Journeyman Plant Mechanic

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain all steam electric generating plant mechanical systems and associated auxiliary systems and equipment.
• Perform millwright functions in setting up, aligning, balancing, and testing various machinery and equipment.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance on all assigned machinery and equipment.
• Consult with vendors or manufacturing representatives to research mechanical problems and/or order parts.
• Operate machines such as lathes, mills, shapers, drill presses, grinders, power saws, and burners.
• Repair and maintain plant and office facilities such as plumbing systems, fixtures, fans, heaters, furnaces, and air conditioning systems.
• Operate trucks, cranes, backhoes, forklifts, and other mobile equipment.
• Direct, train, and teach apprentices in the skills of mechanics.
• Keep records such as daily work reports, parts used, equipment condition reports, material requisitions, safety reports, and others as required by supervision.
• May be required to certify on special plant equipment to meet state and federal requirements with respect to welding and/or valve repair.
• Perform other mechanical duties as assigned by supervision.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of journeyman experience in machine, pipe fitting, welding, hydraulics, pump repair, and industrial mechanics.
• Academic requirements: 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours in welding and related subjects, 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours in machine shop and related subjects, 6 semester hours or 9 quarter hours in industrial mechanics, and 6 semester hours or 9 quarter hours in trade math or equivalent.

Physical Demands

• Regularly stand, walk, and talk or hear.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Benefits

• Health care
• Retirement
• Paid time off
• Tuition assistance
• Paid short-term and long-term disability
• Paid bereavement leave