Summary/Objective:
The Lead Technician for Leak Repair is responsible for safely detecting, locating, evaluating and repairing leaks onsite at client work locations. Interacting with various customers to increase company presence in an assigned geographic area, as well as supervising and training new technicians or assistant technicians. The Lead Technician is responsible for promoting the safety, quality, and integrity culture at Colt.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Maintains a safe, secure and healthy environment by adhering to Company/Customer safety standards and practices alerting others regarding potential hazards both pertaining to and not pertaining to your scope of work
- Performs all duties as assigned and adheres to Colt’s Core Values
- Assesses leaking components and reports on findings to operations, engineering, and customer representatives
- Performs leak repair operations that may include any of the following techniques and tasks:
- Drill and tap of components
- Wire wrap and banding
- Use measuring tools such as calipers, tape measure, to obtain complex design criteria
- Various Clamp and enclosure installation
- Measuring Complex geometries of components
- Maintain on call status with ability to respond to customers rapidly and travel immediately to address customers emergency on site.
- Inspect leak repair device provided by manufacturing as part of quality control prior to installation
- Identifies the necessity for the use of proper safety equipment, in coordination with the plant, and Colt’s safety matrix in order to perform all projects as safely as possible.
- Performs appropriate documentation and administrative procedures as required from a job to job basis
- Communicates and collaborate with, field personnel, client representatives and management in order to obtain successful completions of projects
- Maintains awareness of company products and services available to customer
- Be willing to assist with sales functions throughout assigned territory
- Willingness to take direction from supervisory and lead personnel
- Adhere to quality procedures and demonstrate a strong safety culture
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:
- High school diploma or equivalent required. Technical or Trade school or related education preferred
- 5 or more years of experience with on-line leak repair
- Must be able to pass routine and random drug screening
- Ability to perform a variety of tasks, often changing assignments on short notice
- Must be able to understand, speak, and write English
- Ability to prioritize and complete work assignments by specific deadlines
- Knowledge of plant maintenance and repair work preferred
- Must possess a valid driver’s license
- Have obtained or has the ability to obtain OSHA 10 And OSHA 30 certification.
Work Conditions
- Position is based out of a branch or site location with a geographic responsibility
- Field duties require indoor and outdoor work in a plant or industrial atmosphere
- Interaction with other crew employees, as well as supervisors and customer personnel
- Working around production machinery with extreme heat, and noise levels
- May be required to work in or near extreme hot or cold environments.
- Must be able to wear safety equipment as required by the safety department for personal protection on a per job basis
- May be at more than one job site in a day and must be able to tolerate climate changes
- May be required to travel out of town on a periodic basis
Physical and Mental Requirements
- Ability to lift and carry 75 pounds
- Must be able to walk and climb throughout industrial areas including steps and ladders
- Ability to Communicate with customers in high stress environments,
- Ability to work on elevated or hard to reach surfaces and areas in a variety of locations throughout industrial facilities.
- Must be able to manage time and schedule on a weekly basis and be able to travel when necessary to offsite locations
- Ability to maintain focus and multitask effectively on a variety of Job scopes for different locations
- Excellent communication skills, must be able to follow Standard Operating Procedures, evaluate each individual job scope, and mitigate all safety hazards with proper safety precautions and personal protective equipment.
Colt is an equal opportunity employer and considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Colt is a dynamic organization. Accordingly, the responsibilities associated with this job will change from time to time in accordance with Colt’s business needs. More specifically, the incumbent may be required to perform additional and/or different responsibilities from those set forth above.