TRW - Repairman

Duties

• General range of electric and gas welding on power plant equipment including structural steel erection and piping.
• Perform maintenance work on heavy mechanical equipment, such as replacing liner plates in fans, coal chutes and hoppers; welding repairs to castings and equipment; fitting and welding of all sizes of piping and valves.
• Refractory and insulation work, including furnace wall insulation and protective covering; insulation coverings on furnace wall fire side linings, slag tanks and hoppers; gas and hot air ducts and breeching; precipitator casings, main, reheat, and extraction steam lines; boiler feed piping; steam and condensate drains; feedwater heaters and storage tanks; turbine casings, steam chests and valves.
• Take welder qualification tests as required.
• Work from drawings and sketches.
• Check (including Workman’s Protection Assurance where appropriate) to insure that equipment to be worked on has been properly isolated and protected.
• Obtain required materials from storeroom.
• Set up rigging and operate lifting equipment.
• Erect and work from scaffolds.
• Operate and/or use mobile equipment, shop equipment, portable power tools, other portable tools, hand tools and test equipment as required to accomplish assigned jobs.
• Prepare reports of work done accompanied by sketches, if necessary; complete such forms as may be required.
• Repairman (continued)
• Do similar and less skilled work as required.

Special Responsibilities

• For carrying out prescribed safety precautions and safeguards for the protection of himself and others.
• When necessary, check for explosive gases before operating torches.
• For observing and insuring that those temporarily under his direction observe safety instructions issued or applicable.
• For performing work without disturbing other equipment.
• For executing orders quickly and properly.
• For accuracy of work within required tolerances or specifications.
• For special care and watchfulness to avoid errors in the repair and assembly of equipment.
• For proper use and care of a wide variety of tools, material, and equipment.
• For disposition of surplus and scrap materials after each job and keeping areas where work is performed clean and orderly to maintain an atmosphere conducive to good work practices and safety.

Contact

• With Plant Operations, Maintenance, and Storeroom supervision and personnel.

Qualifications

• Qualification standards as established in the Apprenticeship Program.
• In event no graduating apprentice is available: Must satisfy requirements as prescribed in the Supplementary Agreement on Uniform Practices Regarding Promotion to Repairman Jobs.
• Must be accurate, steady and calm in emergencies; possess normal physical strength and endurance; and have no color deficiency in vision.

Pay and Benefits

Hourly Pay: Grade Step OA 048 Step 1 of 1 (Top Step) - 52.42 USD
Position is eligible for annual incentive payments based on company performance and subject to sole management discretion.
Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees.