Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC, is a recognized leader in providing sustainability solutions, with three divisions providing industry-leading services. With a mission to innovate solutions to meet clients' sustainability goals, VLS has over 1,200 employees in 40+ locations across North America.
Waste Services
VLS Waste Services provides customized waste processing solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous industrial and commercial waste, including landfill diversion and sustainability programs, solidification of liquid waste, recycling, wastewater treatment, and waste sequestration.
Railcar Services
VLS Railcar Cleaning and Repair Services division provides specialty cleaning services for difficult-to-clean products, including chemicals, hardened materials, and pressurized gases, and comprehensive repair services for certified full-service repairs, tank car qualifications, and maintenance.
Marine Services
VLS Marine Services division offers state-of-the-art barge cleaning, repair, and gas-free facilities for various chemical solvents and downstream petroleum products.
Performs preventive maintenance, repairs, and rebuilds mechanical equipment. Equipment consists of diesel and gasoline engines, hydraulic systems, transmissions, drive trains, and compressors. Is capable of doing all work with little or no supervision. Assists supervisor in making economic decisions on the repair of equipment. Maintains a neat and orderly work area.
- Is safety minded and pushes safety through out the shop. Ensures all employees are compliant with all safety rules, procedures, and regulations.
- Is qualified through experience and training to repair and rebuild diesel and gasoline engines. Has experience with and can repair drive trains and hydraulic systems.
- Has the experience and ability to trouble shoot and repair compressors.
- Helps meet deadlines and assists supervisor to ensure equipment is repairable before spending many labor hours to repair.
- Completes preventive maintenance inspections and required paperwork keeping all equipment in good working order.
- Keeps the work area clean and free of trash, scrap, and debris.
- May assist in training new employees on his day to day tasks.
- Ability to read and write in English, high school diploma or equivalent, 5 years experience in diesel and gasoline engine repairs and rebuilding.
- Ability to define problems, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Occasionally assists in supervising and directing employees. Responsibilities may include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work and resolving problems.
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet or humid conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat, work near moving mechanical parts; work at heights and confined spaces; may encounter fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock; risk of radiation and vibration. Hot surfaces and sparks, intense light and the noise level in the work environment is usually very loud. Clothing is easily soiled.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus.
- Fork lift, Torch, Hand tools, Measuring devices, Pressure Devices, Chart recorders, and safety equipment.