Maintenance Hourly Openings

Company Description

Standard Steel is a leading manufacturer of forged steel wheels and axles for freight railcars, locomotives and passenger railcars. It is the only producer of forged steel wheels for railcars and locomotives in North America.  Customers include major Class I railroads in North America, freight railcar builders, railcar and locomotive maintenance shops, the Amtrak national railroad, locomotive builders and regional transit authorities.

Standard Steel, LLC, and its affiliated companies were purchased by Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation in 2011, but the existing facility has been producing forgings since 1795. In 2012, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. merged with Nippon Steel Corporation to become Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, the majority owner of Standard Steel.

Standard Steel's manufacturing plant is located at 500 North Walnut Street in Burnham, Pennsylvania.

Job Description

We are currently accepting applications for the following positions.

MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN

JOB DUTIES

• Performs duties throughout the plant as directed by Management/Supervision, Shift-Leader or Work Leader.
• Maintains machinery and equipment in proper operating condition. (Including machine tools).
• Inspects equipment and identifies issues which need corrected.
• Identifies mechanical problems by observing equipment in operation or by other methods based on mechanical knowledge.
• Disassembles equipment to gain access to defective parts and repairs or replaces parts. Notifies supervision if parts are not available.
• Reassembles equipment, making necessary adjustments to ensure proper operation.
• Erects, adjusts and dismantles equipment as required.
• Lubricates, verifies fluid levels and cleans equipment.
• Repairs, adjusts and maintains mechanical drive systems, including but not limited to chain drives, belt drives, gear trains etc.
• Repairs, replaces and maintains all types of bearings.
• Verifies proper fits, clearances and backlashes on equipment and makes necessary adjustments.
• Performs electric arc and oxyacetylene welding and burning required to fabricate, erect, dismantle, repair, etc. any structural steel and iron, machinery, equipment, etc., throughout the plant.
• Is knowledgeable of and employs safe rigging techniques.
• Erects, dismantles and paints structural steel buildings, structures, metal roofing, siding, gutters, flashing, etc.
• Erects, repairs and dismantles furnaces.  (Other than brickwork).
• Fabricates structural steel for buildings and equipment.
• Loads and unloads heavy equipment, material and product on and off of cars and production equipment.
• Duties require thorough knowledge of safe loads for scaffolding, slings, cables, etc.
• Lashes cable, chains, slings etc. to load and unload heavy equipment.
• Fabricates, installs, dismantles and repairs, all types of air, water, steam, gas, coal and oil pipe, pipefittings and hoses throughout the plant.
• Required to use pipe cutting, bending, threading, drilling, grinding, welding and burning equipment in fabricating work.
• Locates position of concealed pipe by measuring and detection techniques.
• Required to be thoroughly familiar with and to use various types of pipefitters and steamfitters testing equipment.
• Makes lead caulks in iron pipe.
• Makes solder joints in lead and copper pipe.
• Makes rubber and composition gaskets as required.
• Repairs and repacks valves when required.
• Required to perform all plumbing work necessary throughout the plant.
• Fabricates, installs, and maintains in good repair, all sheet metal work throughout the plant, such as machine guards, roof cornices, ventilators, metal roofing, shelves, tanks, piping ducts, etc.
• Required to lay out work for fabricating.
• Required to operate all sheet metal fabricating equipment in our sheet metal shop.
• Capable of troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining any mobile equipment or other gasoline or diesel internal combustion engine driven equipment used throughout the plant.
• Is capable of repairing engines, transmissions, rear ends, etc. using all tools, gauges and equipment required.
• Makes repairs, adjustments and replacements to ignition and electrical systems on mobile and gas/diesel driven equipment.
• Washes, waxes, polishes and paints equipment.
• Checks and charges batteries.  Operates equipment as necessary to test, or in emergency, for other purposes. Installs new parts and attachments.
• Tests antifreeze in radiators and adds any required.
• Installs and removes tire chains.  Attaches and detaches snowplows and other attachments to mobile equipment.
• Possesses thorough knowledge of all types of gasoline, diesel and propane gas powered equipment, inspection standards, equipment capacities and the proper service and maintenance standards required.
• Is a licensed driver with driving experience under all types of traffic conditions.
• Repairs, adjusts, installs and dismantles hydraulic systems on all machinery and equipment throughout the plant.
• Dismantles precision hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, consistent with accepted practices, examines to determine cause of failure or malfunctioning, repairs salvable parts and makes replacements where necessary.  Repairs or replaces worn components to restore to original condition. Performs bench tests to confirm proper function.
• Reassembles precision parts in accordance with specifications stipulated by the manufacturer.
• Analyzes and solves problems of malfunctioning systems by use of hydraulic schematic circuits and other troubleshooting methods.
• Possesses knowledge of oil and fluids, accepted terminology, characteristics and application as well as basic electronics knowledge to facilitate troubleshooting and repair of computerized controls, valves, etc.
• Recognizes the operation and function of individual hydraulics components (pumps, valves, cylinders, servos, pressure relief valves, sequencing valves, etc.), and the contribution each makes to the functioning of the entire system.
• Possesses working knowledge of force, pressure and flow computations to effectively and correctly specify sizes and quality of hydraulic components consistent with use and in accordance with good hydraulic practice.
• Operates equipment to test and verify proper operating efficiency. Adapts parts and components to obtain desired results.
• Required to use all tools common to the trade including micrometers and other precision tools and measuring devices, including electronic measuring and detection equipment.
• Reports problems and/or repairs, both complete and incomplete, to the supervisor or leader.
• Maintains daily logs and other documentation (records), including job reporting, as required by supervision.
• Maintains contact with supervisor or leader via pager, telephone, text, email, direct contact, etc.
• Works with others in performing all types of major and minor maintenance and repair work, and does so with a high degree of skill and efficiency and with limited direct supervision.
• Performs the basic skills of other crafts when required in the performance of their regular job duties.
• Is knowledgeable and understands all work rules and safe work practices and rules, and adheres to the same.
• Must be familiar enough with the operation of equipment being repaired or maintained, to be able to ascertain that it is in efficient and safe operating condition.  May be required to test operate the equipment.
• Operates cranes, high reaches, lift trucks and other mobile equipment as required.
• Keeps work area in a clean, safe and orderly condition, including cleaning work area after job is complete.
• Assists as required or assigned, other classifications within the Maintenance Department.

