Maintenance Technician

Role Summary:

Maintain and repair various power plant mechanical equipment and their associated auxiliary components.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Install, maintain, test, inspect and repair generating station equipment such as, boilers, turbines, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, vessels. 
• Troubleshoot mechanical failures and provide recommendations and findings to supervisor.
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance plans on mechanical equipment.
• Replace packing in pumps and valves, bearings, shaft seals, sleeves, seats and other miscellaneous parts used in plant equipment.    
• Clean pipes and perform other plumbing and pipe fitting tasks. 
• Set up rigging for installing/removing equipment. 
• Specify and/or order proper materials for job completion.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings and identify parts and spares requirements.
• Ability to use such hand tools as torque / manual wrenches, screwdrivers, sledgehammers, micrometers, calipers, and other precision devices.
• Be able to perform motor shaft alignment using laser alignment tool.
• Complete required records and document work performed. 
• Recognize safety hazards and follow safety guidelines. 
• Knowledgeable of environmental rules and regulations and effectively apply them to all work situations.
• Assist in providing skill enhancement training to other personnel. 
• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing with management and other personnel

Preferred Skills:

• Ability to perform basic mathematics to calculate measurements and computations needed for repair and maintenance of power plant equipment.  
• Knowledge of rotating equipment and knowledge of general maintenance activities and procedures including greasing, performing of oil changes, vibration monitoring, etc. 
• Ability to operate Company vehicles and equipment (e.g. forklift, man-lift, crane, etc.) and maintain operating licenses and certifications. 
• Ability to operate machine shop equipment such as drill presses, lathes and boring mills. 
• Ability to lift, carry and position such items as large chain falls, slugging wrenches and various equipment (can weigh up to 50 lbs.) 
• Ability to climb ladders to rig heavy chainfalls, use air impact wrenches, heavy equipment and parts in awkward positions, swing various weights of sledgehammers, stoop and bend to reach valves, pull on chainfalls and comealongs. 

Qualifications:

EDUCATION:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Verifiable training in the proper use of laser alignment equipment, HyTorc (or similar) equipment, and standard Millwright training is a bonus.
• Training and expertise in the use of portable vibration monitoring equipment is a plus.
• Completion of Journeyman-level Millwright or Mechanic training program preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

Five (5) years of industrial mechanical maintenance experience in the repair, inspection, and/or maintenance of related power plant or machine shop equipment including inspection and preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, fabricating and diagnostics.

Working Conditions:

Outdoor environment at generating plant work locations includes:

• Work in and around rotating equipment, high voltage electrical equipment, high noise areas and elevation.
• Work in all temperatures and climatic conditions. Some temperatures can be extreme. 
• Performance of duties requires response to calls 24 hours/day, seven days/week and working irregular shifts.
• Daily work expectation requires ability to perform tasks by walking, standing, sitting, kneeling, crouching, squatting, twisting, pushing, pulling, shoveling, climbing, and in positions above and below head, and extended from body to complete repairs.

Plant Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

• Must be able to pass a company physical exam.
• Requires operation of a motor vehicle; valid driver's license is required.
• Power plant environment. Work environment includes working out of doors, working at heights, high/low ambient temperatures and high humidity areas at generating unit work locations.  Work in all temperatures and climate conditions.