Utility Maintenance Mechanic

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About the role

Incumbents in this position are responsible for mechanical operations and repairs of treatment facilities, ground water wells, water towers and CFPUA buildings. This position is assigned to pay grade G13.

Essential Job Functions

• Maintains various pumps, motors, and electrical systems and performs preventive maintenance on equipment.
• Conducts safety inspections, maintains lubricant and fluid levels, and cleans work areas.
• Performs maintenance at CFPUA building and administrative facilities.
• Identifies and corrects work hazards while ensuring compliance with established safety policies.
• Repairs plumbing.
• Troubleshoot equipment and makes necessary repairs.
• Repair and replace piping, valves, and other vital pieces of equipment on the plant.
• Maintain assigned vehicles and equipment, assist with supply inventory, and operates job related tools.
• Preventative maintenance on plant equipment such as filters, clarifiers, pumps, bar screen, digester heaters.
• Perform annual inspections and preventative maintenance on all equipment on the plant.
• Repairs and maintains plant chemical system.
• Checks Maximo (work order program) and prioritizes work orders.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

Education, Experience, And Other Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Six (6) months of mechanical work experience in or any related work field.
• Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid State of North Carolina driver's license required.

Other Requirements

• Use interpersonal skills such as seeing, hearing, and speaking to develop positive interactions with customers.
• Comprehends and uses technical or professional language, either written or spoken, to communicate complex ideas.
• Performs numerical operations using basic counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
• Performs complex quantitative calculations or reasoning using algebra, geometry, statistics, or abstract symbols.
• Requires travel between CFPUA sites.
• Use or repair small/light equipment (power tools).
• Use or repair medium equipment and machinery (vehicles, commercial mowers).
• Use or repair heavy or complex machinery (HVAC systems, construction equipment, water plants).

Physical Requirements

• Minimal physical exertion. Very light physical work at desk or counter level with intermittent periods of sitting, standing, and walking.
• May involve data entry, telephone work, or use of various office equipment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to foster, maintain, and promote equal employment on the basis of qualifications and without regard to age, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability, or genetic disorder. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment status of all person hired to work in the United States. Cape Fear Public Utility Authority participates in E-Verify.

Benefits

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave. Part-time employees who work an average of 30 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis. To learn more details, visit our Benefits Page.