Industrial Maintenance Technician - Greenville, NC

Tomorrow RDS, LLC is a well-established company whose core business is recycling, processing, and marketing materials. RDS operates four different facilities across three different states, servicing the recycling needs of thousands of companies and households. RDS is committed to recovering as much material as possible from the waste stream for both the short- and long-term health of our environment.

Tomorrow RDS is a successful, growing company who has an exciting opening for a motivated Maintenance Technician to assist in our next phase of our growth in Greenville, NC. This position presents an opportunity to work among automated, high-tech recycling equipment and machinery to manage a facility where commingled recycling materials are sorted into bales for sale and shipment to end-market vendors where they are remanufactured into new products. Joining the RDS team will give you training and first-hand knowledge of the advancing, dynamic recycling industry on the east coast.

Job Summary

A maintenance mechanic is responsible for the entire operating facility, repairs, and preventative maintenance, as well as special projects. In addition, the maintenance mechanic is responsible for maintaining all heavy equipment in the facility including balers, sort line, loaders, and forklifts. This will include regularly scheduled PM as well as minor repairs on all facility equipment.

Report to

The maintenance mechanic works under the supervision of the Plant Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Performs repairs in accordance with Company Safety and OSHA (Occupational and Safety Health Act) requirements


• Performs preventive maintenance inspection (PM); diagnose, repair, and rebuild major equipment/components including but not limited to balers, conveyors, hydraulic power packs, eddy currents, electro-magnetic belts, optical sorters, diverters, compressors, trash compactors, motors, glass breakers, wire tie systems, fans, pumps, forklifts, front-end loaders, tractors/trailers and building equipment


• Establishes and adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules and advises leadership if additional work is needed or cannot be completed within the Standard Repair Times


• Inspects the quality of third-party repairs and or rebuilds


• Recommends measures to improve production, equipment performance and product quality


• Safely operates tools and equipment needed during the repair and servicing of equipment


• Diagnose defects and repair a variety of equipment and mobile equipment.


• Estimate time and materials required to perform major repairs


• Performs service calls for emergency breakdowns


• Maintains a clean, safe work area in compliance with Corporate/OSHA Standards and performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures


• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED


• Three (3) or more years of mechanical experience


• Ability to work a flexible schedule which may include nights and weekends to support operations and the needs of the facility


• Valid Driver License

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Knowledge of all tools required to perform repairs and maintenance on equipment


• Ability to follow schedules, instructions, technical manuals and maintenance guidelines, and other procedures associated with the maintenance of the company equipment


• Knowledge of OSHA and other state and federal regulations


• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers


• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operation, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service


• Excellent analytical, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills


• Ability to exert muscle force to lift, push, pull or carry objects


• Ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example: two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting or standing


• Knowledge of proper lifting techniques

Working Conditions & Other Physical Requirements:

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 and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; and outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Tomorrow RDS, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Must successfully pass a drug/alcohol screening.