Maintenance Technician - Pipefitting/Welding

Full time, in-house, benefits eligible position.

Purpose:

Performs diversified maintenance duties which require work skills such as pipefitting, welding and fabrication, and execution of maintenance and small capital project work orders requiring individual initiative and judgment

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS - ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Complete all assignment in a safe, efficient, and cost effective method.
- Perform routine maintenance (repairs) on piping systems and structural steel.
- Design, lay out, fabricate, and install new or revised structural steel systems
- Plan and prepare isometric drawings for new/modified piping systems
- Develop piping and structural steel material take offs and obtain proposals from the vendors
- Comply with the plant piping specifications and other project rules
- Recommend improvements/changes in design and/or application of piping system
- Inspect and maintain tools and equipment to keep them in excellent working condition
- Assists in the planning, scheduling, and execution of maintenance work orders
- Perform basic millwright duties, as assigned by supervisor
- Assist other craft workers as needed
- Participate in achieving maintenance goals/objectives
- Participates in the development of work procedures
- Continuously seeks ways to improve performance of our plant's operation and ensures that your customer's (both internal and external) needs are met. Adhere to the quality system - Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor. These will be determined to be essential or marginal at the time of assignment.

Qualifications:

Education:

High school diploma or GED is required.

Vocational or technical school is preferred.

Experience:

10+ years experience in a chemical, petrochemical or refinery facilities

Skills:

- Read and understand blue prints and schematics
- Proficient in layout of piping and structural steel
- Produce industry acceptable welds with TIG and SMAW procedures
- Use oxy-acetylene equipment to weld, braze, solder, and cut. Use plasma arc process to cut.
- Know the various sizes and uses of the different types of pipe and tubing, piped tubing fittings, joints and know how these are fitted and connected
- Repair/replace machine & equipment (heat exchangers, motors, valves, small vessels, etc.
- Train and qualify on manlift, scissor lift, carry deck crane and forklifts

- Significant computer skills are required and proficiency in SAP is preferred.

Work Conditions:

Chemical Plant/Manufacturing environment. An extensive amount of time is spent on the floor in a manufacturing plant environment. Plant environment is a multi-acre site. Typical daily assignments are physically demanding, requiring balancing, standing, cleaning, reaching, visual discernment, crawling, climbing, twisting, turning, squatting, kneeling, pushing, pulling, full respiratory function and lifting.

Benefits:

Zeon employees enjoy growth opportunities as well as a highly competitive salary and benefits program.

Zeon Chemicals does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, physical or mental disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.