Lubrication Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Lubrication Specialist to join our team at PURIS. As a key member of our maintenance team, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our plant's machinery and systems.

• Create lubricant specifications for various types of machines and equipment.
• Optimize, implement, and manage lubrication programs to minimize downtime and maximize productivity.
• Select and apply lubricants, taking into account factors such as temperature, load, and speed.
• Identify and prevent lubricant contamination, and design and implement effective storage and handling systems.
• Execute and document planned lubrication activities and tasks, and troubleshoot common lubrication-related problems.
• Collect and manage samples for analysis, and review and address oil analysis findings to recommend current and future maintenance actions.
• Document discrepancies and conditions that require corrective, predictive, or planned maintenance, and recommend equipment modifications to facilitate lubrication, inspection, oil analysis, and contamination control.
• Coordinate inventory and routine ordering of products, and manage key metrics for the lubrication program.
• Maintain equipment within the program, such as filter carts, refillable/sealable portable lubricant containers, hydraulic reservoirs, etc.
• Act as the key point of contact for lubrication-related issues, and diagnose problems using appropriate testing equipment.
• Troubleshoot, repair, install, and modify equipment as directed, following established requirements for GMP, safety, and other procedures.
• Respond to operator calls, take appropriate action, and follow up, and install new equipment and make major modifications when supplied with instructions.
• Troubleshoot and repair all types of production equipment, systems, and controls, and operate equipment in the Maintenance Department.
• Seek assistance from others as needed, and support the Maintenance Planner in developing job plans, including materials, steps, duration, coordination, etc.
• Assist in ensuring everything is on hand and ready when the job is scheduled to begin, and seek out and recommend equipment and process improvements.
• Conduct on-the-job training, and assist other technicians as needed, and work with vendors and service suppliers regarding equipment parts and supplies.
• Complete special projects and other duties as assigned, and provide team leadership, directing the work of other maintenance personnel as assigned.
• Use human relations and leadership skills to solve non-complex employee relations problems and issues associated with cooperation, team building, job assignments, etc.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Machinery Lubrication Technician or Analyst (MLT or MLA) II or STLE certification.
• 5+ years of applicable industrial maintenance experience.
• Knowledge equivalent to two-year Technical School courses in at least one trade.
• Detailed knowledge of machinery fundamentals, including pumps, motors, gearboxes, blowers, compressors, switchgear, etc.
• Good reading, writing, math, and administrative skills.
• Moderate skill in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and CMMS.
• Ability to work well independently.