Weekend Maintenance 1 Technician

About the role

Wabtec's Grove City location works in a team within heavy industrial diesel locomotive engine maintenance. The Maintenance 1 role suits detail-oriented people focused on safety who can deliver high-quality work in a heavy industrial manufacturing setting. It is a full-time weekend position.

Key responsibilities

• Perform general maintenance duties related to manufacturing shop operations
• Repair and maintain hand tools
• Operate pollution control and hazardous waste equipment
• Conduct safety inspections
• Perform dry cycle operations on all machines
• Diagnose and perform basic plumbing, mechanical and electrical repairs
• Work with operators where work has been assigned, and work independently with minimal direction while collaborating as a team member
• Follow prescribed methods, quality and planning instructions, orally and in writing, and take responsibility for the quality of work performed
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required profile

• Age 18 or older
• High school diploma, GED or equivalent, or at least 8 years of experience
• Able to pass internal testing on fabrication, machining, assembly and maintenance
• Willingness to operate overhead cranes and industrial trucks
• Physical ability to wear PPE such as safety glasses, gloves, earplugs and steel-toed boots, and to walk, climb, stoop, bend, lift and use hand tools
• Ability to work in a tobacco-free environment

Required skills

• Basic mechanical, electrical and plumbing troubleshooting
• Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Lock Out, Tag Out and confined space entry procedures
• 3 and 4 axis machining centers
• PLC/numerical controls, or Allen Bradley or GE controllers
• DC tooling
• Familiarity with Mazatrol, Fanuc, Siemens and other controls

The starting hourly rate is $35.04; the base pay range may change. Benefits covering health, welfare and retirement are available through the employer's benefits site.