Facilities Maintenance Mechanic

Company: Horizon America, LLC
Location: Bridgeton
Posted on: January 22, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description SUMMARY Performs corrective and preventative maintenance, troubleshoots and repairs facilities, laboratory, production, reclaim, distillation, and cylinder refurbishing equipment according to manufactures, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) guidelines. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, and extending the useful life of the facility, equipment, and systems. Ability to work with current and future equipment including but not limited to drives, bearings, seals, gear boxes, boilers, steam system, safety valves, pumps, gate & ball valves, pressure regulating devices, electrical switch gear, motor control centers, starters, circuit breakers, chilled water, HVAC, compressed air (high & plant), and vacuum systems, vapor compressors, chemical fume hoods, scales, stretch wrapper, reach stacker, rail cars, track mobile, and appliance repairs, Performs general repairs such as carpentry, dry wall finishing, carpet, floor, and ceiling tile work. Ability to repair or rebuild pumps, compressors, and valves. Ability to read and understand engineering drawings, piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), schematics, and operation & maintenance manuals. Must be able to perform confined space entry procedures mandated by the company. Sets up, operates, and maintain corded or cordless drills, reciprocating saws, and grinders, drill press, band saw, pipe treading machine, impact wrench, and sewer snake machine. Proficient in measuring, cutting, and threading pipe with a pipe threading machine and hand threader. Ability to perform hot work - welding (MIG & stick), brazing, soldering, and cutting. Operate Pro-press equipment. Self-starter yet able to take orders as directed Must demonstrate the ability to safety utilize a forklift, boom lift, and scissor lift. Customer focus achieving Company, department, and personal goals through a strong customer focus. Must be able to work weekends and overtime if necessary. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other duties as requested by Management. QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. EDUCATION AND OR EXPERIENCE High school diploma or general education (GED). Completion of a recognized vocational education program in Maintenance, Electrical, or Welding field or 1 year work experience in field. LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, engineering drawings, piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), schematics, and operation & maintenance manuals. Ability to understand and follow verbal, written, or demonstrated instructions. Ability to receive and comprehend and effectively communicate detailed information through verbal and written communication. Ability to record data accurately and legibly. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole number, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. COMPUTER SKILLS Must be familiar with or learn the company’s CMMS (Manager Plus), and must be proficient in Excel and Word. REASONING ABILITY Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES REGISTRATIONS Current driver’s license. EPA Universal Certification (preferred but not mandatory) Welding certificates, such as GMAW, SMAW (preferred but not mandatory) PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to perform reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, climbing, and grasping. The employee must be able to lift and or move up to 50 pounds. The employee must have clarity of vision sufficient to maintain a valid driver’s license. WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Exposure using personnel protective equipment to high voltage, high pressure steam, compressed air (high & plant), refrigerants, vacuum, dust, dirt, latex, waste water, and other common environmental hazards. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and or humid conditions and other outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. TOOL REQUIREMENT Basic hand tools – such as but not limit to wrenches (SAE, Metric, & adjustable), sockets & ratchet, screw drivers (flat & Phillips), hammers (ball peen, claw, & mallet), and multi-purpose pliers. Plus a box to secure your tools. Multi-meter

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