Power Plant Senior Mechanic
About The Position
This position serves as a Power Plant Senior Mechanic at a dam and/or hydroelectric power plant. The role performs mechanical maintenance, operation, repair, and modification of machinery and auxiliary equipment at a project that produces electricity, controls floods, and maintains stream flow. The mechanic maintains and repairs equipment associated with electrical power generation and floodwater release, including generators, hydraulic turbines, power transformers, oil circuit breakers, compressed air systems and compressors, and oil systems. The position also performs inspections, diagnoses equipment failures, operates flood-control outlets when downstream conditions are satisfactory, and is responsible for equipment at the power plant intake and re-regulating dam during interruptions or breakdowns of supervisory control. Other duties include maintaining an employee attendance timekeeping log and driving passenger vehicles and pickup trucks for short periods. The work takes place indoors and outdoors, in all weather extremes, and may involve frequent travel, working alone, callback during nonduty hours for equipment failures or power outages, and exposure to hazards associated with power plant repair. Required personal protective equipment includes respirators, hard hats, hard-toe footwear, gloves, goggles, face shields, rubber aprons, rainwear, and earplugs.
Requirements
- Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the work without more than normal supervision; there is no specific length of training or experience required.
- Meet the minimum qualification screen-out element by demonstrating the ability to perform on-site inspections of equipment such as hydraulic turbines, oil circuit breakers, and compressed air systems at multipurpose hydroelectric dams, generating plants, spillways, intake structures, or switchyards.
- Possess a valid driver's license.
- Complete a pre-employment physical and drug test.
- Provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
- Observe established safe working procedures and wear required protective equipment.
Responsibilities
- Perform routine and nonroutine maintenance, repairs, modifications, replacements, and major overhauls of mechanical equipment associated with power generation and floodwater release.
- Inspect equipment routinely and as needed to determine whether it is functioning properly and identify repair needs.
- Troubleshoot and diagnose mechanical equipment failures and perform necessary repairs or equipment installations to correct outages and improper operation.
- Operate flood-control outlets to release floodwater when downstream conditions are satisfactory.
- Maintain responsibility for equipment at the power plant intake and re-regulating dam during interruptions or breakdowns of supervisory control.
- Maintain a timekeeping log and submit employee attendance information daily to Blakely.
- Drive passenger vehicles and pickup trucks for short periods.
- Fabricate and machine replacement parts used to repair power plant equipment.
Benefits
- Federal employee benefits package for employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
