Maintenance Technician

About Linde:

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2023 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit www.linde.com.

Job Overview:

Linde is looking for qualified applicants to fill the role of Maintenance Technician for the hydrogen and air separation processes at our Niagara Falls, NY facility. The Maintenance Technician must demonstrate initiative in handling issues, be self-motivated, dependable, and work within a team environment. If you are willing to commit to the demands of a 24/7 plant operation, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Join us in driving excellence and ensuring the success of our operations.

Shift: Monday-Friday dayshift 07:00-15:30 with overtime and on-call responsibilities as needed to support operations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Uses a wide variety of hand, power, and machine tools to troubleshoot and repair various mechanical equipment and systems.
• Follow SMP/SOPs within an ISO/QA/PSM/RMP site
• Disassembly/assembly of rotating equipment, pumps, gearboxes, compressors, etc. to repair/replace bearings, gears, seals, structural components and the like.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints, process drawings, schematics, and technical manuals.
• Performs corrective and preventive maintenance on equipment and mechanical systems.
• Safely troubleshoot, repair, and maintain all rotating equipment and associated mechanical systems including compressors, pumps, fans, blowers, boiler systems, valves, and ability to perform equipment alignments.
• Utilizing a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), plan and execute maintenance activities including procurement of parts, supervision of maintenance tasks, and completion of all follow up required documentation.
• Complete some repairs of mechanical piping systems including threaded and welded pipe systems.
• Complete and document maintenance activities associated with predictive and corrective maintenance activities.
• Manage inventory of critical spares for mechanical systems
• Plan, schedule, estimate costs, coordinate and perform maintenance activities for site outages
• Support root cause analysis program for routine and/or major failures of mechanical systems
• Contribute to mechanical and process reliability as needed.
• Ability to facilitate contractor management to ensure safe and efficient completion of maintenance activities.
• Candidate will be required to perform work outdoors in variable weather conditions, and at elevated heights or confined spaces.

Qualifications:

• High School education, Associates degree a plus.
• Journeyman millwright/machinist experience preferred
• 5+ years experience in an industrial production environment
• Excellent computer skills required.
• Welding and HVAC experience a plus.
• Functional in systems up to 480V preferred
• On-Call ability required within 24/7 operation environment. Plant emergencies, outages, shutdowns, and turnaround work may require working outside of the normal Monday thru Friday schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

At Linde, we strive to create a work environment that treats all employees with respect, supports new thoughts and ideas, encourages growth and development, celebrates our differences, and embraces inclusion. Linde is committed to remaining an employer of choice for the diverse, ever-increasing pool of global talent. To learn more, visit About Linde.

We offer a comprehensive competitive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, health, dental, disability, life insurance, 401(k) (with matching), and pension benefits.

Linde thanks all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those applicants who are being considered for an interview will be contacted.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Pay Range: 70,000 - 85,000