Mechanical Technician

Description

PTC Alliance is a leading manufacturer and marketer of welded and cold drawn mechanical steel tubing and tubular shapes, plated bar and tubing, and fabricated parts and precision components.

We at PTC Alliance value our employees’ health and wellness. We offer the following:

• FREE Healthcare
• 401K plan with company match -- 35% company match on first 2%-6%
• Shift Premium- $0.20/Afternoon shift & $0.28/Midnight shift
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Annual boot allowance
• Uniforms Available
• PAID lunch
• Time and a half over 8 hours
• Double time on Sundays
• True 8-hour workdays
• Company paid lunch on overtime
• Referral Bonus
• HSA option
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Annual college scholarship available for children & grandchildren of PTC Alliance employees

PTCAlliance (PTCA) is a growing, fast-paced, mechanically advanced organization that provides value added solutions to world-wide users of mechanical tubing. This is not “an old steel pipe” business. PTCAlliance is a fact-based, solutions oriented company that is growing each day. PTCA is a manufacturer of welded steel & alloy tubing and chrome-plated bar. PTCA has eight plants in PA, OH, IN, IL and MO; and its products are used globally, in products made by its customers such as Caterpillar, John Deere, Jeep, and Honda.

Job Summary: 

Inspects, repairs, replaces, welds, installs, adjusts, erects, maintains, and lays out work for all mechanical equipment and all types of pipelines, fittings, and fixtures throughout the plant

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Direct and engages with other crafts as needed. Signals crane man to lift and transport heavy equipment as required

• Observes all safety regulations

• Works in shop or field

• Receives instructions, prints or work orders for jobs covering the scheduled and emergency repair, installation, inspection, and preventative maintenance work to be done

• Interprets drawings and sketches, plans details of working procedure for tool and material requirements. Selects materials in accordance with suitability for job

• Inspects equipment for defects such as misalignment, wear, insufficient lubrication, etc.

• Determines the most logical way of making repairs to minimize interruption of production

• Advises when immediate shutdown of equipment is necessary to minimize damage, or when temporarily continued operation will have no harmful effect

• Dismantles, cleans, repairs, replaces, installs, maintains, assembles and lubricates mechanical equipment, taking all safety precautions

• Adjusts equipment for proper operating characteristics

• Makes either temporary or permanent repairs

• Assembles and aligns gears, bearings and shafts, involving the application of pers, sliding and running fits

• Operates simple machine tools such as drill press, pipe threading machine, power saw, etc.

• Erects scaffolds and performs simple rigging as necessary

• Changes, sets up and adjusts equipment

• Works with repair crews as directed on emergency breakdowns

• Uses electric or acetylene welding equipment to weld, braze, and/or solder parts, machinery, piping, hangers, brackets, etc. or any other necessary for the job at hand

• Uses burning torch as required

The incumbent is expected to understand that all employees have a shared responsibility for the quality of products and related services provided to our customers. Duties and Responsibilities are to be carried out in accordance with the PTCA Quality Management System and its policies, procedures, and work instructions as applicable to the job or function being performed. 

Minimum Education and/or Experience Requirements: 

• High School diploma or GED required
• Trade School Certificate for Millwright Course, associate degree or equivalent experience is preferred
• Three to Five years of experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Willing to offer minimal training to individuals with previous experience working towards getting their Journeyman's card

Number of Direct Reports:  None                          

Job Titles of Direct Reports:  None

Skills and Abilities: 

• Lays out work, makes sketches of piping as required, and calculates dimensions and radius bends
• Sets up and operates banding, threading, and cutoff equipment, and uses various hand tools of the trade to shape and fabricate pipe as required for installation
• Tests, inspects, dismantles, repairs, replaces or installs any type of high or low pressure piping, fittings, and fixtures as required for maintenance and construction of pipe lines for air, water, steam, oil, gas, acid, caustic, etc.
• Makes and seals various types of joints such as: expansion, flange, nipple, coupling, union, lead wiped, soldered, flared, calked, etc. Sets up pipe for welded or special type joint
• Installs gaskets, packing, pipe supports, etc.

• Applies various types of insulation and pipe coverings
• Inspects, monitors, maintains Waste Water Treatment and Acid Recovery Systems and auxiliary equipment, including filters, pumps, gauges, etc.
• Troubleshoots Waste Water Treatment and Acid Recovery systems for proper operation.
• Train pickler in such areas as operation of valves and in the proper procedure for emptying and filling tanks
• Train other personnel in duties of the job as required
• Unplug lines, dip stick tanks, and perform other miscellaneous jobs
• Responsible for transfer of material necessary for proper operation of equipment
• Exercises all types of safety precautions, and makes provisions for handling materials and equipment to and from job site as required for the job at hand
• Receives job information from, and enters all information into computer as required

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: 

None

Work Environment:  

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts.  The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles; caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; and extreme heat.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands:

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and climb or balance.  The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and smell.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

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