Maintenance Tech

Production Team Member - East Canton, OH

Pay rate: 19/hr

Job description

We're currently hiring a Kiln Car Repair Technician at our East Canton location. The Kiln Car Repair Technician is responsible for diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining kiln cars to ensure reliable, safe, and efficient production flow. This role supports on-time manufacturing performance by performing routine inspections, preventive maintenance, and major rebuilds of kiln car components while upholding Knight Material Technologies' How We Work Principles of Safety and Compliance, Customer Focus, Respect, Integrity, Problem Solving, and Teamwork.

Responsibilities:

• Inspection & Diagnostics: Conduct daily inspections to identify wear, damage, and operational issues involving frames, wheels, axles, seals, and related components.
• Repairs & Resets: Fabricate and replace refractory bricks and other high-heat materials as needed.
• Preventative & Corrective Maintenance: Perform major rebuilds, preventative maintenance, and maintain car-to-car seals to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Cleaning & Housekeeping: Remove debris, sand, and other materials from car decks and blocks to maintain safe and efficient operations.
• Inventory Management: Monitor and manage parts, refractories, and spare components to ensure adequate supply levels.
• Documentation & Reporting: Accurately complete maintenance logs, inspection records, and related documentation.
• Safety: Strictly follow all safety procedures and protocols in high-heat industrial environments.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Demonstrate personal accountability, a strong work ethic, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Willing and able to work in an environment that can be hot, humid, dusty, and noisy.
• Willing and able to adhere to safe work practices, including wearing appropriate PPE.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Masonry experience.
• Attention to detail, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.
• Forklift operation experience (often required).
• Ability and desire to learn.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Two (2) or more years of manufacturing experience.
• Ability to read engineering drawings.

Physical Requirements: (With or Without Reasonable Accommodation)

• Must be willing and able to squat, bend, and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Must be willing and able to stand and work up to a 10-hour day in a non-climate-controlled facility.
• Must be willing to work flexible hours, off shifts, and/or weekends when necessary.

Competencies:

• Ensures Accountability
• Action Oriented
• Collaborates
• Communicates Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Decision Quality
• Values Differences
• Being Resilient
• Situational Adaptability
• Instills Trust

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.

Benefits:

Our goal is for each employee and their families to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength, focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most.

Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, AD&D, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and paid parental leave.