Maintenance Mechanic 1st year- Maintenance Mechanic 3rd year

American Electric Power•Shreveport, LA

4d•$35 - $38•Onsite

About The Position

AEP is hiring for multiple Maintenance Mechanic positions at the 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-year levels, with increasing qualifications for each level. The role performs work necessary to ensure reliable operation of plant machinery and mechanical equipment. This includes troubleshooting, preventive and corrective maintenance, reporting irregularities and abnormal conditions to supervision, and participating in continuous improvement activities. Work is performed under the direction of a journeyman industrial maintenance mechanic or supervisor. The position involves maintaining and learning to diagnose, align, repair, and maintain mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems and components, including boilers, turbine generators, pumps, control valves, fans, rotating equipment, and piping. Duties also include learning machine-shop and portable machining operations, condition-monitoring techniques, welding and cutting, rigging and scaffolding, and operation and maintenance of mobile equipment. The mechanic prepares and maintains records and develops basic knowledge of industrial processes and systems. The role requires rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays; responding to callouts; and inspecting remote equipment daily. Work may take place in confined spaces, at elevated locations, and in hot or cold temperatures. The employee must be able to wear a respirator when required and train for emergency response programs. Physical demand is classified as medium work, involving exertion of 20 to 50 pounds occasionally, 10 to 25 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
A relevant associate degree, a specified certificate, or qualifying applicable experience: without a degree, two years of applicable experience; with an accredited associate degree, no applicable experience; or with a certificate of completion, 18 months and no applicable experience. Completion of AEP Apprentice progression is also specified.
Relevant job experience may be from steel mills, paper mills, nuclear facilities or nuclear Navy service, chemical operations, oil refineries, power plants, or similar industries.
Possess the appropriate state driver's license.
Complete the online pre-employment assessment and achieve a “recommended” result.
Be willing to work rotating shifts, including weekends, nights, and holidays.
Respond to callouts during outage and non-outage work.
Learn and comply with applicable plant operating instructions, procedures, safety practices, and environmental guidelines.
Learn and properly use tools and equipment applicable to the work.
Read, interpret, and work from simple prints and specifications.
Communicate effectively verbally and in writing, and interact professionally with employees, contractors, and others.
Be willing and able to work in confined spaces and elevated areas, and in hot and cold temperatures.
Be able to wear a respirator when required.
Demonstrate applicable knowledge, skills, and abilities for progression within the job family.
Meet the stated medium physical demand requirements: exert 20 to 50 pounds occasionally, 10 to 25 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly.

Responsibilities

Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on mechanical components of plant equipment.
Learn to diagnose, troubleshoot, align, repair, and maintain mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems and components, including boilers, turbine generators, pumps, control valves, fans, rotating equipment, and associated piping.
Learn to operate machine-shop and portable machining equipment, produce accurate tolerances, develop jigs and fixtures as necessary, and precision-fit component parts.
Learn to use vibration and thermal monitoring equipment to assess equipment condition.
Learn to perform electric arc and oxyacetylene structural welding and perform oxyacetylene cutting, heating, and brazing of piping and structural components.
Learn to erect and remove scaffolding and perform rigging, lifting, and blocking.
Learn to operate and maintain mobile equipment such as manlifts, forklifts, and backhoes, and perform pre-use inspections.
Learn to prepare, update, and maintain required records and documentation.
Develop basic knowledge of industrial processes and systems.
Report irregularities and abnormal conditions to appropriate supervision.
Participate in continuous improvement activities.
Inspect remote equipment daily and respond to callouts for outage and non-outage work.
Learn and comply with plant operating instructions, procedures, safety practices, and environmental guidelines.
Train for firefighting, first aid, AED, and other emergency response programs as required.