Industrial Maintenance Technician- BioFuels Facility

Reports To:   Maintenance Supervisor - BioFuels Facility

Schedule: This position works a Monday through Friday day shift from 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with a rotating on-call schedule for evening and weekend coverage.

• Standard hours: 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Monday–Friday

• On-call rotation covers after-hours and weekend support for maintenance needs

• Overtime may be required during shutdowns, outages, or emergency repairs

This schedule provides consistent daytime hours, regular weekends off (outside of on-call), and the opportunity to earn additional pay through overtime and on-call response.

Primary Job Objective:

To ensure the safe and continuous operations of facilities through preventive and predictive maintenance as well as in unexpected situations at PureField Ingredients.

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.

Essential Functions

• Receive daily tasks from Maintenance Supervisor
• Walk through plant and check equipment to detect possible malfunctions or problems with production equipment
• Grease wet cake mixing screw, dryer bearings, and conveyer hanger
• Perform preventative maintenance to equipment as instructed by Maintenance Supervisor
• Clean shop floors and benches
• Ensure centrifuge bearings and vibration stay within safe limits
• Perform maintenance on service dryer
• Grease hammer mill bearings
• Grease induced draft fan bearings
• Stock parts and organize warehouse
• Blowout filters or centrifuge cabinets
• Inspect grain cleaner and tighten chain to prevent wear and damage
• Inspect bucket elevators to prevent damage to the conveyor and lost buckets
• Rebuild heat exchangers as needed
• Weekend shift walk through of the boiler blow down and fill salt
• Hole watch in order to create a safe workplace
• Attend monthly safety meetings
• Repack hammer mill bearings as needed
• Repack ID fan bearings as needed
• Change motor control center air filters
• Inspect and clean bowl of centrifuge
• Change ethanol load out filters
• Replace hammer sets of grinding mills
• When ethanol laboratory technicians are not on shift, run water chemistry tests on tower and boiler samples in order to maintain proper chemical balances in boilers
• Mechanical and electrical troubleshooting
• Weld drain pipes
• Grease bearings on exhaust fan, tighten belts to prolong fan life and eliminate excessive noise
• Change buckets on grain elevator
• Change gaskets on top of fermentation tanks
• Replace burnt out light bulbs with new ones
• Change belts on exhaust fan as needed
• Additional duties, as assigned

Nature and Scope:

The BioFuels Maintenance Personnel reports directly to the BioFuels Maintenance Supervisor, and indirectly reports to Plant Managers and Plant Superintendents.  Will receive work instructions and direction from key members of operations.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge

·         Machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance

Skills

·         Monitoring equipment

·         Selecting appropriate tools and equipment

·         Performing routine maintenance

Abilities

·         Exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects

·         Keep hand and arm steady

·         Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong

·         Quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine to exact positions

·         Quickly move hand, or two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects  

·         Work and cooperate with all members of White Energy in a professional and courteous manner   

Minimum Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of general machinery maintenance
• Communication, analytical and documentation skills are a must
• Physical ability to perform the functions of the position

(Most job knowledge is acquired through on-the-job experience.)

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 employee may be required to lift up to 50 lbs.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts.  The employee is required to sit, stand, walk, climb and bend.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.  Specific hearing abilities are required.

Required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):

Hardhat and protective eyewear required within and around PFI processing facilities.  Hearing protection required in areas where levels exceed 85 db.  Uniform provided by PureField.  Steel toe leather boots.  Additional PPE is required when handling hazardous chemicals and in certain areas of the facilities. Maintenance personnel must be clean shaven to be fit and wear respirator.

Conditions of Employment

• Must be authorized to work in the United States
• Must pass drug screening tests, physicals, and background checks
• Must be 18 years of age or older