POSITION SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy.
• Follow instructions and read blueprints.
• Look at flat drawings or pictures and visualize how they would look as solid objects.
• Work at heights without fear.
• Use logical step-by-step procedures in work.
• Plan work and solve problems.
• Make decisions based on measurable information.
• Perform a variety of duties which may change often.
• Operate machinery.

ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN

JOB DUTIES

• Performs duties throughout the plant as directed by Management/Supervision, Shift-Leader or Work Leader.
• Assembles and installs electrical equipment, including overhead and underground power lines, controls, etc.
• Ascertains causes of failures in electrical installations and makes all necessary repairs that can be made with available facilities.
• Troubleshoots to root cause failures and improper function using all tools necessary, including but not limited to test equipment, meters, gauges, PLC program etc.
• Dismantles electrical equipment to be repaired, moved or scrapped.
• Performs any and all types of required adjustments and maintenance operations on all of our electrical installations.
• Must be familiar with electrical power distribution and magnablast system.   May be required to operate substation after short training period.
• May be required to splice underground cable after short training period.
• Fabricates steel and conduit for electrical installations and repairs.
• Makes sketches and diagrams for use in reassembling work.
• Performs electric arc and oxyacetylene welding and burning required in the performance of their work.
• Examines and repairs coils, stators and armatures to determine and record all necessary technical data to repair and/or rewind, including sketches.
• Installs rings and commutators.
• Dismantles coils, stators, armatures and related equipment.
• Determines materials required to make repairs and obtains from stock if available. Notifies Supervision if unavailable.
• Makes coils and other parts required.
• Reassembles armatures and stators, including taping, banding, soldering, etc.
• Tests coils, stators and armatures to verify functioning correctly.
• Performs repairs to locomotives and other mobile equipment as required.
• Installs, tests, repairs, adjusts, calibrates and balances all types of pyrometers, temperature recorders, steam, air, water, natural gas and oil flow meters and any other indicating, controlling or graphic electrical or mechanical instruments and the auxiliary equipment controlled by such instruments.
• Manufactures, tests and repairs thermocouples for furnace sensors and thermocouple lances for the melting operations.
• Work must be completed in compliance with changing quality requirements and procedures as published by the National Institute of Standards, Standard Steel or others, including customer requirements and related quality standards.
• Dismantles, cleans, inspects, repairs or replaces worn or defective parts and reassembles, tests and adjusts instruments and auxiliary equipment.
• Installs, tests and adjusts new instruments and auxiliary equipment.
• Responsible for proper documentation and record keeping when repairing and calibrating equipment.  Must sign certification and/or calibration documents upon completion of jobs.
• Repairs, installs and maintains radio controls for overhead cranes and similar devices, such as radio controlled doors, conveyors, quenching operations and locomotives, etc.
• Repairs, installs, calibrates and maintains recording, controlling and indicating devices of all types of furnaces and boilers.  Adjusts combustion systems to obtain proper fuel/air ratio to maximize furnace efficiency, stability, and uniformity of heat distribution.
• Installs, repairs and maintains other combustion control equipment such as variable flow valves, actuators, drive units, regulators, etc.
• Repairs, installs, calibrates and maintains electronic weighing and balancing systems.
• Repairs, calibrates and maintains electronic lab equipment i.e., spectrometers, X-ray equipment, various measuring and flaw detection equipment and element detection furnaces.
• Required to use all tools common to the trade, including micrometers and other precision tools and measuring devices, including electronic measuring and detection equipment.
• Reports problems and/or repairs, both completed or incomplete, to the supervisor or work leader.
• Maintains daily logs and other documentation (records), including job reporting, as required by supervision.
• Maintains contact with supervisor or leader via pager, telephone, email, text or direct contact, etc.
• Works with and directs the work of others within the classification, in performing all types of major and minor maintenance and repair work, and does so with a high degree of skill and efficiency and without direct supervision.
• Performs the basic skills of other crafts when required in the performance of their regular job duties.
• Is knowledgeable and understands all work rules and safe work practices and rules, and adheres to the same.
• Must be able to work from drawings, prints, schematics, and written instructions, etc.
• Must be familiar enough with the operation of equipment being repaired or maintained, to be able to ascertain that it is in efficient and safe operating condition.  May be required to test operate the equipment.
• May be required to operate cranes, high reaches, lift trucks and other mobile equipment as required, and should maintain the qualifications to do so.
• Keeps work area in a clean, safe and orderly condition.
• Assists as required or assigned, other classifications within the Maintenance Department.

