Description:

• This role is with Fischer Process Industries, a division of Tencarva Machinery Company.

About Tencarva: Founded in 1978, with roots dating back to 1926, Tencarva is an equipment distributor, engineering and design partner, and full-service repair center. Serving thousands of customers across the industrial and municipal segments, Tencarva’s various divisions cover 17 states and provide end-to-end, tailored solutions for complex systems within the fluid/solids/air/gas handling and water/wastewater treatment sectors. Our service offerings include system analysis and design, application engineering, custom fabrication and assembly, automation and controls, and equipment service, repair, and remanufacturing.
About Fischer: A division of Tencarva Machinery Company, Fischer Process Industries is an industry-leader in the distribution of pumps, process equipment, valves and instrumentation for industrial applications. For over 65 years (founded in 1957), our commitment has been to provide high-quality engineered equipment to customers in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, Western PA, and West Virginia.
Role Summary: Repairs/rebuilds customer equipment, including but not limited to the following: centrifugal pumps, vertical turbines, positive displacement pumps, air operated pumps, vacuum pumps, blowers, gearboxes, mixers/agitators, etc. Maintains the quality of service at a high level in support of the company’s sales efforts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Inspect, disassemble, repair, re-assemble, and service industrial pumps and other types of rotating equipment.
• Partners with a variety of internal stakeholders, including Sales Engineers, Applications Engineers, Repair Coordinators, Service/Repair Management, etc.
• Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of the finished workpiece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
• Inspects, disassembles, selects parts from a repair parts list, and re-assembles rotating equipment.
• From the general description, sketches part or product to be fabricated.
• Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on material or workpiece as guides for subsequent machining.
• Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes, balancer, and other machine tools.
• Starts and observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining and adjusts machine controls or control media as required.
• Manual milling and general machining operations: drilling, milling, slotting, and boring to bearing fits with tolerances of +/- .002”
• General manual and turning operation; boring, grooving, and threading with tolerances of +/-.0005”
• Surface grinding: manual wet and dry, limited form, spin, and tolerances of +/-.0002”
• Installs machined replacement parts in mechanisms, machines, equipment, and unit tests to ensure functionality and performance.
• Establish a work schedule in coordination with the Service & Repair Manager.
• Assist with repairs at customers’ sites; adhere to customer safety rules and policies.
• Drive and safely operate company-owned vehicle/service truck.
• Keep work area safe and clean; adhere to Tencarva safety rules and policies. Safety equipment is to be used
• per the company safety manual.
• Travel for training or customer assistance as necessary.
• Must be able to travel overnight, if required, and be prepared to take responsibility for handling approved
• personal travel expenses. (The company will reimburse approved travel expenses.)
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Inspect, disassemble, repair, re-assemble, and service industrial pumps and other types of rotating equipment.
• Partners with a variety of internal stakeholders, including Sales Engineers, Applications Engineers, Repair Coordinators, Service/Repair Management, etc.
• Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of the finished workpiece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
• Inspects, disassembles, selects parts from a repair parts list, and re-assembles rotating equipment.
• From the general description, sketches part or product to be fabricated.
• Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on material or workpiece as guides for subsequent machining.
• Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes, balancer, and other machine tools.
• Starts and observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining and adjusts machine controls or control media as required.
• Manual milling and general machining operations: drilling, milling, slotting, and boring to bearing fits with tolerances of +/- .002”
• General manual and turning operation; boring, grooving, and threading with tolerances of +/-.0005”
• Surface grinding: manual wet and dry, limited form, spin, and tolerances of +/-.0002”
• Installs machined replacement parts in mechanisms, machines, equipment, and unit tests to ensure functionality and performance.
• Establish a work schedule in coordination with the Service & Repair Manager.
• Assist with repairs at customers’ sites; adhere to customer safety rules and policies.
• Drive and safely operate company-owned vehicle/service truck.
• Keep work area safe and clean; adhere to Tencarva safety rules and policies. Safety equipment is to be used
• per the company safety manual.
• Travel for training or customer assistance as necessary.
• Must be able to travel overnight, if required, and be prepared to take responsibility for handling approved
• personal travel expenses. (The company will reimburse approved travel expenses.)
• Other duties as assigned by management

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must perform 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.

• Must have 2+ years of experience repairing/rebuilding industrial rotating equipment (and/or machining components for this equipment) - preferably pumps (both API & ANSI), including centrifugal, positive displacement, gear pumps, air diaphragm pumps, H-pumps/multistage, submersibles, etc.
• Experience repairing gear boxes, valves, blowers, heat exchangers, and other types of rotating/process equipment is a plus.
• Ability to read micrometers, dial indicators, calipers & other assorted measuring tools.
• Have the ability or learn to read and interpret mechanical drawings, blueprints, schematics, machinery detail drawings, layout drawings, service manuals, etc. Must possess ability to work with basic math
• Ability to determine how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, the integrity and functionality of system components, and the environment may affect performance.
• Experience with alignment methods and tools including laser alignment
• Applicant must be customer-driven
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment
• Must have positive “can-do” attitude - and be able to solve problems on the fly
• Demonstrated ability to act in a self-directed manner with no immediate supervision.
• Proven ability to successfully troubleshoot.
• Outstanding attention to detail.
• Ability to adhere to stringent safety requirements and customers’ work rules. Must possess understanding of and compliance with codes and OSHA regulations, including Lockout/Tagout, Fall protection, Hot Work, Crane Rigging/Signaling, and job hazard analysis.
• Ability to safely use lifting materials such as chain-falls, come-along, clevis, slings, and chains
• Ability to project a professional image and form trusting relationships.Must possess drive and initiative. Actively seeks to learn about different types of pumps and their applications

Physical Demands: The physical demands described herein represent those that an employee must meet to successfully perform this job’s essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of duties of this position is considered very heavy work. Must be able to exert force over 100 pounds occasionally, and more than 50 pounds frequently; climb, balance, stop, kneel, crouch, reach overhead, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, finger, grasp, feel, talk, hear, and perform repetitive motions.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include being able to accommodate/adjusting the lens of the eye to bring an object into sharp focus and maintain a good field of vision, observing an area that can be seen up or down or right or left while eyes are fixed in a given point.
• Must be able to meet the standards outlined in the WorkSteps program satisfactorily.
• Must be able to fulfill all essential job functions in a consistent state of alertness and safe manner