Facilities Maintenance

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Salary is DOE, up to $92k

The position’ s main responsibility is to ensure that the Clifton facility is properly maintained with minimum equipment down time.

• Repairs steam and water leaks in threaded, welded, and soldered steel, copper, and plastic piping.
• Repairs other mechanical issues that include valves, flanges, fittings, hoses, pumps, scales, piping, vacuum systems, and heat exchangers.
• Performs weekly, monthly, and annual preventive maintenance.
• Helps to maintain and operate high pressure steam boilers.
• Performs minor electrical repairs.
• Has a good understanding of the operation of centrifugal, diaphragm, and gear pumps. Can replace mechanical seals when required.
• Can perform minor repairs to LP forklifts, doors, windows, and other facility infrastructure.
• Can perform entry into production vessels for maintenance work under a confined space permit.

• Conducts and documents daily, weekly, monthly, and annual inspections of plant and safety equipment.
• Maintains equipment files and work orders.
• Monitors and places requisitions for plant related equipment that includes valves, fittings, hoses, pump parts, etc.
• Organizes and supervises contractors on larger maintenance projects and capital projects.
• Conducts annual ultrasonic thickness testing of production reactors.
• Able to enter purchase requisitions and receipts into the SAP computer system.
• Assists the Plant Manager with capital planning and other maintenance related work and projects.

• Five years minimum experience in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing repair work.
• Must be able to perform basic mechanical work, conventional welding, pipe fitting, soldering, and minor electrical repairs.
• must be able to coordinate and supervise contractors for larger maintenance work and small capital projects.
• A high school diploma is a must.
• Computer skills are helpful.
• A black seal boiler operator license is required as a minimum. Training for the boiler operator license will be provided if necessary.
• Familiar with safe work practices that include hot work, confined space, lock-out/tag-out, and line breaking.
• Familiar with LEL, oxygen, and carbon monoxide monitoring.
• Familiar with the use of personal protective equipment that includes an air purifying respirator, welding equipment, face shield, gloves, safety glasses and goggles, and a hard hat.
• Familiar with the handling of corrosive, flammable, and combustible chemicals.
• Familiar with vacuum pumps, heat exchangers, pressure regulators, relief valves, rupture disks, filters, scales, and cooling towers.