Maintenance Inspector

Job ID: 530278

Ash Grove is a CRH company with a legacy dating back to 1882. We combine technical expertise, safety and customer-focused solutions to deliver reliable performance for our customers. We manufacture and supply high-performance, advanced cementitious materials for the most demanding construction and infrastructure needs. With more than 2,000 people across 60 locations in the United States and Canada, we support a wide range of applications, from major infrastructure projects to the development and refurbishment of residential and non-residential buildings that support everyday life, from highways and bridges to schools and commercial buildings.

To learn more about us go to www.ashgrove.com

Job Summary

To inspect, maintain, and repair machinery, equipment and physical structures in the plant. Perform inspections of equipment in the cement plant, following inspection plan, checking for possible anomalies, issuing technical reports and taking necessary actions to correct the deviations found in order to ensure the optimal performance of the equipment, preventing the occurrence of corrective maintenance. Performs technical studies and implementations for plant improvements aimed at productivity gains, cost savings and increased performance.

Job Responsibilities

• Serves as a role model in the areas of leadership, teamwork, customer focus, safety, and environmental stewardship to ensure alignment with company's goals and objectives.
• Controls wear parts and / or components in general of selective equipment, performing measurements of thickness of the linings of mills, storages silos, separators, among others, monitoring and controlling the wear, engineering component life, promoting studies and technical survey, aiming to implement the rationalization of work and technological upgrading of the plant equipment, targeting performance improvements, cost reduction and standardization of equipment.
• Performs critical analysis of maintenance, making studies of the root causes of corrective stops equipment, or repetitive stops, proposing technical solutions aimed at obtaining "stop and zero defect", ensuring the reliability of equipment.
• Request purchase requisitions for materials, following the purchasing processes with the supply area, controlling lead times, settling technical questions during the acquisition phase, performing quality control of incoming materials in order to ensure the material in a timely manner available.
• Responds for the technical information contained in the Corporate Maintenance System, such as: equipment register; technical, spare specifications and promotes the activities to be implemented by the Inspection Plan, coordinating the maintenance of historical equipment, pursuing it the most relevant information, recording the data of the main interventions in order to ensure the accuracy of the historical and identification the causes of the deviation.
• Prepares sketches of parts and mechanical assemblies for making designs that will serve as models for the purchase of replacement materials, ensuring the quality of the information contained in it, sending them after the planning area to make the necessary drawings.
• Participates in preparing the annual budget of maintenance, using historical and tracking results from previous years, designing useful life of equipment to support budget planning and makes the systematic monitoring of its effectiveness.
• Identifies the need, prepares and revises standards of maintenance and inspection procedures to the equipment.
• Keeps the workplace clean and organized, his tools in perfect working order, cleaning them, providing maintenance and packing it in the appropriate places for preservation.
• Must complete all daily logs including but not limited to workplace inspections, emergency issue reporting, work orders, departmental logs and reports.
• Performs bag house and dust collector inspections. Runs reports related to environmental compliance.
• Strives for safety and the environment, fulfilling standards and programs using the personal protective equipment.
• Contributes to the maintenance of 5s program, following the environmental and safety policies.
• To assist in the training of new employees in the skills and procedures required to perform a task.
• Ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities and must meet qualifications required for this position.

Job Requirements

• High school graduation or equivalent is preferred.
• Graduate of certified Millwright or Industrial Maintenance Apprentice Program preferred.
• 5+ Years Mechanical Maintenance.
• Ability to read, write and understand warning labels, instructions, signs, etc.
• Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, and/or diagram form.
• Ability to assess process variation through analysis of test data and determine reasonable actions/changes required.
• Ability to grasp quickly and learn new software/technology related to CMMS systems.
• Planning a logical sequence of events or tasks.
• Revising plans to account for changed circumstances, anticipating problems, and deciding work priorities within scope of responsibility.
• To monitor and maintain all material flows to ensure the quality of the products within specifications.
• Applies feedback to improve performance.
• Basic mathematic skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentage calculations).
• Must be able to work outside in all weather conditions and tolerate extreme heat and cold temperatures.
• While performing the duties of this position, the following physical attributes include, but are not limited to: climbing, walking, standing, bending, work at extreme heights; frequently lifting and/or moving up to 15 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.
• 8 Hour Day Shift: 7:00 am to 3:30 pm.
• Must be willing to work rotating shift, overtime and accept call-ins after hours.
• Must be available to be contacted during non-working hours.

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

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Ash Grove Cement, a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

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