Job Description
Facility & Equipment Maintenance Specialist
Black Tie Components, LLC
Location: Hartford, SD
Job Type: Full-Time, On-Site
Compensation: Competitive pay, BOE (Based on Experience)
About the Role
Black Tie Components is looking for a skilled, dependable Facility & Equipment Maintenance Specialist to help keep our production equipment, facility, grounds, and vehicles operating safely and efficiently.
This is a hands-on maintenance position responsible for preventive maintenance, equipment troubleshooting and repair, facility upkeep, and supporting production uptime. The Maintenance Specialist works under the Facility & Equipment Maintenance Lead and plays an important role in keeping Black Tie's automated truss and wall panel manufacturing operation running reliably.
This position also serves as backup delivery support for our Logistics team and requires a valid Class A CDL.
For someone who wants to continue developing their industrial maintenance skills and take on additional responsibility, this position provides a career path toward the Facility & Equipment Maintenance Lead role.
Responsibilities
The Facility & Equipment Maintenance Specialist will be responsible for:
- Performing scheduled preventive maintenance on production equipment according to established maintenance schedules and checklists
- Maintaining component saws, presses, jigs, gantries, roller systems, wall-panel equipment, and material-handling equipment
- Responding to equipment breakdowns and helping restore production uptime quickly and safely
- Troubleshooting mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and basic electrical or controls issues
- Escalating complex or high-risk repairs to the Maintenance Lead when appropriate
- Completing work orders with accurate information regarding labor, parts, findings, and root cause
- Replacing blades, tooling, belts, bearings, and other wear components
- Lubricating, adjusting, and aligning production equipment according to manufacturer specifications
- Maintaining facility systems, including lighting, overhead doors, docks, plumbing, compressed air, and general building repairs
- Supporting seasonal snow and ice management
- Servicing company vehicles, trailers, forklifts, and other powered industrial equipment
- Monitoring service intervals and identifying equipment that requires outside repair
- Following lockout/tagout, machine-guarding, and plant safety procedures
- Identifying and reporting equipment hazards or unsafe operating conditions
- Maintaining maintenance spare parts and consumable inventory
- Fabricating, welding, or modifying fixtures, guards, carts, and racking to support production and safety improvements
- Supporting outside contractors, including electrical, HVAC, fire protection, and overhead-door contractors
- Assisting with equipment installations, relocations, and capital repair projects
- Providing maintenance coverage during scheduled absences or production breakdowns as needed
Backup Delivery Responsibilities
This position also provides backup CDL delivery support during periods of peak demand or driver shortages.
Responsibilities may include:
- Performing DOT-required pre-trip and post-trip inspections
- Securing loads properly before transportation
- Delivering trusses, wall panels, and building materials to customer job sites
- Assisting with safe product offloading
- Completing required delivery documentation
- Following FMCSA and South Dakota DOT requirements
- Maintaining hours-of-service records and vehicle inspection documentation
- Following all applicable cargo-securement and transportation safety requirements
Delivery assignments are coordinated through the Logistics Supervisor in conjunction with the Maintenance Lead.
Qualifications
We are looking for someone with:
- 2+ years of hands-on industrial, manufacturing, or facility maintenance experience
- Experience troubleshooting and repairing mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems
- Basic electrical troubleshooting knowledge, including motors, switches, sensors, and awareness of 120/240/480V systems
- Working knowledge of lockout/tagout, machine guarding, and OSHA general-industry safety practices
- The ability to read equipment manuals, parts diagrams, and basic schematics
- Experience using hand tools, power tools, and precision measuring equipment
- Basic welding and fabrication skills
- A valid Class A Commercial Driver's License
- A driving record acceptable to the company's insurance requirements
- A current DOT medical examiner's certificate
- The ability to meet DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- The ability to work independently from a prioritized maintenance schedule
- Dependability and a strong commitment to workplace safety
- Availability for scheduled overtime, breakdown call-ins, shift coverage, and occasional delivery assignments
Preferred Experience
Experience with the following is preferred but not required:
- Truss, wall panel, sawmill, or wood-component manufacturing
- Automated saws
- Gantry or roller press systems
- Conveyors and automated production equipment
- Industrial maintenance or mechatronics training
- Trade school or technical certification
- Forklift or powered-industrial-truck certification
- Welding certification
- EPA 608 certification
- CMMS or work-order management systems
- Flatbed or building-material delivery
- Truss or wall-panel load securement and job-site offloading
- An interest in developing toward a Maintenance Lead position
Key Areas of Accountability
Success in this role will be measured through disciplined maintenance and operational performance, including:
- Preventive maintenance completed on schedule
- Reduced equipment repair time
- Reduced unplanned production downtime
- Accurate and complete maintenance work-order documentation
- Compliance with lockout/tagout and machine-guarding procedures
- Proper hazard reporting
- DOT compliance when performing delivery responsibilities
- Safe, reliable operation of production and facility equipment
The goal of this position is not simply to repair equipment after something breaks. The Maintenance Specialist helps Black Tie protect production capacity by identifying issues early, completing preventive maintenance consistently, and keeping equipment operating safely and reliably.
Work Environment
This is a physically demanding, hands-on position performed throughout the manufacturing plant, yard, mechanical areas, and occasionally on rooftops.
The position requires frequent:
- Standing and walking
- Bending and kneeling
- Crawling
- Climbing
- Reaching
- Lifting and moving equipment or materials
Employees will regularly work around manufacturing equipment, moving machinery, material-handling equipment, noise, wood dust, and changing temperatures.
The position requires the ability to frequently lift or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally heavier items with assistance.
Work at heights using ladders or lifts and occasional work in confined spaces may also be required.
Personal protective equipment is required, along with strict adherence to plant safety and lockout/tagout procedures.
When performing delivery responsibilities, the position includes extended periods of commercial driving followed by physical load-securement and job-site offloading activities.
Compensation
Compensation: Competitive pay, BOE (Based on Experience)
This position also participates in Black Tie Components' performance-based bonus program.
Career Growth
The Facility & Equipment Maintenance Specialist is part of Black Tie Components' maintenance career track.
This position is designed as a development path toward the Facility & Equipment Maintenance Lead role as the company's maintenance function and manufacturing operation continue to grow.
About Black Tie Components
Black Tie Components is a truss and wall panel manufacturing company located in Hartford, South Dakota.
Our operation combines engineered building components, advanced manufacturing automation, disciplined preventive maintenance, and strict quality-control standards to produce components efficiently and reliably.
Equipment uptime, safety, and preventive maintenance are critical to maintaining production capacity and meeting customer commitments. We are looking for team members who take ownership of their work, solve problems methodically, and understand the importance of keeping a modern manufacturing operation running.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Black Tie Components, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status under applicable law.