R&D Maintenance Technologist

Your Job

INVISTA has an immediate need for an R&D Maintenance Technologist at our Texas Technology Center located in Katy, TX.

Join our team and contribute as member of a collaborative research team to help build, develop, and maintain critical systems and equipment used in our operations, experimental and analytical processes to achieve research program goals.

What You Will Do


* Installing, troubleshooting, aligning, and dismantling industrial machinery and mechanical equipment


* Performing periodic maintenance routines including lubricating machines and equipment for improved reliability and uptime to achieve optimal performance


* Participating in a Preventative Maintenance (PM) program


* Collaborating with research team to identify and prioritize maintenance needs


* Recording work results and parts usage in SAP


* Using a computer for record keeping and related documentation to include recording work results and parts usage in SAP


* Fabricating, fitting and building of headers vents and relief systems


* Working with operations associates to identify and prioritize maintenance needs


* Adhering to all site safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures and actively participating in the safety program


* Utilizing diagrams, schematics, sketches, operation manuals and manufacturer's specifications to maintain and properly fix machinery issues


* Maintaining accurate maintenance logs including critical preventative maintenance findings


* Strict adherence to all site safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Mechanical maintenance experience in an industrial, manufacturing, agricultural or military environment


* Experience troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic equipment, pneumatics & vacuum pumps


* Oil analysis and lubrication technique experience


* Experience with reading blueprints and precision measurements


* Experience troubleshooting issues with bearings, chains, sprockets, gearboxes, and conveyors, rollers, pulleys, and shafts


* Computer experience to include MS office

What Will Put You Ahead


* Experience with precision equipment installation, fundamentals in alignment, and machinery lubrication and basic building maintenance.


* Three (3) or more years' mechanical maintenance experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or military environment


* Technical Degree or higher in a Mechanical Maintenance program

In order to comply with U.S.

export control laws and regulations, this position requires applicants to either provide proof of

1.

U.S.

citizenship or lawful permanent resident status, or
2.

Be eligible to receive an export authorization (a license) under the Export Control Regulations

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