Maintenance Assistant

Company: Caterpillar, Inc.
Location: Fort Worth
Posted on: January 26, 2023

Job Description:

Career Area:Manufacturing & Supply ChainJob Description:WE BUILD WHAT MATTERSThe CompanyAt Caterpillar, you build what matterswhether its the career you want, crucial work skills, strong relationships, or new digital technologies. Our work is powered by our people.As a Caterpillar manufacturing professional, every day youll make sure our customers get the quality products they need to build our worlds infrastructure and power the world. And youll do it in modern, clean, safe environments equipped with the latest technologies.Here you can do the work that matters.About SPM Oil & GasSPM Oil & Gas, a Caterpillar company, provides superior products and service solutions to make our customers more efficient and lower total cost of ownership. Globally, we deliver engineered oilfield and drilling equipment repair and certification, mechanical and rotating equipment repairs and upgrades, rapid prototyping of spare parts, robust asset management, operation and maintenance and field engineering services. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering and service locations worldwide. Join our team and help build engineering solutions that change the industry.What will Caterpillar do for you?When you join Caterpillar SPM Oil and Gas, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We dont just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customers needs. Join us.The RoleSPM Oil & Gas currently has an opening for a Maintenance Assistant located in Fort Worth, TX.Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Follow all written policies and procedures safely without deviation or refer to upper management for guidance
• Exhibit, advocate, and exemplary safety culture at all times
• Exhibit a high degree of integrity at all times
• Demonstrate consistency, accountability, reliability and solid work ethic
• Must show proficiency in all maintenance related job functions including but not limited to corrective and preventive maintenance
• Demonstrates mechanical knowledge and aptitude
• Follow proper safety guidelines including point of work risk assessment and lockout/tagout
• Must have knowledge of Critical Safety Devices and functionality
• Troubleshoot, repair and install parts on machines and equipment
• Ability to work independently or in a team setting
• Demonstrate understanding of blueprints, Original EquipmentManufacturer manuals, Bill of Materials and Standard OperatingProcedures
• Knowledge and proper use of hand and power tools
• Performs visual inspections and maintenance of production equipment
• Tests machinery and equipment after maintenance has been completed
• Understands the basic operating principles of all Mills, Lathes, Grinders, Saws, Presses, Bridge and Jib cranes, including basic troubleshooting and sequence of operation
• Electrical: Demonstrate the ability to operate multi-meter tester for voltage, amperage, and resistance
• Motors: Demonstrate the ability to determine pertinent motor nameplate info for replacement and or reordering
• Demonstrates a full understanding of the departments CMMS system and completes required paperwork, documents parts, material usage and downtime within the CMMS
• Demonstrates understanding of root cause analysis
• Identify routine faults or failures and report upper management
• Actively working towards the completion of skills training curriculum as defined by management
• Maintain routine housekeeping to eliminate workplace hazards
• General comprehension of cleanliness of machines when put back together
• Demonstrates a clear understanding for a clean environment for all precision component repair
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principlesBasic Qualifications:The details described here are representative of those that are encountered by or 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.Education and/or Experience :Associate's degree or equivalent from two- year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.Language Skills:Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.*Reasoning Ability:*Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety ofconcrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, orschedule form.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 frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus Must be able to wear steel-toed shoes, safety glasses and any other required proper protective equipment.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. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O.**As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers. #LIEEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.Theres more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employees contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar weve built.

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