Maintenance Inspector at Buzzi Unicem USA in Maryneal, TX

Overview

Buzzi Unicem USA is one of the leading cement manufacturing companies in the United States. With over 1,500 valued employees, Buzzi Unicem USA manufactures and distributes its cement products throughout the Midwest, Southwest, Northeast and Southeast regions of the country. Globally, Buzzi Unicem SpA operates in 14 countries and employs almost 10,000 people. We are passionate about sustainably producing our cement products for the benefit of society by providing the foundation for crucial infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, dams, and residential and industrial buildings.

Our commitment to positively contributing to society is a core principle for our business, and the reason we focus heavily on sustainable development. As part of our corporate culture, we recognize our role in meeting the current generation’s needs, while preserving environmental quality and protecting the needs of future generations.

Additionally, quality serves as the foundation of the way we do business at Buzzi Unicem USA. We have established at all our production sites, quality targets for our products that meet not only local regulatory standards but also our customer requirements.

Buzzi Unicem USA strives to provide a corporate culture supporting career growth through strong leadership and development planning. We offer a competitive salary, along with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits. Plus, our benefits include flexible spending accounts, supplemental life insurance and other voluntary benefits – such as accident and critical illness. We also provide a 401(k) savings plan, Employee Assistance Program, a tuition reimbursement program, professional development and advancement opportunities.

Join our team, be part of the solution, support evolving innovations, and help us continue providing quality products, all while being supported by strong leadership and a comprehensive and competitive benefits program.

Responsibilities

• Assist maintenance engineer in the development of preventive, predictive and autonomous maintenance plans for equipment from start-up through their life cycle. This entails specifying and updating frequency for each maintenance task based on normal operation and on the objectives of the maintenance function.
• Thoroughly inspect all aspects of equipment, write work requests for defective equipment, and suggest proper repairs for the maintenance team.
• Ensure that specific activities for inspection, lubrication, cleaning and changing of parts to the equipment are completed in order to timely detect and/or avoid equipment deterioration or shut downs. (Recommendations will be provided by the manufacturer, the supplier and from experienced personnel).
• Provide technical support and follow-up to major and highly specialized maintenance jobs.
• Assure all planned maintenance and operation tasks in the Plant are executed as specified and to follow up on the quality of the jobs.
• Promote ongoing improvement in equipment maintenance and administrative procedures. Work with supervisors to promote ongoing improvement by evaluating opportunities to improve sampling points with response to availability and reliability.
• Assist in training to promote technical development of maintenance department personnel.
• Collect data, analyze maintenance equipment, and investigate repetitive damage, in order to evaluate effectiveness of preventive and predictive procedures. Collaborate with maintenance engineer to enhance these procedures as needed.
• Assist maintenance engineer in performing root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with maintenance engineer for the specification of new equipment in order to insure the reliability of operation and life cycle.
• Work with maintenance engineer and maintenance team to perform modifications on existing equipment in order to enhance performance for reliability and to determine the best cost/benefit relationship.
• Assist the Maintenance Coordinator when planning major shutdown work requests with a high degree of specialization: this includes training and instruction, estimates, materials, special tools, and estimated duration of the job and manpower requirements.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• 5 -7 years in a heavy industrial environment; Maintenance training is a plus
• Knowledge of industrial equipment such as Belt Conveyors, Ball Mills and Kilns is helpful. Heavy Mechanical Background and understanding of machinery required. Strong Computer skills are required along with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office Software.
• Must be able to spend 75% of the workday in the field in and around industrial equipment. Must be able to lift 50+lbs, stand, walk, climb ladders and or stairs. Have the ability to work in extreme temperatures and in a noisy environment.

Buzzi Unicem USA offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits including 401k. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please note that candidates must be eligible to work in the United States and that only qualified candidates will be contacted.