- Salary
- $25+/hr
- Location
- PA, PA, PA
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Operations
- Education
- High School
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- GovernmentJobs
Description
Performs skilled maintenance and repair tasks on plant and pumping station equipment at a Water or Wastewater Plant.
Career Ladder:
1) Plant Maintenance Mechanic 1 (Uncertified)
2) Plant Maintenance Mechanic 2 (Certified)
3) Plant Maintenance Mechanic 3 - Click here for qualifications
Licenses and Certificates
Safety Equipment Used or Needed
Comments
- Follows safe practices in the performance of duties.
- Exercises knowledge of mechanics and skills in mechanical repair tasks.
- Makes daily checks of pump station and takes corrective action when necessary.
- Repairs plant breakdowns, inspects operating conditions, and completes oral and written work orders from supervisor.
- Disassembles, repairs and reassembles pumps, valves, motors, air compressors, chlorinators, piping, and other plant machinery and equipment.
- Inspects, repairs and/or replaces gears, sprockets, chains, bearings, couplings, shafts, motors, seats, and discs on grit machines, pumps, valves, clarifiers, and other equipment needing service.
- Inspects and repairs furnaces in a Wastewater or Water plant.
- Cleans water or wastewater systems, flumes, chambers, settling basins, clarifiers, wetwells, clearwells, membrane tanks, chemical tanks, holding tanks and thickener tanks.
- Shovels, sweeps, cleans, and uses a jack hammer.
- Operates light automotive vehicles and power-driven equipment.
- Uses torches to cut steel and related projects.
- Cuts and threads steel pipe with pipe threading machine.
- Paints equipment and buildings.
- Runs snow removal equipment, shovels sidewalks, clears steps, tops of clarifiers and other surfaces.
- Repairs and maintains plant odor control system, rebuilds and repairs chemical feed pumps, flow regulators, pressure regulators, and associated odor control equipment.
- Graduation from High School or completion of a GED is required
- At least three (3) years of experience in the maintenance and repair or pumps, motors, valves, pipes and related water and wastewater equipment is required.
Career Ladder:
1) Plant Maintenance Mechanic 1 (Uncertified)
2) Plant Maintenance Mechanic 2 (Certified)
3) Plant Maintenance Mechanic 3 - Click here for qualifications
Licenses and Certificates
- Possession of a valid Pennsylvania State Driver’s License is required.
Bureau of Water:
- Possession of or ability to obtain a PA DEP Class E Water License no later than 18 months (Full-Time) in this position.
Bureau of Wastewater:
- Possession of or the ability to obtain Collection System Certification Class E from the Department of Environmental Resources or pass test of such certification no later than 18 months (Full-time) in this position.
- Knowledge of safe practices related to Public Works.
- Ability to understand and use hand, power tools and measuring devices essential to work performed.
- Ability to perform basic electrical work including but not limited to cleaning, inspecting and replacing bearings on electrical motors and making terminations on circuits up to 480 volts.
- Ability to operate a vehicle on private and public streets is required.
- Ability to understand and follow specific oral and written instructions.
- Ability to understand and use of blueprints and the ability to interpret operation and maintenance manuals in repairing plant and pumping station equipment.
- Proven ability to read, write, speak and comprehend English is required.
- Proven ability to work independently, or as part of a team and to collaborate successfully with others is required.
- Proven ability to adapt to new or changed situations and to show flexibility in making improvements in work processes and operations is required.
- Proven ability to exhibit customer-centered behaviors and to focus on customer needs is required.
- Proven ability to commit to excellence in service and to continuous improvement is required.
- Indoors, environmentally controlled.
- Outdoor, exposed to inclement weather and extreme temperature.
- Exposure to noise, pollution.
Safety Equipment Used or Needed
- Personal Protective Equipment such as hardhats, gloves, safety glasses, ear protection, rain gear, steel toed safety shoes, rain boots and respirators.
Comments
- Requires standing, bending, walking, sitting and climbing in the performance of duties up to eight (8) or more hours a day.
- Works around motorized or moving equipment and machinery.
- Requires occasional lifting up to 80 lbs.
- Requires the operation of automotive vehicles and other power equipment.
- Requires working under adverse conditions, which may involve unpleasant odors.
- Requires working long hours and must be available to handle emergency situations after hours, weekends and holidays.
- Requires the use of tools such as a screwdriver, pliers, wrenches and other tools.
- Knowledge, skills, and/or abilities assessment tests may be conducted as part of the position screening process.
- This description was prepared to indicate the kinds of activities and levels of work difficulty required of positions in this class. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities.