Lubrication Technician - Southport, North Carolina

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Southport, North Carolina Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)

Job Ref:  76190BR
Employer:  Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Company Name:  ADM
Category:  Equipment - Machinery
Food Safety
Information Technology – IT
Maintenance – Repair
Operations
Other
Quality Control
Job Type:  Full Time

Location

Country:  United States
State:  North Carolina
City:  Southport
Map: 
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Description

Lubrication Technician
  • Manage lubricant delivery, storage and dispensation.
  • Create and manage routes for machinery re-lubrication and/or inspection.
  • Properly change and/or top-off the oil in mechanical equipment.
  • Collaborate with the preferred Lubricant Supplier (Petro Canada) representative to select proper lubricants for industrial machinery including:
    • Oil with the proper Base and additive system.
    • Grease
  • Use standard techniques to select grease application methods that are least intrusive and most effective for industrial machines.
  • Use standard techniques to estimate re-grease volume and interval for industrial machines and adjust according to guidelines/experience.
  • Properly maintain lubrication equipment.
  • Employ basic oil analysis techniques to identify and troubleshoot abnormal lubricant degradation conditions and use standard techniques to adjust the lubricant specification accordingly.
  • Manage lubricant testing, and quality assurance, employing proper sampling procedures to ensure representative oil samples are taken consistently.
  • Utilize mechanical aptitude and experience to inspect mechanical equipment and identify/report abnormal conditions.
  • Record lubricant quantities applied, and other data as required.
  • Utilize ultrasonic equipment to enable the proper amount of grease to be added and identify abnormal conditions.
Health, Safety & Environmental:
  • Facilitate and ensure adherence to safety regulations, rules and sound practices.
  • Coordinate and participate in audits, prioritizing and tracking completion of findings.
  • Ensure that unsafe behavior and conditions are corrected.
  • Perform Safety audits and set the example for safety.
Sanitation/Food Safety:
  • Ensure the facility maintains world class sanitation standards.
  • Prepare the facility for, and participate in, regulatory/third party/customer/company audits.
Required Skills:
  • Must have a strong commitment to employee safety
  • Require excellent command of the following: leadership, problem solving, self-motivation and organizational skills.
  • Must have confident and courteous manner.
  • Must be able to hear and speak clearly, read, comprehend and communicate orally and in writing.
  • Ability to enter data into a spreadsheet or tablet
  • Self-starter; needs little supervision
  • Ability and willingness to learn new skills and take on new responsibilities
  • Position requires standing and walking for long periods, climbing stairs and ladders, working with tools, working within close-confined spaces, and working in extreme temperatures.
  • Must be willing to participate in team on-call rotation schedule.
  • Strong Mechanical Aptitude
  • Experience with or willingness to learn forklift and scissors lift operations
Preferred Skills:
  • Experience with hands on troubleshooting and repair of industrial equipment
  • Demonstrated understanding of failure modes and ability to assess equipment condition, identify defects and make repair recommendations.
  • Level 1 Machinery Lubrication Technician (MLT1) certification.
  • Ability to create spreadsheets and trend data.
  • Experience with Lube-It is a plus.
This position offers a complete benefit package, including 401K/ESOP, pension, health, life and dental insurance.
ADM requires the successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and a background check.

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