Machinist Mechanic

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Summary:

Provide manual machinist support of power generation equipment in the Central Repair Shop.

Provide mechanical maintenance support to maintain equipment in an electrical generating power plant; may perform Head Mechanic duties during absence of a Head Mechanic.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Recognizes safety hazards and follows safety guidelines for personal protection, protection of fellow workers and the protection of the public.

• Knowledgeable of environmental rules and regulations, and effectively apply them to all work situations.
• Ability to operate 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.

• Works with apprentice mechanics and skill enhancement employees to teach proper, safe use of tools and maintenance procedures.
• Employee must arrange own transportation to work location and may be reassigned to another location at the Company's discretion.

• Machine Shop and Power Plant environment
• Power Plant Environment-Work bothinsideand outsidein all temperatures and climate condition sin accordance with
  
  Heat Stress procedures.
• Work aroundlargerotating equipment, energized electrical equipmentinhighnoise areas, and/orin confined places, on elevation sin excess of250feet, orfromplatforms at heightsof 5feet or greater.
  
  Climb stairways,ladders, andworkfrom aerial devices
• Must be preparedtoworkirregular or rotating shifts andrespondtoemergency callout 7 days aweek, 24 hours a day.
• Abilitytoworkinmentally stressful environments:must be abletoreactto criseswhereimmediateactionisrequiredto correct or curtail potentially damaging or hazardoussituations
• Must be abletowear personal protective equipment(PPE) asrequiredi.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 adequateindustrialmechanicalmaintenance experience (minimum 3 years' apprentice program or other training) intherepair,inspection, and/ormaintenanceofrelated power plant ormachine shop equipmentincludinginspectionandpreventativemaintenance,troubleshooting,fabricating and diagnostics
• 5 years' Machinist experience required
• Large lathes,mills,vertical boringmachinesand horizontal boring machine.
• Strongmathskills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Have necessary skills and adequate industrial mechanical maintenance experience in the repair, inspection, and/or maintenance of related power plant or machine shop equipment including inspection and preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, fabricating and diagnostics.

Additional Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

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• 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.
• Knowledg…