Job Title: General Mechanic

Reports to: Maintenance Manager

Department: Maintenance

Location: Pekin

Supervises: N/A

Classification: Non-Exempt

Build your career with Alto Ingredients! Earn a competitive salary, benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and 401k with a company match up to 6%, a stipend for fitness center expenses, a generous paid time off (PTO) program, and service awards for career longevity.

Environment: Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO), formerly known as Pacific Ethanol, Inc., is a leading producer of specialty alcohols and essential ingredients. The company is focused on products for four key markets: Health, Home & Beauty; Food & Beverage; Essential Ingredients; and Renewable Fuels. The company’s customers include major food and beverage companies and consumer products companies. For more information, please visit www.altoingredients.com.

Our Pekin campus produces products destined for Health, Food and Beverage and Industrial markets. All personnel are responsible for the safety of these products, which includes participation in training, following cGMP and food safety requirements in the facility, and reviewing and following SOPs for incoming ingredients and outgoing products.

Job Purpose: To perform plant maintenance at the facility including performing preventative maintenance tasks and repairs to all plant equipment to ensure continued product production.

The following is a list of major duties and responsibilities for this position along with certain supportive duties. It is not all-inclusive. Other duties and responsibilities may be added as needed and in addition, management may modify this job description as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• High regard for personal accountability
• Practice a positive work ethic with a safety first attitude
• Stay current on all required Safety, Zen QMS, and IT training
• Detailed oriented while working in a team spirited environment
• React to equipment break downs with a sense of urgency
• Read schematics, P & ID’s, blueprints and engineering drawings
• Troubleshoot and repair of hydraulics, pneumatics, conveyors including, drag, belt and screw conveyors.
• Repair and maintenance of rotating equipment including pumps, centrifuges, fans and the ability to perform precision alignment.
• Welding and fabrication.
• Perform preventative maintenance functions
• Must have experience to maintain and construct threaded and welded piping systems
• Must have experience to repair centrifugal and positive displacement pumps.
• Willing and able to work off shifts and weekends as needed
• Must be drug free
• Must be reliable, dependable, and punctual

Education/Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalency.
• 4-5 year apprenticeship or other equivalent on the job experience
• 2 years specific experience in industrial maintenance

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to work in cold to hot temperatures; work around dust, fumes, and/or moderate to loud noises.
• Able to lift, pull, carry, and pick-up average to heavy objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Essential functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for climbing stairs and ladders, sitting, walking on paved and unpaved surfaces, and standing for prolonged periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; visual acuity to review written documentation; ability to hear and understand speech at normal room levels and on the telephone; manual dexterity to operate a telephone; lift horizontally and vertically, bending, stooping, and reaching.
• Work environment involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks, which require following basic safety precautions.
• Must be able to climb to the different heights.

Alto Ingredients, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Alto Ingredients participates in E-Verify; Criminal background check and drug screen required.