Location: Baton Rouge,LA, USA
Benefits & Compensation Package Includes:
* Hourly rate starts at $30.24/hour.
* Paid holidays and vacation time
* Bonus program
* Group medical/pharmacy insurance options with company funded health care spending accounts
* Dental and Vision insurance
* 401k account with company matching contribution
* A robust Wellness program with financial rewards
* Company-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance
* Options to purchase additional life insurance (employee, spouse, and child) and additional employee long-term disability insurance.
* Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
* Tuition benefits including professional certifications
* Employee referral program
Job Description:
Responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:
* Inspecting, repairing, installing, and servicing of stationary and mobile equipment;
* Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment, such as motors, cables, pumps, conveyors, belts, fans, air conditioners, etc.;
* Examines mechanical equipment to diagnose trouble;
* Disassembles machines and repairs or replaces broken parts;
* Adjusts functional parts of mechanical devices as necessary;
* Cleans and lubricates parts, orders replacement parts;
* Inspects completed repairs; performs all work in accordance with safety procedures;
* Load and unload various raw materials, finished goods and lime products onto/from trucks, railway cars, or barges;
* Move materials within a warehouse or storage facility to and from the loading platform by carrying, pushing, rolling or operating hand trucks, forklifts, hoists, motorized conveyors, or other materials handling equipment;
* Pack finished product by bagging and palletizing by hand;
* Use heavy equipment and operate machines to complete duties or to fill in for personnel vacancies;
* Requisitions new parts and equipment; and other duties as assigned by management.
Required Skills:
* Qualified candidates will have a high school diploma or GED; Associates Degree or higher is preferred;
* 2+ years of mechanical experience in an industrial manufacturing environment;
* Willing and able to work rotating shifts;
* Language skills: ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information to other employees of the organization.;
* Mathematical skills: ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.;
* Reasoning ability: ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved, written or oral instructions.;
* Physical demands: while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.;
* Work environment: while performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts; in high, precarious places; in outside weather conditions; and is frequently exposed to petroleum products, and wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration.
* The noise level in the work environment is moderately loud.
* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, provided such accommodations do not create undue hardship to the company.
* Candidate must be willing to travel for training as needed.