PLANT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS (Levels I-III)

GCC•Big Stone City, SD

About The Position

This role is responsible for repairing and maintaining equipment and building operations, including ready-mix plant, recycler, and other miscellaneous equipment. The technician will ensure all equipment is operated safely, reinforce the safety culture, attend safety meetings, and promptly fix issues identified during inspections. A key focus is ensuring the mechanical availability of the ready-mix plant daily and minimizing unplanned production outages. The role involves proactive communication of uptime challenges to management, performing preventive maintenance, and resolving equipment breakdowns efficiently, avoiding temporary fixes. The technician will develop skills to improve mechanical abilities, educate operations and plant managers on appropriate plant operation methods, and troubleshoot unexpected breakdowns to identify root causes. Collaboration with the accounting department is required to follow administrative procedures and categorize maintenance expenses. Daily Key Performance Indicators will be utilized to drive operational excellence in maintenance. Occasional overnight travel is required.

Requirements

Must know all aspects of air handling devices, i.e. cylinders, solenoids, compressors, regulators.
Knowledgeable of electric over air systems.
Must be able to work with PVC and rigid piping for handling of air and water.
Knowledge of pumps and their capacities.
Must have expertise in the utilization of these tools.
Must understand 480-volt systems and lower.
Must be able to read schematics and prints.
Troubleshooting experience necessary.
Computer batch panel experience necessary.
Must be able to read prints and plant layout features, i.e. plumbing, air and electrical systems, conveyors, hoppers, silos and bins.
Must be able to use a transit and experience installing forms.

Nice To Haves

Formal training and/or certification.
Formal training and/or certification preferred.
Formal and/or certification necessary.

Responsibilities

Repair and maintain equipment and building operations including ready-mix plant, recycler and other miscellaneous equipment.
Repair plant equipment to ensure safe operation.
Reinforce the safety culture throughout the entire organization.
Attend plant safety meetings.
Fix issues identified during plant inspections in a timely manner.
Ensure the ready-mix plant is mechanically available every day and that unplanned production outages are kept to an absolute minimum.
Proactively communicate problems in achieving continual plant uptime to Ready Mix Management Team.
Effectively and efficiently perform all preventive maintenance activities.
Quickly resolve all equipment breakdowns.
Avoid fixing equipment with temporary patches that do not resolve the fundamental cause of the equipment failure.
Develop additional skills required to continually improve personal mechanical abilities.
Educate the Operations Manager, Plant Managers, and Drivers about the appropriate methods to operate all parts of the plant.
Troubleshoot unexpected breakdowns to identify root causes of the failure.
Work with the Accounting department to ensure all administrative procedures are followed and that all maintenance expenses are appropriately categorized by piece of equipment.
Utilize daily Key Performance Indicators to drive operational excellence in maintenance.