Machinist Mechanic

About the role

Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we’re all about propelling the next generation of leaders forward. We are driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future. We deliver innovative solutions that make our customers’ lives easier—helping them power, protect, and intelligently manage their homes and businesses. To do this, we need creative and talented people to join our company.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Recognizes safety hazards and follows safety guidelines for personal protection, protection of fellow workers and the protection of the public.
• Knows environmental rules and regulations and applies them to all work situations.
• Operates manual lathes to 138” swing, manual boring mills to 17’ swing, and large manual horizontal boring machines.
• Installs, maintains, tests, inspects, and repairs generating station equipment such as boilers, turbines, pumps, condensers, heat exchangers, and pressure vessels.
• Replaces bearings, packing in pumps and valves, shaft seals, sleeves, seats, and other miscellaneous parts used in plant equipment.
• Teaches apprentice mechanics and skill enhancement employees proper, safe use of tools and maintenance procedures.

Working Conditions

• Machine Shop and Power Plant environment
• Power Plant Environment - Work both inside and outside in all temperatures and climate conditions in accordance with Heat Stress procedures.
• Work around large rotating equipment, energized electrical equipment in high noise areas, and/or in confined places, on elevations in excess of 250 feet, or from platforms at heights of 5 feet or greater. Climb stairways, ladders, and work from aerial devices.
• Must be prepared to work irregular or rotating shifts and respond to emergency callout 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
• Mentally stressful environments: must be able to react to crises where immediate action is required to correct or curtail potentially damaging or hazardous situations.
• Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as required i.e.…steel-toed boots, respirators, goggles, safety glasses etc.

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent knowledge of English, mathematics and grammar.
• Journey level mechanical aptitude skills and adequate industrial mechanical maintenance experience (minimum 3 years’ apprentice program or other training) in the repair, inspection, and/or maintenance of related power plant or machine shop equipment including inspection and preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, fabricating and diagnostics.
• 5 years’ Machinist experience required.
• Large lathes, mills, vertical boring machines and horizontal boring machine.
• Strong math skills.

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to use hand tools (e.g. wrenches, screw drivers, sledge hammers, etc.).
• Ability to operate Company vehicles and equipment (e.g. forklift, mobile crane, etc.) and maintain operating licenses and certifications. Valid state Driver’s License is required.
• Knowledge of rotating equipment and general industrial maintenance activities and procedures.
• Ability to operate oxygen and acetylene torches.
• Ability to operate machine shop equipment (i.e. drill presses, lathes and boring mills).
• Ability to follow, interpret and act on written and verbal job instructions, and reports, technical manuals and data.
• Ability to use basic math and geometry.
• Ability to use measuring devices such as micrometers.
• Ability to calculate measurements and computations used to repair and maintain power plant equipment.
• Ability to use a personal computer and associated software.
• Ability to Tag Out/Lock Out equipment per NRG Tag Out/Lock Out procedure.
• Ability to diagnose and correct mechanical equipment troubles and repairs or recommend major repairs.
• Ability to perform preventative and corrective maintenance procedures on mechanical equipment.
• Ability to perform plumbing and pipe fitting tasks.
• Ability to set up rigging for installing and removing equipment.
• Ability to order proper materials for job completion.
• Ability to complete required records for work performed.
• Ability to clean work area routinely.
• Ability to certify as a “code” welder with proper training.
• Ability to use gases and/or arc welding equipment for mechanical repair and fabrication of plant equipment.
• Ability to remove and replace insulating materials with proper training.

Physical Requirements

• Daily work expectation requires ability to perform tasks by walking, standing, sitting, kneeling, crouching, squatting, twisting, pushing, pulling, shoveling, climbing, and working with hand tools (up to 25 pounds) in position above and below head and extended from body to complete repairs.
• Lift, carry, position and use tools and/or equipment (weighing up to 50 lbs.) in awkward positions, swing various weights of sledge hammers, stoop and bend to reach valves, pull on chain-falls or come-a-longs.
• Ability to twist the body and neck while driving company vehicles or operating company equipment.
• Performance of duties may cause frequent jarring of the body.
• Work with and around hazardous and non-hazardous materials (reference the waste management guidance manual).
• Ability to discern and respond to verbal and auditory signals.
• Ability to discern assorted colors.