What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Mechanic position at Oterra?
General Summary
This position works under general supervision and is primarily responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, diagnosing and repairing production equipment and machinery. Assist with maintenance of building facilities as requested by management.
Principal Duties And Responsibilities (* = Essential Functions)
Working environment may be in a production unit and includes frequent exposures to wet, humid, dusty, or loud conditions, moving machine parts, fumes or airborne particles and caustic chemicals. May come in contact with extremely cold conditions (-55°C). A company issued uniform is required to be worn along with personal protective equipment at all times. This can include coveralls, dust mask, hearing protection, hair/beard net, safety glasses, gloves, and safety shoes. Employees in this position are required to wear a full face respirator when handling hazardous materials. Because wearing a respirator is a safety requirement, employees in this position are prohibited from having: (1) facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the respirator and the employee’s face, or (2) any other condition that interferes with the face to respirator seal. Not all facial hair is prohibited, only facial hair that interferes with the seal. Oterra will consider requests for a reasonable accommodation to these requirements in order to accommodate a sincerely held religious belief or a condition that constitutes a disability.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; scoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and use foot/feet to operate machines. Must be able to lift and/or move 50 lbs. and occasionally up to 100 lbs. (assisted). This includes repetitive bending and lifting of items to stack or dump. Must be able to work under hot or extreme cold, wet, and sometimes-dusty, and loud conditions, dust mask, coveralls and, or hearing protection may be required. Strict compliance to “air lock” rules to avoid interdepartmental contamination.
This position works under general supervision and is primarily responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, diagnosing and repairing production equipment and machinery. Assist with maintenance of building facilities as requested by management.
Principal Duties And Responsibilities (* = Essential Functions)
- Ensures optimum up-time of all production equipment and machinery by trouble shooting, diagnosing and repairing any problems in the most cost efficient and timely manner.
- Coordinates with production the repair or the preventative maintenance of production equipment and machinery utilizing Machine manuals and diagrams to minimize down time.
- Designs and implement preventative maintenance systems, procedures and methods.
- Maintains, diagnoses and repairs the building and all its components.
- Completes all required paperwork, etc.
- Ability to read, write and speak English.
- Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts including conversion of weight and volume in the metric system.
- Ability to read and follow basic building diagrams and schematics.
- Ability to understand basic Machine manuals and diagrams.
- Experience in using Lock Out Tag Out to isolate all potential energy (Electrical, Pneumatic, Hydraulic Etc..)
- Possess a working knowledge of computers with an ability to operate basic controls for equipment operation and creation of documents in Word or Excel.
- Ability to use basic hand tools (hammer, screwdriver, wrench) for assembly and disassembly of equipment.
- Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers regarding the status of a mechanical project.
- Experience with PD, Pneumatic pumps, and three phase electrical is preferred, willingness to learn boiler operation
- Should be a self-starter that can prioritize their workday and function with minimal direct supervision.
- These characteristics are normally acquired through a High school diploma or GED, with one-year certificate from a technical school, and 1 to 3 years related experience
- Experience using a CMMS system to create and complete work orders. Knowledge or experience using spread sheets is a plus.
Working environment may be in a production unit and includes frequent exposures to wet, humid, dusty, or loud conditions, moving machine parts, fumes or airborne particles and caustic chemicals. May come in contact with extremely cold conditions (-55°C). A company issued uniform is required to be worn along with personal protective equipment at all times. This can include coveralls, dust mask, hearing protection, hair/beard net, safety glasses, gloves, and safety shoes. Employees in this position are required to wear a full face respirator when handling hazardous materials. Because wearing a respirator is a safety requirement, employees in this position are prohibited from having: (1) facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the respirator and the employee’s face, or (2) any other condition that interferes with the face to respirator seal. Not all facial hair is prohibited, only facial hair that interferes with the seal. Oterra will consider requests for a reasonable accommodation to these requirements in order to accommodate a sincerely held religious belief or a condition that constitutes a disability.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; scoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and use foot/feet to operate machines. Must be able to lift and/or move 50 lbs. and occasionally up to 100 lbs. (assisted). This includes repetitive bending and lifting of items to stack or dump. Must be able to work under hot or extreme cold, wet, and sometimes-dusty, and loud conditions, dust mask, coveralls and, or hearing protection may be required. Strict compliance to “air lock” rules to avoid interdepartmental contamination.
