Solar Pile Multi-craft Technician

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Pay starting  (Dependant on Experience) up to $48.29

Mechanical testing is required 

Day shift hours!

Benefits, starting day 1! 

Up to 6% 401K Match, Dollar for Dollar. 

Job Summary:

Plan, lay out, and perform all operations pertaining to the installation, maintenance, and repair of a wide variety of complex steel mill equipment used in various departments and related plant facilities.  Diagnose and work in many varied and diversified capacities required in highly technical maintenance. Overhaul and repair items as needed, primarily involving special automatic electrical and electronic controls.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Perform a complex range and wide variety of duties on diversified and complex work, including mechanical, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, and pneumatic troubleshooting and maintenance.


2. Use technical electronic diagnostic and computer equipment, along with a variety of precision instruments, to effectively and efficiently diagnose, dismantle, repair, lubricate, and reassemble plant equipment. 


3. Exercise judgement when troubleshooting AC/DC motor controls, PLC, electrical drives and all high voltage systems up to the site voltage maximum. 


4. Perform precision shaft and equipment alignment.


5. Perform motor circuit analysis including resistance and phase balance.


6. Analyze work orders and/or equipment malfunctions to plan troubleshooting procedures and materials required. 


7. Provide instructions to other Maintenance personnel to reduce production delays related to equipment malfunctions or failures.


8. Execute the planning and scheduling of maintenance activities.


9. Maintain CMMS records.


10. Position, fit, and weld components to assemble structural forms, machinery frames, plant equipment, attachments or accessories, and building parts according to blueprints or knowledge of structural and metal characteristics. 


11. Utilize various specialty cutting and welding equipment.


12. Troubleshoot and service pumps, gearboxes, motors, cranes, and hydraulic and pneumatic systems as needed.


13. Repair damaged motors, starters, solenoids, instrument controls, generators, transformers, rectifiers, electronic controls and regulators, and various mill power distribution and equipment control systems.


14. Tear down complicated units, repairs or replaces defective parts or wiring, and reassembles. 


15. Install and wire motors and controls for all steel mill machines, intricate controls with multiple interlocking and safety devices. 


16. Perform related general maintenance operations such as pipe fitting, ordinary carpentry and masonry, oxyacetylene and arc welding, and machining, as required or assigned in accordance with workload priorities.


17. Service the electrical/mechanical aspect of pumps, motors, cranes, and hydraulic and pneumatic systems as needed.


18. Maintain specified records of work performed, details of repairs, and materials usage. 


19. Interpret schematics/blueprints at an advanced level.

Additional Responsibilities:

1. Operate mobile equipment to lift and transport materials, including loaders, cranes, man-lifts and forklifts.


2. Ensure daily preventative maintenance is performed on vehicles and mobile equipment, which may include fueling, cleaning, and checking/adding fluids as needed.


3. Follow all PPE requirements and safety rules and guidelines for all tasks being performed.


4. Assist in training of coworkers as needed.


5. Maintain communication with coworkers through two-way radio and hand signals.


6. Demonstrate ability and willingness to work as part of a self-directed team with limited supervision. 


7. Maintains work areas and equipment in clean and orderly condition.


8. Exhibit engagement in GBS tools and methodology.


9. Have basic computer skills, specifically, SAP experience and Microsoft.


10. Vendor Services planning


11. Parts Store upkeep - SAP purchasing / Receiving / Inventory


12. Perform all other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED.


• Verifiable maintenance technical training.


• Understanding of shop mathematics with the use of drawings, specifications, charts, tables, and precision measuring instruments.


• Experience working in an industrial environment in a position containing a routine maintenance component.


• 7 to 10 years of heavy industrial maintenance experience.


• Mastery knowledge of the following maintenance disciplines: AC/DC motors, gearbox mechanics, lubrication principles, welding, cutting torch, NFPA 70E, common maintenance hand tools.                                                                                      


• Advanced knowledge of pump, gearbox, hydraulic system, pneumatic system, stick and tig welding and rigging principles (heavy load calculations). 


• Thorough understanding of lubricants (gearbox, couplings, bearings).


• Applicable level 1 PDM training in the following: laser alignment, vibration, IR, MCE, lubrication, and ultrasound.


• Experience creating standard operating procedures.


• Experience with Robotics


• Experience  with Failure Analysis and FMEA principles


• Experience using Precision measuring instruments , Dial indicators, micrometers, Thermal imagers.

AAS in industrial maintenance and maintenance reliability certifications are preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to climb stairs, climb ladders, reach, squat, tolerate prolonged standing/walking, balance, bend, operate mobile equipment, crawl, kneel, and push and pull objects.


• Ability to reach, squat, and tolerate prolonged sitting.


• Ability to lift up to 70 lbs.


• Ability to operate hand controls with both hands and foot pedals with both feet.


• Ability to perform sustained overhead reaching.


• Ability to work in extreme ambient temperatures up to 160°F.


• Ability to work in cramped quarters and at heights.


• Ability to work a rotating shift schedule including days, nights and weekends.


• Ability to tolerate working in areas where noise levels can reach 120 decibels.

Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.  

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