Maintenance Repairer, Dunkirk, NY

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Business Profile  

Special Metals is the world leader in the invention, production and supply of high-nickel alloys for critical applications. Special Metals has over a century of expertise creating high-performance alloy products engineered for the most brutal, mission-critical services in the industry. With its focus on research and technology, Special Metals has invented and developed a large majority of the commercial nickel-based superalloys offered in the market today and is the one of the largest volume suppliers of nickel superalloys. Special Metals’s time-tested nickel alloys are highly engineered to offer a superior combination of heat resistance, high temperature and corrosion resistance, toughness and strength for the most demanding applications. Special Metals does more than just invent, develop and make high-performance alloys. Special Metals provides comprehensive metallurgical solutions in the toughest environments and helps customers manage, maintain and optimize the use of premium metals through a range of mission-critical, value-added services.

Location Profile  

The New Hartford and Dunkirk facilities in New York are industry leaders in the production of premium quality nickel base superalloys for both static and rotating aerospace and land-based gas turbine applications. Our facilities are accredited to the most recent release of the rigorous Aerospace Standard, AS9100 Revision D. Our Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) furnace is our primary melting process, and at 45,000 pounds capacity makes it among the largest in the world. In addition to servicing cast and wrought billet applications, we also produce premium-quality re-melt alloys for powder applications. SMC's cold finishing facility includes conditioning equipment for billet and bar surface preparation (ground or peeled). Billet and bar surfaces are finished to meet all varieties of customer specifications and inspection criteria. SMC conducts a variety of non-destructive tests on our product including penetrant inspection and contact and immersion sonic inspection to ensure compliance to all of our customer specifications. Our immersion sonic inspection system for billet is among the newest in the world.

• Receives instructions, prints, sketches, and work order for job.
• Repairs and maintains rolling mills, and their component parts including the repair of the rolling mill furnace, such as rebricking & clean and adjust gas nozzles.
• Repairs and maintains hydraulic systems, cutoff machines, air tools, presses, bar straightener, centerless grinders, exhaust fans and dust collectors, grinding jacks, electric and gas furnaces and ovens, high capacity crane and electric and air hoist, plant utilities, air compressor, gas heater, hot water heater, traveling grinder and grit blaster.
• Fabricates fixtures for mills and plant equipment working from prints and sketches, using various measuring instruments, arc welding equipment, power and hand tools.
• Repairs and maintains simple electrical systems, such as changing bearings and brushes on motors, wiring for 110-220-440 volts, and changing fuses.
• Repairs located at various heights.
• Repairs and maintains various types of plumbing systems.
• Installs new equipment and relocates present equipment.
• Checks job and determine material and tools required.
• Repairs and maintains exhaust equipment.

Education

A high school diploma or GED is required. Foundry experience or manufacturing experience is preferred.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.