• Position: Facilities Maintenance I

   
  This position is located at the Bayou La Batre, AL facility.  

  Join the Birdon team and help ensure USCG boats are safe and reliable!  

  Essential Functions & Responsibilities

  • Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements and workplace safety programs.
  • Maintain a facility which promotes Birdon as world class manufacturers through an orderly and functioning workplace.
  • Performs regular preventative maintenance on equipment and facilities as required per the maintenance schedules that have been established.
  • Performs repairs to facility offices such as painting, dry wall repair, fixtures, plumbing, changing filters, lights.
  • Observes production, warehouse, and office areas for any unsafe conditions and reports to manager and repair if required.
  • Communicates with outside vendors and service organizations as needed to schedule, oversee, and approve work provided.
  • Create and present estimates to management for repair projects as required.
  • Drives company vehicles for repairs, pick-ups, deliveries in a safe manner.
  • Ability to achieve forklift certification and safely use the forklift on occasions when necessary
  • Other duties as assigned by supervisor. 

  Required Skills:

  • This position requires strong interpersonal relationships with managers, senior management, and external contacts regarding the role's functional areas of expertise.
  • The position interacts with other employees in multiple work areas.
  • Ability to interpret blueprints and schematics.
  • Good communication skills both verbal and written.

  Working Conditions

  • Working conditions are normal for a manufacturing environment where exposure to moving mechanical parts, sharp cutting tools, dust, fumes and airborne particles, temperature extremes and elevated noise level. 
  • Employees must regularly lift and or move up to 25 pounds and frequently lift and or move more than 75 pounds.
  • While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, stoop, kneel, climb, crouch, talk and hear. 
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
  • Machinery operation requires the use of safety equipment to include but not limited to, eye safety glasses, hearing protection and work boots.

Birdon is committed to the HEALTH and SAFETY of our workforce and to the ENVIRONMENT, we expect this same commitment from all employees. 

Birdon America Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Know Your Rights The Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan.  This plan is available for inspection upon request by emailing hr@birdon.us.  If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact hr@birdon.us for further assistance.