Maintenance Mechanic

Job Details: Job Location: CHICAGO HEIGHTS - Chicago Heights, IL, Salary Range: $27.10 - $27.10Hourly, Job Shift: Midnight, PTC is a leading manufacturer and marketer of welded and cold drawn mechanical steel tubing and tubular shapes, plated bar and tubing, and fabricated parts and precision components.

We at PTC value our employees’ health and wellness. We offer the following:

FREE Healthcare
401K plan with company match; 50% of the first 2%-6%
Shift Premium -- $0.50/Afternoon shift & $0.55/Midnight shift
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Dependent & Spouse Life Insurance
AD&D
Referral Bonus
Annual college scholarship available for children & grandchildren of PTC employees

Job Summary:

Determines workday operational activities and production, implements proper policies and procedures. Familiar with production processes. Relies on skills, knowledge, and experience to accomplish all assigned tasks. Reviews all activities looking to eliminate waste and continuously improve processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Inspect, repair, replace, install, adjust, and maintain all equipment in a steel mill environment.
Experience and Capable of working with heavy industry equipment and overhead cranes.
Ability to read, analyze, interpret, and perform work from schematics, technical specifications, drawings, and sketches. Experience with PLC systems and variable frequency drives (VFD) a plus.
Shift work, weekends, callouts and overtime a must.
Perform all other duties as directed by supervisor or management representative within safety guidelines.
Performs work in accordance with the defined Quality system and share responsibility for Quality.
The incumbent is expected to understand that all employees have a shared responsibility for the quality of products and related services provided to our customers. Duties and responsibilities are to be carried out in accordance with the PTC Quality Management System and its policies, procedures, and work instructions as applicable to the job or function being performed.

 
Qualifications:

Minimum Education and/or Experience Requirements:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED). Completion of maintenance mechanical course, Associate Degree, or equivalent experience is required. At least 3- 5 years of hands-on commercial or industrial mechanical experience.

Skills and Abilities:

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.

Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using while numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Other Skills and Abilities: Must be computer literate and able to work with programs such as Word, Excel, etc., and be able to learn and use HP programs such as e-mail, ERP system, etc.

Work Environment:

Work Environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, however employees are expected to spend significant timer in the plant’s manufacturing areas where noise levels may be high. Employee is required to abide by plant safety rules, and PPE requirements.

Physical Demands:

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.