Operations/Distribution Mechanic
Southern Company
Operations/Distribution Mechanic
Southern Company
Runs electric and gas utilities across the Southeast
Operations Mechanic
The primary function of this role is to provide safe, reliable, cost effective service for customers, and stakeholders. To ensure adherence to compliance related tasks, provide good customer service. This position requires the ability to respond to gas leak emergency orders, investigate, identify, resolve, mitigate, or process for resolution. Part of that task requires being the first responder to incidents and working with emergency responders for local agencies and other entities. At times working in potentially gaseous environments and wearing critical personal protective equipment. Duties include, and not limited to the following: leak investigation, pipe fitting, installing support brackets for but not limited to meter set and risers restoring service to natural gas appliances, assess gas appliance operation and perform safety checks, inform customers of findings and document notification, locating underground company facilities, using small tools, hand drills, hand digging, working in a confined space i.e. [attics, crawl spaces, excavations, constructions zones, rooftops, etc.] Working in residential, commercial, industrial settings, indoors, outdoors, 24 hours a day seven days a week, in all different weather conditions. The ability to respond to after-hours emergency callouts. Good communication skills with internal and external parties, computer, and technology use and higher than average level of proficiency in all areas. Must be able to demonstrate competencies in jobs tasks associated with this role.
Employee must obtain certification as an Operations Mechanic and be qualified in all Operator Qualification tasks.
Distribution Mechanic
The primary function of this role is to provide safe, reliable, cost effective service for customers, and stakeholders. To ensure adherence to compliance related tasks, provide good customer service. This position requires the ability to gas weld, fusion of plastic pipe and fittings, drive heavy duty equipment i.e. [CDL license, crew truck and trailer, dump truck with dual wheel axle], clean shaven to utilize breathable air respirator equipment, respond to gas leak emergency orders, investigate, identify, resolve, mitigate, or process for resolution. This task requires at times, being the first responder to incidents and working with emergency responders for local agencies and other entities. At times working in potentially gaseous environments and wearing critical personal protective equipment. Duties include, and not limited to the following: Gas service lines and gas main line installations and repairs, gas leak investigation, pipe fitting, restoring service to natural gas appliances, assess gas appliance operation and perform safety checks, inform customers of findings and document notification, locating underground company facilities, using small tools, hand drills, hand digging, working in a confined space i.e. [attics, crawl spaces, excavations, constructions zones, rooftops, etc.] Working in residential, commercial, industrial settings, indoors, outdoors, 24 hours a day seven days a week, in all different weather conditions. The ability to respond to after-hours emergency callouts. Good communication skills with internal and external parties, computer, and technology use and higher than average level of proficiency in all areas. Must be able to demonstrate competencies in jobs tasks associated with this role.
Employee must obtain certification as a Delivery Mechanic and be qualified in all Operator Qualification tasks.
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Working Conditions/Physical Requirements: Must be able to physically walk, ascend and descend stairs and ladders, stoop, bend, kneel, enter and exit tap holes, ditches, and/or excavations, and lift and transport weight in excess of 50 pounds. Have a keen sense of smell, hearing, vision and color identification. Required to work in various weather conditions including extreme heat, cold, and precipitation.
Disclaimer: This information describes the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this job. The description is not designed to be a comprehensive inventory of duties, responsibilities and qualifications required in the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to qualified disabled individuals for performance of essential duties and responsibilities.
Pay Range: 32.73 - $32.73 USD Hourly: Base salary varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, and at the time of this posting, this is the reasonable salary range for this role.
Runs electric and gas utilities across the Southeast
Southern Company owns regulated electric and natural gas utilities that serve homes and businesses across the southeastern United States, chiefly through Georgia Power, Alabama Power and Mississippi Power. Its Southern Nuclear unit runs eight nuclear reactors at three plants in Georgia and Alabama for its sister utilities. The electric utilities generate power from gas, nuclear, coal, hydro and solar plants and deliver it over their own transmission and distribution lines, while state regulators set the rates customers pay and the returns the company earns. A separate gas arm distributes natural gas in several states. Southern Company was formed in 1945 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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