Industrial Mechanic

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Job Description

Position Purpose:

Under general supervision of the Conveyance Supervisor, troubleshoots, repairs, overhauls, and maintains relevant mechanical machinery and components of process and non-process plant and field equipment to maintain proper operation of the wastewater collection/conveyance system for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Must be proficient in machining, welding, cutting, fabrication of parts or components needed to maintain or repair equipment to achieve this goal.

Is required to accurately maintain and update records, documents, and manuals including electronic media. Must provide current, timely, accurate, and complete data, for all work assigned. Is required to follow current company/department policy and procedures, is required to fully participate in improvement initiatives, including but not limited to: job plans, workflows, job safety analysis, standard maintenance procedures, preventative maintenance improvement initiatives, efficiency activities, use of technology based solutions, condition assessments and reliability initiatives.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Required to follow all applicable safety rules, regulations, policies, and procedures in performance of assigned duties. Is required to participate in all required safety training activities. Is expected to report any unsafe conditions encountered in performance of duties.
• Dismantle, move, relocate, reassemble, install, and level process and non process equipment.
• Perform proper rigging and hitching of process and non process equipment, use of overhead cranes and other lifting devices.
• Disassemble and inspect parts, rebuild and overhaul equipment.
• Machine and fabricate parts from blueprints or sample pieces as needed for process equipment, non-process equipment, or for other trades.
• Setup and operate machinery necessary to machine parts needed for equipment repair including, Milling machines, Lathes, Drill Presses, Surface and O.D. Grinders, Keyseaters, Treading machines, Cutoff and Band saws, Arbor and Hydraulic Presses.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance on plant or field equipment including flagging of equipment if unusual or abnormal condition is observed.
• Investigate and troubleshoot operating problems with all equipment, determine and correct problem or identify needed trade.
• If in field, troubleshoot and perform routine PM and CM on lift stations, hydraulic power units and their ancillary components, hydraulic and electric gates and all Deep Tunnel related equipment.
• Follow established procedures for maintaining records of repairs, maintenance, and related work activities.
• Performs other duties of a similar level and nature as assigned and/or directed.
  
  

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background:

• High School Diploma/GED is required.
• A minimum of six (6) years of machine shop fabrication and repair experience in a job shop setting, or six (6) years of industrial maintenance machinist experience, or six (6) years in a machinery repair/overhaul environment.
  
  

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Communicates effectively via written and oral methods with co-workers, supervisors, managers, and others when necessary.
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with co-workers. If in field, ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with public.
• Ability to enter data.
• Basic skills in computers and data input devices, email, application and office software.
  
  

Required Certification/Licenses/Training:

• Completion of a formal Machinist, Machinery Repairman or Millwright Apprenticeship program which provides the equivalent combinations of training, maintenance, equipment repair and machine shop experience or equivalent military experience may be substituted for part of the above.
• Valid Wisconsin’s drivers’ license.
  
  

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job.
• Ability to work in confined spaces and to wear breathing apparatus for confined entry.
  
  

Additional Information

Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.