General Mechanic

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DuPont has an immediate opening for an experienced Maintenance Mechanic at our Towanda, PA site.

RESPONSIBILITIES DESCRIPTION 

As a Maintenance Mechanic you will complete repairs and maintain machinery using hand tools, power tools, precision measuring and testing instruments. You will engage in rebuilding, repairing, and maintaining a variety of machines and equipment; design and co-ordination of Maintenance activities will also be required, along with knowledge and understanding of equipment operation. The Maintenance Mechanic must participate in design, development, and start-up of mechanical systems.

Your key responsibilities will be/what you’ll do:

• Work from drawings, written specifications, and/or verbal instructions install, maintain, and repair machinery such as web lines, pumps, rolls, etc.

• Replace mechanical seals used on rotating equipment.

• Identify, select, fabricate, install, and repair piping and related hangers and hardware.

• Set up and use the oxy-acetylene equipment to perform heating and cutting associated with maintenance work.

• Perform basic non-critical welds (SMAW) on steels associated with minor fabrication, installation, and repair of equipment.

• Perform alignment of equipment and drives according to standard practice and within equipment specifications (i.e., shaft-to-shaft, V-belts). Experience with Optical alignment.

• Set up and perform hydrostatic tests on piping and equipment per specifications and Dupont standards.

• Perform basic machine shop skills such as boring couplings, broaching or cutting keyways, turning a shaft, and surface grinding a pump face.

• Select, install, troubleshoot, and repair steam traps.

• Install, troubleshoot, and repair centrifugal and positive displacement pumps. Repair and troubleshoot Diaphragm pumps and gear pumps.

• Identify and install the correct bearings and seals for specific applications.

• Install, troubleshoot, and repair hydraulic and pneumatic systems and associated equipment.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Your qualifications profile:

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED

• 2 years of relevant work experience within the Maintenance/Industrial Mechanical field; OR 2-year technical degree within Maintenance/Industrial Mechanical field; OR completion of a formal Maintenance/Industrial Mechanic apprentice program.

• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Ability to work weekday, day or rotating shift structure, and overtime as needed on a regular basis if required.

• Ability to read drawings and technical manuals for guidance when performing necessary operations for the installation and/or repair of equipment.

• Must be willing and able to wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to include safety equipment, earplugs, gloves, safety glasses, hardhats, hairnets, and steel-toed shoes.

• Participate on the site Emergency Response Team (ERT).

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of pneumatics is preferred.

• Mechanic Technical Training Certificate or equivalent is preferred.

Pay:

• Base pay rate starts at $34.37/hour for day shift

• Base pay rate starts at $35.46/hour for 12hr rotating shifts, with additional pay incentives of $2 shift differential, holiday pay, and emergency crew premium pay.

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