Mechanic / Maintenance Technician / Preventative Maintenance - Joval Mfg. Co. Inc.

Position Title: Mechanic / Maintenance Technician / Preventative Maintenance

Reports to: Director of Operations

Department: Maintenance

Employment Status: Full Time

Pay Starts: $20- $35 Based on Experience

The Company

Since 1955 Joval has enjoyed serving a very loyal customer base that values quality, consistency, and personal service. Joval remains a Louisiana based, family owned, homegrown company. Joval is in an exciting time in its long history, focusing on expansion and improvement of existing products, worksite, and outcomes. The motto for Joval is "Manufacturing, Delivering, Growing". This reminds us of our commitment to manufacture top quality products, delivering excellent customer service, and growing to meet our customers' needs.

The Position

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, servicing, and troubleshooting equipment and site property, making adjustments and/or mechanical / electrical repairs to the machines and equipment in a safe, efficient manner. To be successful in this role, a background in pneumatics or hydraulic powered machines or a car mechanic shop is a good start. This position is a lot about preventative maintenance and safety measure enforcement.

The organization thrives on properly functioning machines, so this position is a key role, with extensive skill, organizational reach, and responsibility.

Job Duties

• Address safety concerns that arise as soon as they become known.
• Adhere to all rules, regulations, and procedures outlined in the Joval shipping manual.

• Actively look for unsafe work areas, or employee work practices, and resolve those issues by, but not limited to, by taking personal action and/or directing Joval team members to physically resolve unsafe conditions.

• Continuous research to improve all warehouse operations according to company's objectives
• Communicates with Production Operators and Line Leader regarding line issues.
• Ensure development team members by internal/on-job training.
• Manage the tasks of maintenance team members and sub-contractors by way of the "Maintenance Project List", as well as responding to emergency calls, and performing set weekly, monthly, semi-annual, and annual preventative maintenance tasks
• Read technical manuals to understand equipment and controls.
• Disassemble machinery and equipment when there is a problem
• Repair or replace broken or malfunctioning components.
• Adjust and calibrate equipment and machinery.
• Repair or maintain the operating condition of industrial production or processing equipment.
• Troubleshoot electric, pneumatics, mechanical and hydraulics.
• Engage in continuous improvement projects.
• Supports assigned production line as needed with supervision.

Minimum Requirements

• 3+ years experience working as an industrial technician or similar role.
• Experience working with Roll Form equipment is mandatory.
• Experience working with semi- automatic rivet machines is a plus.
• Prior experience working within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working with hydraulic, pneumatic, electronic, and industrial machinery.
• Experience working with hand and power tools.

What It Takes to Succeed

• Self-motivation & initiative
• Reliability
• Good Attitude & professional development focus
• Active listening/ speaking clarity.
• Assertiveness

Physical Conditions & Working Environment

This position occasionally must maintain, service, and troubleshoot equipment. Making adjustments to and/or mechanical/electrical repairs to equipment in a safe, efficient manner is a requirement of the role.

The position is constantly inside a semi-open-air warehouse. In the summers there can be high heat, although there are mitigating efforts in place around the warehouse.

Benefits of Working at Joval

• Major Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement Savings
• Vacation Accrual

Joval is an EEO Compliant Employer.