PLANT MECHANIC
This recruitment is open until the position is filled.
First review of applications will occur on October 3, 2024.
Hourly Salary Range:
$30.11 - $40.04
Department / Division:
Public Works / Water Utilities Division
Job Type:
Full-Time Regular
This position is classified as safety sensitive.
Schedule:
Monday – Friday
6:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Job Number:
RC#902173
DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this position is the hands-on maintenance, repair, and of water and wastewater production equipment and associated components.
Duties include, but are not limited to the following:
· Follow safety regulations and safe work practices at facilities, including traffic/barricade compliance and confined space entry; adhere to all Occupational Safety and Health Administration and water treatment guidelines.
· Maintain and repair water or wastewater treatment plant pumps and feeder systems; maintain booster stations; check valves, pumps, motors and air lines.
· Install, replace, maintain and repair electric motors and associated components.
· Install, replace, and repair industrial plumbing, and piping systems; maintain, rebuild, install and repair pumps and associated equipment.
· Perform regularly scheduled preventative maintenance work on plant and pumping stations. equipment; maintain comprehensive logs of all maintenance work done on equipment.
· Design and/or modify existing equipment and systems as needed; prepare reports and sketches of installations or changes.
· Repair and install chemical pumps, meters and generating equipment.
· Maintain, install and repair air compressors and associated components.
· Weld, cut, fabricate, braze, solder and repair heavy equipment parts, and plumbing.
· Maintain inventories for spare parts and supplies for all plant and auxiliary station equipment.
· Assist in on-the-job training for co-workers.
· Participation in the standby on call rotation.
· Maintains and repairs any and all mechanical or treatment equipment in a water or wastewater facility.
· Install and clean sand traps, filters, baskets and strainers.
· Prepare reports of equipment use, time, materials, parts, supplies and facility equipment failures.
· Create, update, review and finalize work orders in CMMS.
· Perform Confined Space Entry duties as entrant, attendant and/or Authorized Entry Supervisor as plant duties necessitate.
· Assist in the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs), job hazard analysis (JHAs), memos and reports.
· Adhere to SOPs, JHAs and Safety Data Sheets.
· Perform related duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Work Experience:
Requires two (2) years of experience performing hands-on repairs with metal fabrication, plumbing, automobile mechanical, heating ventilation and air conditioning, or industrial equipment. Experience with the maintenance of water and wastewater plant, water distribution and/or wastewater collection systems is preferred.
Candidates must have the minimum amount of work experience. Years of experience are based upon a full-time work schedule (2,080 hours per year). The sum of an applicant’s full-time and/or part-time qualifying work experience must meet or exceed the stated minimum qualification. Education will not substitute for the required work experience; however, related unpaid and/or volunteer work experience may be used as qualifying work experience.
Education:
High school diploma, GED or equivalency.
The term “equivalent” means that directly related work experience exceeding the required work experience will substitute in equal time increments for college-level education, for example: one year of additional directly related work experience will substitute for one year of college education (30 credit hours).
Certifications, Licenses, and/or Registrations:
· Possession of a valid driver’s license.
· Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) certification(s) requirements, depending on assignment: When Assigned to the Drinking Water Plants:
o Possession of, or required to obtain within six (6) months an ADEQ Grade 1 Water Treatment System Operator Certification.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Applicants considered for this job classification must pass the following:
- Criminal history background investigation
- Post offer/pre-employment drug screen. Employees in safety-sensitive job classifications are prohibited from all marijuana usage whether medical or recreational
- Post offer/pre-employment physical
- This position is required to participate in the standby on call rotation.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
For a complete list of City of Tempe job descriptions go to:
Job Descriptions | City of Tempe, AZ
This position is FLSA Non- Exempt which means employees are eligible for overtime compensation and/or compensatory time.
Employees in this position are represented by the United Arizona Employees Association (UAEA).
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: The City of Tempe is an Equal Opportunity / Reasonable Accommodation employer. The City does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, familial status, age, disability, and United States military veteran status. Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will make a reasonable accommodation(s) during the recruitment & selection process. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting Human Resources at 480-350-8276. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.
