FULL DESCRIPTION: 

At MGS, we provide our team members with steady work, year-round, and opportunities to grow a lasting career while focusing on employee safety and promoting a healthy work environment.

In business since 1962, we build equipment that delivers well-engineered, reliable solutions for all kinds of transportation challenges. With a focus on superior quality and great people, we are proud to say we build things that last.

Assists in repairing and maintaining machinery, equipment, and physical structures by performing the following duties.

• Clean and lubricates machine parts such as shafts, pulleys, gears and bearings.  Replaces or repairs machine belts.
• Removes dust, dirt, grease, and waste material from machines.
• Paints machines or equipment to prevent corrosion.
• Bends and cuts conduit, and drills holes in walls, floors, and ceilings for electrical connections.
• Bends, cuts, and threads pipe, cuts openings in walls, ceilings, and floors for pipes, and seals pipe joints with sealing compound.
• Constructs and repairs structural woodwork in facility as directed.
• Patches or replaces plaster or plaster board and paints walls, ceilings and trim of building.
• Clears clogged drains.
• Operates welding machine to repair or join metal parts.
• Follows safety guidelines and uses all required personal protective equipment.
• Cleans work area, tools, and equipment. Performs other routine duties.
• Assists in snow removal and other grounds keeping activities as required.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and / or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or two to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

OSHA Forklift certification. PA Driver's License and farm tractor qualified.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers and reach with hands and arms.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance.  The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.  The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.