About Primient

Primient is a century old company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are a leading producer of food and industrial ingredients made from plant-based, renewable sources. We deliver value through deep technical, commercial, and operational excellence that is backed by our long-standing corn wet milling heritage. Wherever we are in the process, from field to customer, our priorities are focused on ensuring we produce the safest, highest quality products through practices that uphold both our responsibility and commitments to the challenge and drive for excellence, our people and our planet. We are a privately held company with locations across the US, Mexico, Poland, and Brazil. We’re investing in our plants and people to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth, we’re focused on growing our business, our reputation, and the career of every teammate.

Maintenance Mechanic

Dayton, OH

When you are a Maintenance Mechanic at Primient in our Dayton, Ohio Plant, you will be responsible for the safe operation, mechanical maintenance, and troubleshooting of a system that produces distinctive, high-quality ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage, and other industries. 

Compensation for our Maintenance Mechanic role is based on a Skill Block pay-for-knowledge system with starting pay @ $34.04 per hour increasing to $36.57 per hour following successful completion of a skills evaluation.  Additionally, we provide an excellent benefits package including health insurance and a 401K savings plan.

What you’ll be doing:

• Perform all duties following Primient’s safety procedures.
• Install machinery and equipment using equipment and tools such as hoists, lifting equipment, hand tools, and power tools. Dismantles machines, moves machinery, and equipment using the above-mentioned items.
• Precision alignment of machines and equipment using equipment and tools such as hoists, jacks, hand tools, scales, rules, micrometers, precision levels, plumb bobs, dial indicators and laser alignment tools.
• Repair, perform preventative maintenance and inspection on industrial equipment such as pumps, gear boxes, fans, conveyors, and packaging equipment.
• Perform building and grounds maintenance.
• Fabricate, install, maintain, and repair utility, process and sanitary piping and plumbing systems.  Uses hand and power tools and equipment to cut, solder, braze, weld, bend and thread materials used to work, and install piping and plumbing systems.
• Perform lubrication activities on industrial equipment such as oil and filter change, oil sampling.
• Work with materials necessary to fabricate, install, erect and repair metal parts and equipment.
• Use electric and gas welding equipment to weld, braze, heat, form, cut, and fuse items associated with this craft.
• Operate forklift, boom lift, and industrial moving equipment needed to perform duties.
• Keep tools, equipment, and work area clean and orderly.

What you’ll need to have:

•              Minimum of a high school diploma or the equivalent

•              3+ years of maintenance experience preferred at chemical industry and/or industrial manufacturing.

•              Experience with installation and alignment of pumps, motors, gearboxes.

•              Experience rebuilding industrial pumps, compressors, gearboxes, centrifuges.

•              Experience working on lubrication and filtration systems.

•              Experience prefabbing threaded pipe and welded pipe.

•              Passionate about safety not only for yourself, but for your co-workers as well.

What we’d like you to have:

• Experience working a rotating shift schedule.

• Shift Schedule –
  A-Shift
  A-Shift operates 6 am-2 pm on a rotational basis with 7 days on & 2 days off, 7 days on & 1 day off, 7 days on & 4 days off (Repeating every 28 days)
  B-Shift
  B-Shift operates 2 pm-10 pm on a rotational basis with 7 days on & 2 days off, 7 days on & 1 day off, 7 days on & 4 days off (Repeating every 28 days)
  C-Shift
  C-Shift operates 10 pm-6 am on a rotational basis with 7 days on & 2 days off, 7 days on & 1 day off, 7 days on & 4 days off (Repeating every 28 days)
  D-Shift
  D-Shift works a rotating schedule 2 days 6 am-2 pm, 1 day 2 pm-10 pm, 4 days 10 pm-6 am, 2 days off, 1 day 6 am-2 pm, 4 days 2 pm-10 pm, 1 day 10 pm-6 am, 2 days off, 4 days 6 am-2 pm, 2 days 2 pm-10 pm, 4 days off (Repeating every 28 days)
   

• This is a 365/24/7 Operating Plant – requiring weekends and holidays.

What we offer you:

• A starting salary of $34.04 per hour with the potential to earn up to $36.57 per hour.
• Benefits from Day 1 – medical, dental, vision, and 401K with company match
• Vacation including personal days as soon as 120 days.
• $0.85 shift differential for off-shift (B, C & D)
• Paid Parental Leave
• 12 paid holidays per year
• Working with a dedicated and dynamic team.

Location/Environment

• We are in Dayton, Ohio.  You must be able to work in hot and cold temperatures.  This is also a physical job.  You must be able climb stairs and ladders, lift and carry 55 lbs., and perform other physical duties.  Successful candidates must also pass drug screen and background check.

Working with us in Dayton

Specializing in citric acid production, our plant in Dayton is a 24/7, unionized site with a longstanding relationship to the local community. Our team of 100+ colleagues put its focus on safety, quality, and excellence. There is also an increasing emphasis on cross-communication, training, and employee engagement to give everyone a part to play in shaping our culture and driving improvement on site.

Relocating to Dayton (or our region)

Dayton is family-friendly city just east of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and less than two hours from Cincinnati, Columbus, and Indianapolis. The greater Dayton area is made up of over 11 smaller communities adding to the choice of places to live. The region is renowned as one of outdoor adventure capitals of the Midwest and has a thriving arts and cultural scene. 

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