Industrial Blacksmith I - 1st Shift - East Peoria, IL

Description:

Industrial Blacksmith

East Peoria, IL

About MMS

YOU’LL LOVE WORKING FOR MMS.

Our founders identified a need for professional, well-trained maintenance and repair experts to service companies and keep operations running with minimized downtime. Our MMS Team consists of people with diverse backgrounds, who come together every day committed to 100 percent customer satisfaction. Each member of the MMS Team brings years of experience in their field supported by knowledge from their everyday lives. The MMS Team functions as a fully engaged, highly skilled, customer-focused machine.

Manufacturing Maintenance Solutions is target-focused on team member satisfaction. We are known for the quality of our work and customer service excellence. Our team members choose to be part of the MMS team and stay with us throughout their careers!

Overview of Position:

Manufacturing Maintenance Solutions (MMS) is looking for experienced Blacksmiths with industrial manufacturing skill set in the Peoria/Pekin area. Multiple positions will be filled, with Blacksmiths reporting in-house daily and positions with the Blacksmiths reporting to customers location daily. All customer regulations and policies will be followed and adhered to.

Working conditions:

- Protective eyewear, hearing protection, head protection, and safety shoes are always required in shop areas.

- Temperatures may range from 40-120 degrees, depending on the area of the plant an individual may be working in.

- Job duties may require outside work at any time during the year.

- Job duties may require working from ladders or platforms above floor level. Job duties may involve the use of solvents, oils, grease, etc. Appropriate personal protective equipment is required.

Benefits:

At MMS, we ask a lot of our team members, which is why we give so much in return. In addition to your competitive compensation and medical/dental/vision plan, we provide the following (waiting period may apply to some benefits):

• Paid-Time Off & Holidays: All full-time team members receive 80 hours of vacation (10 full days) as well as 10 paid holidays per year. We even allow the carry over of unused vacation time!
• Dress: MMS provides uniforms at no cost to our team members
• Discounts: Everything from cell phones to vacations – we have access to many discounts
• Employee Assistance Program: Available to all employees from day one
• Tuition Reimbursement: MMS offers up to $3000 per year for continuing education (program approval required)
• Plan for the Future: MMS offers all employees the opportunity to establish their own 401K/Roth IRA
• Employee Ownership: Beginning at six months of employment, all employees become part of the Employee-Owned Stock Option Program (MMS covers the cost) – you reap the benefits of our success!

Additional Benefits

Location/Hours/Compensation: Peoria, IllinoisFull-Time, 1st Shift, Monday – Friday, Overtime as required

The successful candidate may be asked to work weekends and overtime on a regular basis, hours will flex as business requires. Starting wage range is $25-35 per hour. Starting wage offer will be based on candidate’s experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities

Requirements:

• Forges and repairs variety of metal articles, like tongs, edged tools, hooks, chains, machine structural components, and manufacturing riggings as specified by work orders, diagrams, or sample parts.
• Heats metal stock in blacksmiths forge or furnace [Heater].
• Hammers stock into specified size & shape on blacksmiths anvil or positions stock on anvil of power hammer and depresses pedal to hammer stock with varying force rapidity.
• Forge-welds metal parts by heating hammering them together.
• Devises jigs fixtures, forges special hand tools, like hammers or chisels, and sets up form blocks.
• Tempers or anneals forged articles [Heat Treater heat treating I].
• Record type of repair or fabrication of tools or machine components performed during work shift to maintain daily activity report records.
• May cut, assemble, and weld metal parts, using arc or acetylene welding equipment [Welder, Combination welding]
• Ability to use hand tools
  • Small powered equipment (saws, drills, etc.), and other shop equipment
• Ability to carry out verbal and written instructions
• Ability to analyze information and to make an informed decision based on that information
• Ability to work with a minimum of supervision in a team environment. Will work alone or as a member of a work crew, depending on the work assignment
• Ability to handle physical workload
• Must have a valid state driver’s license, vehicle insurance and dependable vehicle
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of U.S.

** Ability to use and understand maintenance CMMS systems is a plus **

Responsibilities:

• Strict adherence to safety regulations and policies
• Prepare and submit daily maintenance reports containing information obtained during shift
• Safety concerns and / or observations
• Maintenance performed.
• Procedures that went well
• Procedures that went badly
• Summarizing on-going trends of machinery
• Accountable for the equipment with which the employee works or has control over, as well as the need for observation of the process/product to minimize product loss.
• Responsible for any equipment requiring maintenance work.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate parts use records.
• Responsible for all materials and tools used on the job or special projects.
• Responsible for maintaining product integrity.
• Responsible for company equipment.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb, ascend/descend or balance to heights that may require a ladder or lift; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl in confined spaces; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. The employee is regularly required to use close vision and color vision. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. Work is typically performed in a factory environment and is usually very loud. In the factory environment, the employee may be exposed to hazardous materials and/or greasy or slippery factory floors.

Development and Training:

Development is at the core of what we do, and MMS is committed to providing our employees with the opportunity to expand their skillsets. You’ll be given the resources and mentorship you need to succeed in a company committed to education, development, and organic growth.

Equal Opportunity:

MMS is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.