preventive maintenance, and 5S practices.

Requirements

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent
2 years of experience working in an industrial maintenance environment
1 year of experience with electronic and PLC based applications in an industrial environment
1 year of experience with electrical and mechanical systems in an industrial environment
No immigration sponsorship available for this role

Nice To Haves

2 years of mechanical experience in a chemical plant
4 years of industrial experience
1 year of experience with tools, procedures and methods utilized in an industrial maintenance environment
Experience working with pumps, welding, bearings, electrical safety, forklifts, gears, hydraulics, valves, and rigging
Formal vocational training in an industrial engineering discipline
Strong attention to detail and communication skills
Experience working in a TPM environment
Ability to track safety, quality, and productivity data
Experience working in a Lean Manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

Understand and comply with SH&E standards, actively promote safe and responsible behavior, and positively challenge any unsafe practices by completing monthly safety observations
Proactively propose and implement improvements to existing work practices and quality of products
Look for and record non-conformances on equipment and report to Maintenance Team Leader
Contribute to root cause analysis and develop solutions to help with quality management
Monitor effectiveness of maintenance activities to maximize equipment availability
Implement continuous improvement activities via problem solving or tagging activities, contribute fully to TPM improvement teams, and promote a culture of continuous improvement
Follow standard maintenance procedures, proposing and implementing improvements, and ensuring timely completion of all maintenance tasks. These tasks may consist of electrical, welding, plumbing, troubleshooting on filler equipment, tank and pipes, and part replacements as well as PLC programming
Complete all planned and preventative maintenance tasks on-time including timely escalation of potential issues to engineering team
Propose new preventative maintenance tasks or updates for the existing preventative maintenance tasks
Carry out safe and effective equipment repairs, including urgent breakdown repairs
Perform other duties as assigned

Benefits

medical
dental
vision
matching 401K
company-paid pension
stock purchase plan
paid parental leave
select discounted childcare resources
life insurance
accident insurance
critical illness insurance
hospital indemnity insurance
auto insurance
home insurance
pet insurance
identity theft protection
short-term and long-term disability
401k
pension plans
retirement health care benefits
short-term incentives
vacation (12 days)
holidays
parental leave
employee stock purchase plans (Full-Time Associates)
discount on day care services and caregiver services
adoption assistance
group legal services
employee assistance program
employee discount program
education assistance program
on-Site childcare and fitness facilities may be available at select Ecolab locations