Foundry Maintenance Technician

What you'll do:

• Perform all required duties to maintain and repair a wide variety of foundry equipment and machinery and grinding equipment in foundry.
• Tear down, diagnose, replace, repair, and reassemble foundry machinery such as molding machines, shot blast, conveyors, hoists, grinding equipment, blowers, fans, roto-cones, etc.
• Replace conveyor belts, pillow blocks, bearings, shafts, operating components such as gear boxes, speed reducers, etc.
• Lubricate equipment on prescribed schedule or as necessary, check for excessive heat, noise or other operational defects during lubrication.
• Adjust stripping pins and squeeze heat height as necessary and perform a variety of similar or associated duties as required or directed.
• Diagnose faults quickly on regular or emergency repairs; tear down, repair, reassemble and adjust equipment to avoid shutdown.
• Operate fork truck as required in performance of job duties.

• Minimum three (3) years of industrial mechanical maintenance experience
• Experience in machine repair theory and practice involving theory and practice involving close tolerance assembly and fits.
• Experience in the use of measuring instruments and devices.
• Experience in the sequence and intra-relationship of machines operations including the evaluation of pressure, flow and dimensions in all machine functions.
• Must have a high school diploma or GED from an accredited institution.
• Authorized to work in the United States without Company sponsorship.
• No relocation benefit is offered for this position. Only candidates residing within the immediate area of Syracuse, NY (50 miles) will be considered for this position.

• Minimum five (5) years of industrial maintenance experience or the equivalent to Journeymen level experience.
• Forklift experience.