Overhead Crane Technician
Job Ref: # EB-1964083946
Date Posted: 4/24/2025 3:06:03 PM
City, State: Ghent, KY
Salary: $43 - $46
Description
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• Position: Overhead Crane Technician
• Location: Ghent, KY
• Travel: None
• Shift: 12-hour rotating shift schedule. (Modified Dupont Schedule // during this schedule you will work 7 day shifts and 7 night shifts with 7 off days out of the first 21 days of the 28-day cycle, followed by 7 days off in a row, before the 28-day cycle starts again). This shift is popular with the company employees because you will get a week off every month, and it allows you to plan your vacation days to give yourself 2 weeks of vacation with only having to use up 3-5 of your vacation days! Company offers 1 week of PTO after 6 months and 3 weeks of PTO your first calendar year (starting January 1).
Compensation: You can realistically expect your 1st year total compensation to be $108k – 113.6k
Base & Productivity ($43.34 – $45.50/hr, to start) $94,655 – 99,372
Average Overtime (10%) $13,522 – 14,196
Total $108,177 – 113,568
An important component of your Total Compensation is a Weekly Productivity/Incentive Bonus Plan that currently averages 140% of your weekly pay (and that percentage is expected to increase significantly over the next year). Raises are excellent at the company and dependent on how hard you want to work on getting maintenance qualifications completed; hard charging technicians can earn up to a 21.5% raise (depending on what you qualify) within the first year or so for meeting qualifications on multiple plant equipment. Promotions provide outstanding compensation, which is why so many former military service members work here.
• Benefits: Company has one of the industry's most flexible and comprehensive health benefit programs (Medical / Dental / Vision), which includes wellness and health care spending accounts. Profit Sharing: each year, the company takes 10% of its operating profits and divides them up among all employees (except senior officers) - depending on company performance, this may be anywhere from 1% to over 20% of your pay. Company Stock Purchase Program. 401K: Generous plan that matches your first 7% of contributions. 3 weeks of vacation within the first year and 10 paid holidays and paid parental leave. Tuition Reimbursement: Company takes continuing education seriously; they will reimburse up to $5,250 of your approved educational expenses each year, and also reimburse your spouse up to $2,625 per year for a maximum of 2 years. Additionally, the company provides the children of every employee up to $4,000 worth of scholarship funding each year to be used at accredited academic institutions.
• COVID Vaccination: None.
Position Description:
• Crane Maintenance Technicians will be responsible for maintaining the facility’s Overhead cranes.
• Duties include but are not limited to inspection, calibration, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of electrical and mechanical Crane equipment.
• You will work as part of a team to ensure that all preventative and corrective maintenance is performed in a timely manner.
• Responsibilities include print reading, control circuits, AC/DC theory electrical and mechanical maintenance as it relates to the equipment.
• Will also work with and adhere to safe electrical practices.
• Teammates will use computerized maintenance management program/system to complete work orders, find and order parts, and to schedule maintenance work for shift.
Requirements:
From a technical perspective, you must be able to demonstrate good electrical and mechanical systems troubleshooting and repair skills. You must have a demonstrated history of safe work practices and the ability to work with minimal direction. Be prepared to demonstrate the ability to interpret drawings for repair, installation and maintenance of complex electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems and equipment. Experience with AC and DC drives (ABB Drives experience is a plus), PLCs (experience with Siemens PLCs is a plus), and computers is expected. Required mechanical skills/experience include gearboxes and industrial structural assembly (i.e crane structures and assemblies). At a minimum for electrical skills/experiences, candidates must have a strong background with motor controllers, variable frequency drives, radio controls, and voltages up to 480V.
PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
• Knowledge/experience: electrical theory, digital/analog electronics, schematics, print reading, control circuits, computers/PLC programming, test instruments, power supplies, power distribution, AC/DC drives/motors, CMMS systems, 480V systems, high voltage, NFPA70E.
• Knowledge specific to industrial overhead crane maintenance including but not limited to; codes and specifications, PLCs, drive programming, preventive/predictive maintenance programs, NDT, crane inspections, and production practices.
• Crane maintenance experience – both electrical and mechanical
SELECTION CRITERIA:
• Communication: The ability to give full attention to what others are saying and communicating information so that others will understand.
• Initiative: Being proactive with seeking out work that needs to be done and being willing to take on responsibilities and challenges (help in reducing costs, improving quality/reliability/productivity).
• Teamwork: Working as part of a coordinated effort with others to achieve a common goal.
• Accountability & Dependability: Monitoring/assessing performance of self, displays reliability/responsibility with work habits, is committed to fulfilling obligations, and has ability to hold others accountable for desired results.
• Problem Solving & Judgment/Decision Making: Identifying problems and analyzing or reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options in order to choose the most appropriate solution.
• Attention to Detail: Thorough in accomplishing tasks, no matter how small they may be, and taking care to make sure that expectations are met.
• Organizing, Planning, & Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans for prioritizing, organizing, and accomplishing individual work and/or work of the team, including effective time management.
• Mechanical, Electrical and Maintenance Systems and Techniques: Basic mechanical and electrical knowledge for assisting with troubleshooting, installation, servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, tools, devices, moving parts, control systems, and machines/equipment.
Career Progression: Virtually limitless. Nowhere will you find a company more committed to the professional growth and promotion of its employees than within the corporation.
Keys to Successful Interview: The company looks for practical examples of your hands-on aptitude and skills. Demonstrate your “team” attitude, your ability to work well with others, and your desire for a good career opportunity not just a “job”. The interviewer will want to hear about how you did more than what was normally expected—how you went beyond the normal call of duty. They will want to test your knowledge—to have a clear understanding of what you know and what you don’t know. They will probe for your ability as a problem solver—are you solutions-oriented? They want to know how strong your work ethic is, and examples of your teamwork ethos. Be prepared to answer the question, “What attributes or skills do you have that will benefit the company?”
Positive attributes for this job will include the following:
• Safety – Demonstrate concern for the safety of self and others and is knowledgeable of and consistently follows all accepted safety practices. Has ability to communicate the importance of a safe work environment and the maintenance of plant equipment in relation to safety.
• Communication - Effectively expresses ideas and/or tasks. Clearly express ideas in writing and in good grammatical form. Has ability to convey technical information in a way that can be understood by all team members.
• Teamwork – Communicate and work effectively with others to accomplish tasks and achieve goals of the team. Ability to distinguish and align personal needs with needs of the group. Maintains focus on obtaining goals of the division.
• Judgment/Decision Making – Is able to take action in solving problems while exhibiting good judgment and responsibility with a timely systematic approach to decision making. All actions and decisions are in the best interest of the company.
• Initiative – Demonstrated self-starter, always looking for work that needs to be done and ways to improve. Is energetic and motivating to others
• Leadership – Utilizes appropriate interpersonal skills and methods to influence the actions and opinions of others in a desired, positive direction. Exhibits good judgment in leading others to accomplish the team goals and objectives
• Persistence – Must be able to maintain a positive attitude when faced with adversity and to persist in the completion of tasks despite the level of difficulty or frustration involved.
• Innovativeness – Generates new ideas and routinely goes beyond the status quo; recognizes the need for new or modified approaches; brings perspectives and approaches together, combining them in creative ways.
