Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems, and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction, and environmental solutions around the world. The company reported global sales of $2.1 billion in 2024.  

MTI focuses on two major segments – Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions. 

Our Consumer & Specialties segment offers technologically enhanced products to consumer-driven end markets plus specialty additives that become functional components in a variety of consumer and industrial goods. This segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines. The Household & Personal Care product line provides mineral-to-market products that serve consumer-oriented end markets including Pet Care, Personal Care, Fabric Care, Edible Oil, and Renewable Fuel Purification. Our Specialty Additives product line provides mineral-based technologies serving Paper, Packaging, Sealants & Adhesives, Paint & Coatings, Ceramics, Plastics, Food & Pharmaceutical markets.

Our Engineered Solutions segment offers advanced process technologies and solutions that are designed to improve our customers’ manufacturing processes and projects. This segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines. Our High-Temperature Technologies product line offers specially formulated blends and technologies primarily for Foundry and Steelmaking industries. Our Environmental & Infrastructure product line provides waterproofing, water purification, remediation and other fluid management technologies for critical projects for Remediation, Water Purification, and Infrastructure.

MTI is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment for all employees. In our offices around the world, our differences are respected and valued as essential to MTI’s continued growth and innovation. Our goal is to ensure that all employees at MTI experience our workplace as a welcoming and respectful environment where they can achieve their full potential.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Prioritizing with the site Self-Directed Work Team and the Plant Manager for planned, routine, or emergency maintenance repair to minimize production downtime and maximize production efficiency.
• Troubleshoots and repairs existing blowers, pumps, seals, valves, piping systems, fans, gear reducers, sprockets, chains, belts, bearings, screening systems, ductwork, motors, starters, wiring systems, thermal pneumatic and electronic instruments, thermocouples, circuit breakers, overloads, fuses, start-stop stations, etc.
• Performs preventive maintenance (PM) inspections and makes repairs of problems found during inspections.
• Recommends, initiates, and maintains the preventive maintenance programs.
• Applies skills in calibration/repair of process instrumentation such as temperature/pressure transmitters, temperature/pressure probes, flow measuring devices, solenoids, conductivity/pH meters, level transmitters, etc.
• Supervises outside contract labor as required, including scope of work planning.
• Perform proficiently in skilled tasks such as welding, brazing, wiring, etc.
• Recommends spare parts requirements and suggested inventory levels. Maintains inventory of all spare parts and initiates purchase orders, receiving and tracking of replacement parts.
• Maintains the Work Order systems as necessary to ensure a smooth transition to a centralized system, and permanent record of equipment history.
• Follows lubrication recommendations for all equipment on appropriate frequency.
• Works with the team to identify and implement recommendations resulting in improvements to the plant safety performance.
• Use of Operational Excellence (lean) techniques for continuous improvement as part of the plant team, including on-gong training. Helps drive Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) to drive the plant towards the highest level of performance.
• In addition to the above described duties, as part of a small team the maintenance technician may be requested to perform operation related duties to assist the plant team.

OE/Lean

• Actively supports and achieves Operational Excellence/lean goals and initiatives, including but not limited to 5S, inventory reduction, process flow mapping, value stream mapping, standard work, Kaizens, Total Productive Maintenance, etc.
• Leads team in a continuous improvement work environment. 
• Supports quality teams and management with OE initiatives and actively suggests opportunities for improvements.

Education: High School Diploma/GED required

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: 

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience (trades and factory equipment repair preferred ie. motors, augers, bucket elevators, etc.)
• Ability to trouble shoot
• Ability to identify hazards and mitigate them
• Able to cover first and second shifts, ability to be on call
• Welding, pneumatics, electrical, industrial systems, heavy equipment
• Forklift certified
• Basic computer and email skills
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English

Working Conditions: Ability to work in a manufacturing facility, outdoors, high noise areas; lifting of weights above 50lbs

Work Hours: 6:00am – 2:30pm 40Hrs/week +safety or productivity driven overtime

Safety Training: Familiar with OSHA standards

Submit resume and salary requirements via:  email to MTIRecruiter2.NorthAmerica@gmail.com, fax to 610-882-1385 or mail to North American Recruitment/HR Global Business Services, Specialty Minerals Inc., 1 Highland Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18017. No phone calls please. Only those meeting our requirements will be contacted.  EOE www.mineralstech.com