POSITION SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy.
• Follow instructions and read blueprints.
• Look at flat drawings or pictures and visualize how they would look as solid objects.
• Work at heights without fear.
• Use logical step-by-step procedures in work.
• Plan work and solve problems.
• Make decisions based on measurable information.
• Perform a variety of duties which may change often; and operate machinery.
• Thorough knowledge of electrical theory and methods, materials, tools, equipment and systems used in the electrical trade
• Thorough knowledge of applicable state and federal codes and regulations pertaining to the electrical trade
• Computer and PLC logic and programing
• Inspection of, identification, and knowledge of all electrical distribution systems (24-12k volts)
• Methods and practices followed in maintenance of tools, machinery, and equipment
• Safety precautions to be observed in the maintenance and installation of all equipment.
• Must have the ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure, using whole number, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to interpret miscellaneous drawings and schematics.

MACHINIST

JOB DUTIES

• Performs duties throughout the plant as directed by Management/Supervision, Shift-Leader or Work Leader.
• Keeps work area in clean and orderly condition.
• Works with high degree of skill and efficiency.
• Must have ability to safely and efficiently set-up, operate and maintain all types of machining equipment and machine tools such as, but not limited to, lathe, milling machine, shaper, grinder, planer, saw, etc.
• Required to grind own cutting tools, and perform tool tipping and grinding work.
• Must have thorough knowledge of standard dimensions of machine parts as applied to gears, tapers, threads, splines, shaft and housing fits for bearings, etc.
• Must have thorough knowledge of shop mathematics.
• Required to interpret prints, sketches and written instructions.  Must be able to prepare sketches and instructions.
• Dismantles, repairs and assembles machinery and parts.  Required to prepare sketches and assembly data when dismantling equipment in order to produce assembly instructions.
• Makes sketches and diagrams for use in reassembling work.
• Required to decide operations necessary and most economical in constructing or repairing material, parts or equipment.
• Lays out work.  Assigns and schedules work as needed.
• Must be familiar with hot-working and cold-working properties and procedures of all types of metals (hardening, tempering, etc.) to obtain desired properties, fit and finish.
• Must be able to hand forge tools, parts etc., to obtain required strength, ductility, etc.
• Must be capable of performing any welding repairs to machinery or tooling using various welding techniques.  Must identify materials and proper welding techniques and procedures.
• Set-up, operate and maintain welding machines, including but not limited to, MIG, TIG, HELIARC, SUBMERGED ARC, Electric Arc, Automatic and Semiautomatic, etc.
• Prepares work pieces to be welded as necessary, including but not limited to, preheating, stress-relieving, etc.
• Welds test coupons (blocks) for any purpose, including for customer, AAR or Governmental specifications.
• Maintain welding qualifications as standards requirements change.
• Must be capable of performing diesel/electric locomotive and related railroad repairs.
• Operates and Maintains (cleans, lubricates, maintains fluid levels etc.) any material handling equipment including, but not limited to, overhead cranes, fork trucks etc.
• Tags and stamps identifying information on work upon completion.
• Assist other Maintenance team members as needed.
• Performs loading, unloading and organizing of materials, shipments and equipment as needed.
• Assist as needed checking, marking, segregating and loading materials or parts to be shipped or transported within the plant.

POSITION SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Work within precise tolerances and standards of accuracy.
• Follow instructions and read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Look at flat drawings or pictures and visualize how they would look as solid objects.
• Work at heights without fear.
• Use logical step-by-step procedures in work.
• Plan work, troubleshoot and solve problems.
• Make decisions based on measurable information.
• Perform a variety of duties which may change often; and operate machinery.
• Thorough knowledge of electrical theory and methods, materials, tools, equipment and systems used in the machinist trade
• Thorough knowledge of any accepted standards pertaining to the trade. Observe all safety precautions to be in the operation, maintenance and installation of all equipment.
• Must have the ability to apply shop mathematics as needed to complete tasks such that desired results are achieved.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR ALL POSITIONS:

• Must have a High School Diploma or GED.
• Must have a valid Driver’s License.
• Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds.
• Manufacturing experience preferred.
• Must be available to work all three shifts, including weekends and overtime.
• Must demonstrate self-motivation and problem-solving in a fast-paced setting
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at one time.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short-term Disability Insurance
• Long-term Disability Inusrance
• Life Insurance
• 401(k)