Maintenance Technician I (Skillbridge)
About The Position
The Maintenance Technician I inspects, maintains, repairs, and installs mechanical, electromechanical, pneumatic, and/or hydraulic equipment at plants and pump stations. The role operates centrifuge machines and sewer-cleaning jet/vac equipment and performs maintenance and operational tasks with minimum oversight. The technician learns preventive maintenance work orders, centrifuge operation, sewer cleaning, and effluent filter cleaning. The role also includes lift station checks and repairs, sewer cleaning in the collection system to meet a contract target of 100,000 feet per year, and driving a dump truck and vactor. This is a Veolia North America SkillBridge placement for eligible active-duty service members preparing for civilian careers. Participants may gain civilian work experience during their final six months of service, for up to 180 days. Participants are not eligible for compensation from Veolia while on active duty and continue to receive military compensation and benefits. Written command approval is required.
Requirements
- Serve at least 180 continuous days on active duty.
- Be within 12 months of separation or retirement from the military.
- Be able to start within 180 days before separation or retirement from active military service.
- Have written command approval to participate in SkillBridge.
- High school diploma or GED; ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally and carry out verbal and written instructions.
- Valid driver's license and safe driving record; commercial license Class B with air brakes and tanker endorsement required.
- Ability to drive and operate a 10-ton dump truck and sewer jet truck.
- Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.
- Some vocational training and mechanical aptitude.
- Ability to read, interpret, and record data from meters, gauges, scales, panels, computer consoles, and other equipment.
- Two to five years of experience in a related position in a similar environment; ability to comprehend complex specifications, blueprints, and manuals.
- Proficiency in the care and use of site-specific and facility-required personal protective equipment, including respirators, gas detectors, and confined-space equipment.
- Ability to use precision measuring devices, testing equipment, and shop tools such as a drill press, band saw, bench grinder, and torque wrench.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work in a team environment and readily assume additional or new responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Inspect, maintain, repair, and install mechanical, electromechanical, pneumatic, and/or hydraulic equipment at plants and pump stations.
- Operate centrifuge machines and sewer-cleaning jet/vac equipment.
- Learn and carry out preventive maintenance work orders, centrifuge operation, sewer cleaning, and effluent filter cleaning.
- Perform lift station checks and necessary repairs.
- Clean sewers in the collection system to meet the contract target of 100,000 feet per year.
- Drive a dump truck and vactor.
- Maintain, install, and repair equipment such as pumps, engines, generators, valves, gates, mixers, conveyors, blowers, chemical feed and odor-control equipment, disinfection equipment, vacuum filters, and belt presses.
- Inspect and diagnose process problems; troubleshoot mechanical, electromechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment and take corrective action within policy and procedure limitations.
- Use precision measuring devices, testing equipment, and shop tools.
- Estimate time and material costs for assigned projects.
- Perform assigned tasks accurately and promptly while working in a team environment.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
