Lubrication Specialist

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Lubrication Technician to join our team at ADM. As a key member of our maintenance team, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of our industrial equipment by managing lubricant delivery, storage, and dispensation.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage lubricant delivery, storage, and dispensation to ensure optimal equipment performance.
• Create and manage routes for machinery re-lubrication and/or inspection to prevent downtime and extend equipment lifespan.
• Properly change and/or top-off the oil in mechanical equipment to maintain optimal lubrication levels.
• Collaborate with our preferred lubricant supplier to select the right lubricants for our industrial machinery, taking into account factors such as base and additive systems.
• Use standard techniques to select grease application methods that are least intrusive and most effective for industrial machines.
• Estimate re-grease volume and interval for industrial machines, adjusting according to guidelines and experience.
• Maintain lubrication equipment to ensure it is in good working condition.
• Employ basic oil analysis techniques to identify and troubleshoot abnormal lubricant degradation conditions, adjusting lubricant specifications accordingly.
• Manage lubricant testing and quality assurance, employing proper sampling procedures to ensure representative oil samples are taken consistently.
• Inspect mechanical equipment to identify and report abnormal conditions, utilizing mechanical aptitude and experience.
• Record lubricant quantities applied and other relevant data.
• Utilize ultrasonic equipment to ensure the proper amount of grease is added and to identify abnormal conditions.

Health, Safety & Environmental

• Facilitate and ensure adherence to safety regulations, rules, and sound practices.
• Coordinate and participate in audits, prioritizing and tracking completion of findings.
• Ensure that unsafe behavior and conditions are corrected.
• Perform safety audits and set the example for safety.

Sanitation/Food Safety

• Ensure the facility maintains world-class sanitation standards.
• Prepare the facility for and participate in regulatory, third-party, and customer audits.

Required Skills

• Strong commitment to employee safety.
• Excellent leadership, problem-solving, self-motivation, and organizational skills.
• Confident and courteous manner.
• Ability to hear and speak clearly, read, comprehend, and communicate orally and in writing.
• Ability to enter data into a spreadsheet or tablet.
• Self-starter with little supervision required.
• Ability and willingness to learn new skills and take on new responsibilities.
• Position requires standing and walking for long periods, climbing stairs and ladders, working with tools, working within close-confined spaces, and working in extreme temperatures.
• Willingness to participate in team on-call rotation schedule.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Experience with or willingness to learn forklift and scissors lift operations.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with hands-on troubleshooting and repair of industrial equipment.
• Demonstrated understanding of failure modes and ability to assess equipment condition, identify defects, and make repair recommendations.
• Level 1 Machinery Lubrication Technician (MLT1) certification.
• Ability to create spreadsheets and trend data.
• Experience with Lube-It is a plus.

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow.