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Facilities Maintenance

Ferndale, MI 48220

Posted: 04/10/2025 Employment TypeÅ’: Contract to Perm Industry: Maintenance Job Number: KB956215410

Job Description

FACILITIES MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
  • Perform all duties and responsibilities within the guidelines of the Company’s Vision, Mission, Quality Policy and Environmental Management Statements.
  • Duties and responsibilities are guided by well-defined, repeatable processes that are the key to meeting customer expectations and must be followed or changed as defined in Company guidelines.
  • General responsibilities listed below describe the duties and responsibilities for continuous improvement:
  • Utilize procedures to prevent product, service, and process non-conformances
  • Identify and record any problems
  • Find solutions to problems through prescribed problem solving methods
  • Effectively implement solutions for problems
  • Control the use of non-conforming product/service/process
  • Monitor and improve respective measurables.
  • Ensure that environmental issues are managed according to legal requirements, the environmental policy, the environmental management system procedures and good management practices
  • Maintain an awareness of significant environmental impacts, actual or potential, of work activities
  • Maintain an awareness of environmental benefits of improved environmental performance and continual improvement
  • Maintain an awareness of objectives and targets pertaining to work and the importance of achieving the objectives and targets
  • Understand both the Communication Procedure and the Emergency Preparedness and Response Procedure
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Perform scheduled preventative maintenance on all assets throughout the plant
  • Maintain facility equipment, including powered plant vehicles such as forklifts, terminal tractor/yard truck, skid-steers, telescopic boom lift 
  • Maintain steam system piping and auxiliary equipment (condensate pumps, steam traps, etc.) 
  • Maintain compressed air system; identify and repair leaks throughout plant
  • Maintain building and grounds, including roll-up doors, automated gates, trash removal and snow removal
  • Troubleshoot mechanical issues and breakdowns
  • Participate in capital project planning and implementation 
  • Support contractors on capital projects
  • Install, repair and maintain piping, valves, industrial mixers and pumps
  • Write hot work, confined space, lockout/tagout and line breaking permits as needed
  • Perform calibration of measuring sticks and other instruments requiring calibration
  • Conduct housekeeping activities and Lean Manufacturing practices to ensure an efficient, organized workshop and office area
  • Provide training and mentorship for new FSG members as needed
 QUALIFICATIONS:
  • 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience required, chemical industry preferred
  • Strong technical troubleshooting/repairing equipment proficiency and demonstrated field experience
  • Plumbing and pipe fitting experience preferred
  • High school diploma or GED equivalent required, including basic math skills
  • Must be able to operate a forklift
  • Arc, MIG & TIG welding experience preferred
  • Ability to operate oxygen-acetylene torch preferred
  • Experience repairing gas and diesel operating equipment preferred
  • Strong work ethic and attendance record, being available on call may be required
  • Good communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Basic computer skills, experience with computerized maintenance management systems preferred
                                                        
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