Maintenance Mechanic Welder

Pay Grade: $20.40 - $32.20 Hourly 

Elite Comfort Solutions, a Leggett & Platt Company, is comprised of hardworking individuals dedicated to delivering innovative, high-quality foam products for the bedding and furniture markets and beyond.  With locations around the globe, we offer a world of opportunities in areas such as business, information technology, and manufacturing.

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

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Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group

Job Summary: The Maintenance / Welder required to repair, maintain, build, overhaul and troubleshoot problems with various types of machines and equipment.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Education & Experience: Must be at least 18 years of age to perform this job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be open to performing each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review maintenance work orders and P.M.’s and projects assigned daily to ensure tasks are being completed in a timely manner.
• Analyze any reoccurring problems with machinery & equipment and come up with permanent repair ideas and fixes and cost reduction.
• Perform preventative & routine maintenance as scheduled in a timely manner.
• The ability to look up repair parts via prints and/or spreadsheets, catalogs or online, or discuss with outside vendors and get quotes to fill out requisition forms to be approved for parts to be ordered.
• Provide your own tools.
• Perform work on mechanical drive systems such as belts, pulleys, speed reducers, roller chains, sprockets, shafts, and bearings mostly used on conveyor systems and tables.
• Must have strong troubleshooting skills in mechanical components and systems.
• Must have the ability to troubleshoot in electrical systems and components: 480-volts 3 phase, 220-volt single phase, 110 single phase, 24-volt AC and DC control voltage used on contactor, drives, photo eyes, proximity switches, coils, limit switches, safety switches, fuses and breakers; Ability to replace failed electrical components as needed.
• Hydraulic troubleshooting skills: must be able to identify failed hydraulic components and repair as needed on hydraulic systems control valves, pumps, cylinders and pressure transducers.
• Weld pipe ranging in size from 3/4” up to 8”
• Weld pipe runs on critical components including but not limited to chemical streams, compressed air lines, and fabricated equipment.
• Must be able to position the weld set up, fit the piping, and perform welds independently.
• Perform load rigging, torch cutting, and leveling with the use of measurement tools.
• Must be able to complete open root welding (no insert).
• Lays out, fabricates, assembles, installs and maintains piping systems, pipe supports, fixtures, and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment for steam, hot water fixtures and equipment for steam, hot water, heating, cooling, lubricating, sprinkling and production and processing systems.
• Read blueprints and drawings to plan layout and install piping systems.
• Selects type and size of pipe and related materials and equipment, such as supports, hangers, and hydraulic cylinders, according to job specifications.
• Inspects and plans sequence on installation to avoid obstructions and activities of other workers.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Or the combination of vocational/technical training in electrical systems and practical experience.

Experience:

• 2-5 years of mechanical maintenance and welding experience required preferably in an industrial setting

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to climb 40-foot extension ladders and work on all types of ladders.
• Ability to visualize objects in three dimensions from plans and drawings.

• Ability to operate scissor lifts, fork trucks, boom lifts, lulls and other industrial equipment safely.
• Ability to see and hear industrial equipment moving around the job site.
• Capable of working alone up to 12 hours carrying out assigned tasks with little to no supervision.
• Should be familiar with rigging, torch cutting, grinder & wire wheel operation, leveling, and use of measurement tools.
• Need to be familiar with the use of a pipe threading machine.

• Attendance Punctuality – Is consistently at work and on time.
• Quality – Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; maintains a clean and organized work environment.
• Quantity – Meets productivity stands; Completes work in a timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.
• Safety – Observes all safety procedures and policies; Reports potentially unsafe conditions to supervisor; uses equipment and materials properly.
• Good attention to detail.
• Able to work accurately from verbal and written instructions.

This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continual basis. It does not exclude other duties that may be assigned.

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• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
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• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

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