Maintenance Mechanic

NRG • Burrillville, RI

15d • $76,100 - $84,500

About The Position

The Maintenance Mechanic provides mechanical maintenance support to keep equipment in an electrical generating power plant operating. The role installs, inspects, tests, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs stationary and rotating equipment, and performs fabrication, welding, plumbing, pipe fitting, and rigging tasks. It also involves documenting maintenance work, ordering materials, using SAP and other computer tools, and following environmental and safety requirements. The mechanic works collaboratively with plant operations and maintenance personnel, contractors, and vendors, and may provide direction to outside resources and mentor other personnel.

The position requires readiness to work irregular or rotating shifts and respond to emergency callouts at any time, seven days a week. Work takes place inside and outside in varying temperatures and climates, and may involve hazardous materials, loud and electrically energized areas, confined spaces, heights, ladders, scaffolding, platforms, and aerial devices. Employees must use required personal protective equipment and be able to perform physically demanding maintenance tasks.

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent knowledge of English, mathematics, and grammar.
• At least three years of mechanical maintenance experience repairing, inspecting, or maintaining related power plant or machine shop equipment, including inspection, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, fabrication, and diagnostics; alternatively, at least three years of mechanical maintenance experience in a similar industrial environment.
• Valid driver's license.
• Ability to use hand tools and operate company vehicles and equipment, such as forklifts, aerial lifts, and station cranes, and maintain required operating certifications.
• Knowledge of rotating equipment and general industrial maintenance activities and procedures.
• Ability to follow, interpret, and act on written and verbal instructions, reports, technical manuals, and data.
• Ability to use basic math and geometry and calculate measurements and computations for repairing and maintaining power plant equipment.
• Ability to use a personal computer and associated software.
• Ability to diagnose and correct mechanical equipment problems, perform preventive and corrective maintenance, and recommend major repairs when appropriate.
• Ability to work irregular or rotating shifts and respond to emergency callouts seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
• Ability to work in mentally stressful situations and respond to crises requiring immediate action.
• Ability to work around hazardous and non-hazardous materials and wear required personal protective equipment.
• Ability to work inside and outside in all temperatures and climate conditions, around large rotating and energized electrical equipment, in high-noise areas and confined spaces, and at heights.
• Ability to walk, stand, sit, kneel, crouch, squat, twist, push, pull, shovel, climb, and use hand tools in positions above or below the head and extended from the body.
• Ability to lift, carry, position, and use tools or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds, work in awkward positions, use sledgehammers, stoop and bend, and pull chain-falls or come-alongs.
• Ability to twist the body and neck while driving company vehicles or operating company equipment.
• Ability to discern and respond to verbal and auditory signals and discern assorted colors.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree or equivalent apprenticeship.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, test, inspect, troubleshoot, and repair power plant equipment, including boilers, turbines, pumps, motors, valves, condensers, and heat exchanger vessels.
• Replace bearings, pump and valve packing, shaft seals, sleeves, seats, and other equipment parts; repair or replace defective parts.
• Adjust equipment clearances and tolerances using blueprints, patterns, design drawings, and other technical materials.
• Operate machine shop equipment, including drill presses, pipe threaders, bench grinders, and cutoff saws.
• Use micrometers and other precision devices, and monitor equipment operation through oil pressures and levels, sounds, and other observations.
• Gather routine vibration data and perform basic analysis.
• Perform gas and arc welding, oxygen-acetylene and plasma cutting, and mechanical fabrication and repairs.
• Perform plumbing and pipe fitting tasks.
• Use computers and email for communications, record keeping, online reporting, ordering materials and supplies, and filing forms; develop proficiency with SAP in job-related areas.
• Set up rigging to install and remove equipment.
• Identify and order appropriate materials for job completion and document work performed for equipment histories.
• Apply environmental rules and regulations and recognize safety hazards while following applicable safety procedures, including equipment tag-out/lock-out procedures.
• Review or develop equipment spare-parts lists and preventive maintenance procedures.
• Provide direction to or supervise outside resources as needed; coordinate assigned contractor and vendor activities.
• Support skill development by assisting and mentoring personnel in the proper and safe use of tools and maintenance procedures.
• Assist Operations and other maintenance personnel, including Electrical and I&C, with assigned duties.
• Clean work areas routinely and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible spending accounts
• Potential eligibility for annual bonus, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED