Insulation Technician
Mentor Technical Group (MTG) provides a comprehensive portfolio of technical support and solutions for the FDA-regulated industry. As a world leader in life science engineering and technical solutions, MTG has the knowledge and experience to ensure compliance with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device safety and efficacy guidelines. With offices in Caguas, PR, Boston, MA & San Francisco, CA and we serve life sciences clients in six global markets: United States, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Germany, Canada, and South America.
Essential Functions:
- Apply insulating materials to pipes or ductwork, or other mechanical systems in order to help control and maintain temperature
- Measure and cut insulation for covering surfaces, using tape measures, handsaws, knives, and scissors
- Fit insulation around obstructions, and shape insulating materials and protective coverings as required
- Determine the amounts and types of insulation needed, and methods of installation, based on factors such as location, surface shape, and equipment use
- Install sheet metal around insulated pipes with screws in order to protect the insulation from weather conditions or physical damage
- Apply, remove, and repair insulation on industrial equipment, pipes, ductwork, or other mechanical systems such as heat exchangers, tanks, and vessels, to help control noise and maintain temperatures
- High School Vocational diploma with 10+ years of experience required or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel, or operate equipmentâs, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, talk, or hear; sit; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and smell. The employee may lift and/or move up to 25-35 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
- He / she may frequently work inside weather conditions, near moving mechanical parts, exposed to wet and or humid conditions, and an odorous atmosphere, may be exposed to fumes and the risk of electrical shock, and occasionally work on ladders in high places, in small spaces, such as lift/metering stations, manholes, tanks and wet wells. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately loud