PRIMARY FUNCTION
To inspect, repair, and maintain all plant equipment, including furnaces, presses, and all related equipment inside and outside the plant. Includes Carpenter, Electrician, Millright, and Welder craft skills.
Tools And Equipment:
Hand tools such as: socket; box end; open-end wrenches; pliers; screw drivers; portable power tools; drills; skill saw; sander; grinder; oxyacetylene cutting outfit; electric arc welding equipment; micrometers; depth gauges; vernier calipers; sheet metal shears; voltage tester; ammeter and voltmeter; pipe wrenches; pipe threaders; taps and dies for chasing and cutting machine threads; saws; cross-cut and rip; hand hammer; tube cutters and flaring tool; hydraulic jacks; hydraulic pumps; water pumps; fork lift trucks; come-a-long; chains; slings; ladders; drainage snakes; bolt cutters; pressure gauges; power hack saw; gear pullers; “C” clamps; chain falls; clock and tackle; soldering iron; blueprints and sketches.
Materials:
Forging presses, and their component parts, all other plant equipment, including but not limited to; hydraulic, electrical, and plumbing systems; heating and cooling systems; recirculating water systems; gas and electric ovens and furnaces, cranes, plant utilities, air compressors, exhaust systems, etc.
Source Of Supervision:
Plant Superintendent, Maintenance Foreman, and Production Foreman.
Direction Exercised:
May direct production employees while assisting during breakdowns.
Working Procedure:
- Receives instructions, prints, sketches, and work orders for jobs.
- Troubleshoots, repairs and maintains all plant equipment including but not limited to items under “Materials.”
- Fabricates fixtures for plant equipment, working from prints or sketches, using various measuring devices, arc or gas welding equipment, power and hand tools.
- Troubleshoots, repairs and maintains plant electrical systems, using proper electrical testing instruments, schematics, etc.
- May install, or aid in installation of new equipment or re-location of present equipment as required.
- Advises supervision of problem areas, developed during Preventive Maintenance checks.
- May determine and advise supervisors of material requirements for jobs.
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* The above statement reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all of the work requirements that may be inherent in the job.