Water Plant Mechanic

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science,securityand sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentlessambitionand boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitments are underpinned by the belief that safety,collaborationand well-being are integral to success.

Summary:

Under the supervision of Lead Water Plant Operator, isrequiredtooperateand maintain all equipment within the Water Plant. Schedule regular maintenance and address irregular maintenance of equipment within the plant. Work closely with plumbers and other infrastructure personnel to resolve issues. Participate in goal-setting processes and strategic planning for mission support with Lead Water Plant Operator. Contribute to a safe working environment byparticipatingin employee trainings and identification and mitigation of environmental and job hazards. Maintain effective communications between departments. Routinelyutilizeindependent judgment and discretion to solve problems andidentifypotential issues.

Position Responsibilities:

• Maintains a safe workplace program and ensures that safety is the highest priority in the workplace.

• Complies withall ASC Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH), Waste Management and Quality Assurance requirements, goals,policiesand procedures.  Provides documentation to these divisions as necessary to ensure adequate and legal documentation.

• Responsible for operation, preventative maintenance and repair of the sea water desalinization and treatment system.

• Performs preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs on reverse osmosis units, pumps, valves, piping systems, water monitoringequipmentand all auxiliary equipment asrequired.

• Maintains cleanliness of water plant.

• Responds to unscheduled equipment or process failures.

• Ensures efficient and economical operation of station water production equipment.

• Willingness to carry a radio or pager for after hour’s callout’s

• Completes maintenance records and documents all maintenance performed andmaintainsoperating logbooks and databases asrequired.

• Maintains control of plant tools, manuals, repair parts,assembliesandconsumables. 

• Maintainsinventory accuracy at 98% or better.

• Works closely with and takes direction from the Operator in Responsible Charge (ORC) and coordinates in ordering repair and/or spare parts, maintenance parts,assembliesand consumables.

• Trains Water PlantOperator’son mechanical equipment as directed.

• Complies withapplicable Safety, Environment, Health, and Waste Management policies and procedures.

• Advises the Power & Water Supervisor of the status of water production equipment and systems.

• Monitors liquid nitrogen production equipment.

• Monitors and performs preventive maintenance on waste heat recovery system and components.

• Performs preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and repairs of all auxiliary systems including but not limited to glycol pumps & motors, ventilationfansand air compressors.

• Assists theWaste WaterTreatment Plant operator in performing troubleshooting, maintenance, or overhauls of plant equipment.

• Works a rotating shift; day,swingor night shift

• Responsible formaintaininga safe workplace and ensuring that safety is the highest priority in the workplace.

• Performs duties in support of division metrics (as provided by supervisor).

• Supports the achievement ofAmentumand ASC metrics, whether metrics are directly or indirectly, effected by this position's work activities.

• Works to achieve ASC goals and contractual commitments.

• Performs other duties asrequired.

RequiredEducation, Experience, Certificates and Licenses:

• High School diploma orGED

• Two years’ experience in maintenance and repair of water treatment equipment. 

ExpectedSkills and Competencies:

• Mechanical aptitude with the ability to handle multiple tasks at once isrequired.  

• Working knowledge of the principles and practices applied in the maintenance and repair of reverse osmosis units, pumps, valves, piping systems, water monitoringequipmentand related equipment.

• Ability tomaintaina professional attitude and to work efficiently in a stressful environment isrequired.

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office

Preferred:

• OSHA HAZWOPER 40 Hour Certification 

• Previousexperience with remote Polar Logistics operations.

• High school graduate or GED.

• Reverse Osmosis experience 

Physical and/or Other Requirements:

• Willingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica for extended periods 

• Successful completion of Medical and Dental examinations required by the NSF for deployment to Antarctica

• Successful completion of Federal Background Check required by the NSF

• Must be willing and able to lift and move items, parts, assemblies, and equipment up to the safety regulation maximum.

• Must be willing and able to perform physical activities including heavy lifting, climbing in and out of equipment, crawling, and working outdoors in extreme cold 

• Mustparticipatein community programs, such as “house-mouse” (chores), “daisy-picking” (cleaning-up around the station), recycling efforts & safetyobjectives.

• Valid Driver’s License issued in the United States

• No clearance requirement but the contract and/or the site requires US Citizenship to be approved for access. (includes NACI / T1, MRPT, CAC):  Must be able to obtain andmaintainfacility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship isrequiredfor facility credentials/authorization at this work location.

Safety- Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing andmaintaininga safe work environment. Asappropriate, each employeeis responsible forcompleting all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddyaid responsibilities,participatingin emergency response tasks, and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality- Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations.Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance- Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policiespertaining tojob.