What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanic - Industrial Pumps & Rotating Equipment position at Tencarva Machinery Company?
Description
This role focuses on the repair, rebuild, testing, and occasional field service of industrial pumps and rotating equipment. You'll diagnose failures, rebuild equipment to OEM specifications, perform testing, and support customer installations and repairs both in our OEM-authorized service center and at customer facilities.
This is an OEM-authorized repair environment – not plant maintenance. Rather than performing routine maintenance on the same equipment every day, you'll be involved in complete tear-downs, failure analysis, rebuilds, remanufacturing, and field service on a wide variety of industrial pumps and rotating equipment.
About Tencarva & Hoffman-Kane
This position is with Hoffman-Kane, a leading distributor and service provider of industrial fluid handling, rotating equipment, and sealing solutions serving customers throughout Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and West Virginia. Its products and services include pumps, seals, gaskets, packing and isolation products, pump and seal repair, and custom fabrication.
Hoffman-Kane is a division of Tencarva Machinery Company, one of the largest and most respected distributors and OEM-authorized service networks in the pump and process equipment industry. Together, we provide equipment distribution, applications engineering, OEM-authorized repair, field service, automation & controls, and custom fabrication for industrial and municipal customers across Tencarva's growing network.
Equipment You'll Work On
- Self-priming centrifugal pumps (ITT Goulds is the primary pump line)
- Vertical turbine pumps
- Mag-drive pumps
- Air-operated diaphragm (AODD) pumps
- Gearboxes, motors, blowers, valves, mixers/agitators, and other rotating equipment
What You'll Be Responsible For
- Disassemble, inspect, troubleshoot, and diagnose failures in industrial pumps and rotating equipment
- Perform complete tear-downs, repairs, rebuilds, and remanufacturing work to OEM specifications
- Replace bearings, seals, shafts, impellers, wear components, and other repair parts
- Perform laser alignment and other precision mechanical measurements
- Read and interpret mechanical drawings, parts diagrams, manuals, and OEM documentation
- Test, inspect, and verify equipment performance following repair completion
- Assist with field troubleshooting, equipment removal, installation, alignment, and startup activities
- Perform limited manual machining as needed to support rebuild work
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safety-focused work environment
Why Hoffman-Kane / Tencarva
- Day shift, Monday-Friday schedule
- Earn up to 120 hours (3 weeks) of PTO per year, plus 10 paid holidays
- Profit Sharing via 401(k)
- One of the largest and most respected distributors and OEM-authorized service networks in the pump industry
- Stable, growing company with nearly 50 years of success and no history of layoffs
- Long-term customer relationships with consistent demand for repair services
- Primarily shop-based work with occasional local field service
- Big-company resources with a local-shop feel
- Family-oriented culture that respects life outside of work
- Realistic workloads and expectations – not a high-pressure production environment
Insurance benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, and life.
Requirements
What We're Looking For
- 2 years of hands-on industrial pump repair, rebuild, rotating equipment service, millwright, or related mechanical experience required (5 years preferred)
- Ability to independently complete full tear-down and rebuild projects from inspection through final testing
- Experience with centrifugal pumps, vertical turbine pumps, and related rotating equipment preferred
- Familiarity with laser alignment and precision mechanical measurements
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, parts diagrams, and OEM documentation
- Comfortable performing occasional field service work at customer facilities
- Valid driver's license
We are looking for a dependable mechanic who takes ownership of their work, works well in a team environment, and takes pride in quality craftsmanship.
Key Skills: Industrial pump repair, pump rebuild, rotating equipment, centrifugal pumps, ITT Goulds Pumps, ANSI process pumps, vertical turbine pumps, AODD pumps, mechanical seals, bearings, shafts, laser alignment, OEM-authorized service, field service
The duties, responsibilities, and activities described above are not exhaustive and may be subject to change. Additionally, please note that the job title for this posting is designed to be descriptive and may not reflect the official title used internally for job classification purposes.
Tencarva Machinery Company, LLC, is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.