PCM Machinist Repairman

About the Company

Ameren Missouri has been providing electric and gas service for more than 100 years, with electric rates among the lowest in the nation. The company powers the quality of life for 1.2 million electric and 132,000 natural gas customers in central and eastern Missouri, serving 64 counties and over 500 communities, including the greater St. Louis area.

Responsibilities

• Perform a general range of plant mechanical equipment installation, repair, and overhaul, including skilled machinist work requiring tolerances as low as +.0005”.
• Provide immediate direction to apprentices as needed.
• Work on mechanical equipment such as turbines, pumps, compressors, conveyors, pulverizers, coal samplers, feeders, pulleys, overhead cranes, soot blowers, safety valves, blowers, and power transmission equipment.
• Interpret drawings and sketches to guide work.
• Ensure equipment is properly isolated and protected before work begins (including Workman’s Protection Assurance where applicable).
• Obtain required materials from the storeroom.
• Set up rigging and operate lifting equipment.
• Erect and work from scaffolds.
• Operate mobile equipment, shop equipment, portable power tools, hand tools, and test equipment as required.
• Use acetylene or other cutting/heating torches, checking for explosive gases when necessary.
• Prepare reports of work completed, including sketches if needed, and complete required forms.
• Work independently or collaboratively with other Machinist Repairman or Repairman classifications.
• Perform similar and less skilled work as required.

Special Responsibilities

• Adhere to prescribed safety precautions to protect self and others.
• Ensure temporary workers under your direction follow safety instructions.
• Perform work without disturbing other equipment.
• Execute orders quickly and accurately within required tolerances or specifications.
• Exercise special care to avoid errors in repair and assembly of equipment.
• Maintain proper use and care of tools, materials, and equipment.
• Dispose of surplus and scrap materials after each job and keep work areas clean and orderly.

Working Conditions

• Exposure to a full range of temperatures, from extreme heat to sub-freezing, with sudden changes possible.
• Subject to noise, dust, dirt, fumes, odors, drafts, and inclement weather.
• Work may require cramped spaces and artificial lighting.
• Occasional work at elevations above grade.
• Exposure to hazards from nearby equipment failure, noxious fumes in confined spaces, and standard mechanical construction/maintenance risks.

Contacts

Regular interaction with Plant Operations, Maintenance, and Storeroom supervision and personnel.

Qualifications

• Completion of qualification standards as established in the Apprenticeship Program.
• If no graduating apprentice is available, must satisfy requirements in the Supplementary Agreement on Uniform Practices Regarding Promotion to Machinist Repairman Jobs.
• Must be accurate, steady, and calm in emergencies.
• Must possess normal physical strength and endurance.
• Must have no color deficiency in vision.

Pay

Hourly rate: $52.42 (Grade Step OA 048, Step 1 of 1 – Top Step). Position is eligible for annual incentive payments based on company performance, subject to management discretion.

Benefits

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