Maintenance Journeyman, 2nd Shift

Job Title: Maintenance Journeyman

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Department: Operations - Maintenance

Reports To: Maintenance Planner & Supervisor

Purpose: The Maintenance Journeyman position is responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain production and facility equipment according to safety, predictive and productive maintenance systems and processes to support the achievement of the site’s business goals and objectives.

Key Result Areas:

• Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility’s equipment.
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Perform simple machinist duties and responsibilities.
• Perform mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments.
• Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and plant facilities.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties.
• Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
• Any other duties that may be required of the position, including but not limited to plumbing, light fixtures, heaters and lift truck/man-lift repairs.

Main Interactions: Maintenance, Engineering, Production, Contractors daily and as needed to perform job duties effectively and as required.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma/GED
• Must possess a Maintenance Journeyman’s card for industrial maintenance work or minimum of 2 years technical courses from an accredited vocational/technical school or college. Courses completed will include hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, PLC’s, machine repair, or a combination of courses deemed appropriate.
• Must be a qualified lift truck operator.

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Must be willing to work 3rd shift

Experience: Must have at least 2-5 years of industrial maintenance experience and qualified troubleshooting skills in the fields of electrical, hydraulics, pneumatics, and PLC’s.

Knowledge: Working knowledge of microprocessor machine controls (PLC’s) required.

Skills & Behavior:

• Safety awareness to ensure all assigned tasks are handled in a safe manner
• Technical capacity
• Ethical conduct
• Results driven and initiative
• Highly developed communication skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to effectively interface with others

Vesuvius USA offers the opportunity to contribute to the success of a world class organization, a competitive salary, and generous benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities: The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)