Hydroelectric Maintenance Machinist

Job Responsibilities

Counsults on raw material needs, calculates and determines dimensions, estimates costs, and determines project specifications in design and fabrication of parts, tools, or prototypes.

Fabricates and manufactures parts and equipment such as turbine seal rings, bushings, shafts, intake gate chains, wheel guides and thrust bearings.

Functions as a rigger and/or crane operator for moving, installing and transporting heavy machinery.

Maintains all overhead cranes and rigging equipment to W.I.S.H.A. standards.

Maintains and repairs large Babbit bearings.

Prepares written reports, including activity reports and repair procedures.

Repairs malfunctioning tools and portable equipment.

Repairs malfunctioning powerhouse facility equipment.

Serves as a team member in a diverse work force.

Qualifications

• Requires a minimum of two (2) years previous journey-level machinist experience or four (4) years of machine work experience under the supervision of a journey-level machinist (or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of the class).
• Advanced knowledge of machinist skills.
• Ability to interpret blueprints and schematics.
• Experience in fabrication and design of parts, equipment and machinery per National Standards using lathes, mills, radial drill presses, sharpeners, and other machine shop equipment.
• Experience preparing written reports, including activity reports and repair procedures.
• Experience with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), such as Work and Asset Management System (WAMS).
• Familiar with MS Word, MS Excel, and electronic filing.
• Experience determining raw material needs, calculating, and determining dimensions.
• Knowledge and experience maintaining, repairing and machining hydroelectric generating machinery related components.
• Experience maintaining and repairing overhead cranes.