Avon Maintenance - General Maintenance Mechanic

Position Summary:

The Elessent Clean Technologies plant in Martinez, CA currently has an opening for a Maintenance Mechanic. The plant is a 24/7 manufacturing operation dedicated to the production of sulfuric acid catalyst pellets. This is primarily dayshift position (M-F) with some overtime in the form of extended hours, on call for all or any part of a workweek and occasional evening or weekend callout work. Elessent offers an exciting, safety-focused place to work. All employees are required to conduct themselves in alignment with the plant's behavioral expectations of safe, respectful, honest, candid, collaborative, creative, solutions focused, interdependent, and with good operational discipline. The DuPont Martinez plant is a smoke free work environment. Maintenance team members are responsible for the safe removal, assembly/disassembly, repair, installation, improvement, and preventative maintenance of highly specialized production equipment within an industrial chemical process.

Essential Duties:

Maintenance day employees work eight-hour shifts-Monday through Friday with evening and/or weekend overtime required, as needed, to support plant turnarounds, manpower shortages, and other critical plant needs. Maintenance employees participate in plant committees, continuous improvement activities, and incident investigations, etc. and use desktop computers with the Microsoft Office suite. Other special projects or duties assigned as needed.

Other Duties:

• Perform other duties as assigned

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.

The tasks of this position generally requires duties to be performed by:

• Stand; walk; and use arms and hands to handle, feel, reach, pull, turn, grasp, and carry items.
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• See up close and far away.
• Talk and hear.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Be able and willing to wear all PPE required for a chemical industrial manufacturing environment and completion of maintenance work tasks.
• Be able and willing to wear a respirator both continuously or intermittently and throughout the shift.
• Be able to work up to 12 hours/day-at any time of day.
• Climb up and down staircases, ladders, and scaffolding on an hourly/daily basis to perform job tasks

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounter while performing the essential functions of these jobs.

While performing the duties of these jobs, the employee will work in an industrial, chemical manufacturing environment and is required to work both indoor and outdoor and is routinely exposed to outside weather conditions. During the normal course of work, the employee will work in and/or be exposed to confined spaces, heights, noise, vibration, dust, cold, heat, chemicals, gases, and substances under pressure.

Safety and Ergonomic Requirements:

• Must practice safe work practices at all times and report any unsafe conditions immediately.
• Attend and participate in all required safety trainings.

Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Basic Maintenance Skills (Required)

• General mechanical skills for troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, and attention to detail.
• Pneumatics knowledge.
• Proficiency with power tools like grinders, drills, and saws.
• Familiarity with lubrication systems.
• Competence in machining (lathe, mill, saws, etc.).
• Solid foundational understanding of electrical systems.
• General metal fabrication skills.
• Ability to operate a forklift.

Advanced Maintenance Skills (Preferred)

• Welding expertise (stick, TIG, and stainless).
• Proficiency in machine alignment.
• Capability for pump rebuilds.
• Knowledge of construction and/or inspection of scaffolding.
• Skill in rigging and hoisting.

Education/Experience Requirements

• Minimum requirement: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Preferred: Associates degree, trade certifications, or other relevant professional certifications.
• Minimum of 2 years of industrial plant maintenance experience, with 5 or more years preferred.
• Competency in safely using maintenance tools and equipment.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to read technical drawings and schematics.
• Proficiency with desktop computer skills, including Microsoft Office.

Other details

• Pay Type Hourly
• Employment Indicator Regular
• Min Hiring Rate $35.00
• Max Hiring Rate $55.00

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