Maintenance Technician III WNS & Kuparuk Mechanical Group

Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for performing piping spool and valve installation/removal, rigging, blinding, and pipefitting activities in industrial environments while maintaining strict adherence to company and client safety policies and zero-incident work practices. This role supports mechanical piping maintenance operations, interprets isometric and P&ID drawings, conducts inspections, operates hand and power tools, and performs manual labor tasks with minimal supervision. The position also requires knowledge of hydro testing, energy isolation, purging/venting procedures, confined space entry, respiratory protection, and safe execution of maintenance activities in demanding field conditions.

Essential duties include:

• Performing piping spool/valve installation and removal, rigging, blinding, and minor pipe fitting.
• Leading crew by example in implementing safety policy and procedures.
• Promoting safe work practices and adhering to company and client safety policies and procedures for work performed, including proper hazard recognition and mitigation of task.
• Demonstrating adherence to established safety policies and procedures and accepting accountability for safe work practices.
• Ability to follow all policies and procedures and work in a safe and productive manner.
• Routinely performing safety and productivity observations, shop, field, and vehicle inspections.
• Demonstrating support for the company's environmental management system.
• Performing manual labor including operating hand tools and power tools.
• Performing manual labor activity, such as cleanup, hauling, stacking materials, shoveling, handling steel material and valves.
• Knowledge of structural and mechanical piping maintenance operations.
• Interpretation of Isometric and P&ID Drawings.
• Knowledge of various skilled tasks as required for a piping maintenance operation.
• Working knowledge of rigging and piping bolt-up techniques.
• Knowledge of and ability in blinding and pipefitting techniques.
• Knowledge of piping, valve installation, and specifications.
• Ability to participate in the respiratory protection program.
• Ability to work in confined spaces.
• Ability to perform piping spool installation and removal.
• Ability to perform maintenance asbestos gasket removal.
• Ability to wear a full-face respirator or supplied air while performing essential duties.
• Some scaffold knowledge preferred.
• Knowledge of steam, Purging and venting, Hydro test, and Energy Isolation procedures.
• Comply with Company and customer policies and procedures.
• Support AES zero-incident safety culture and assume personal accountability and responsibility for safe work practices in all projects, activities, and operations.
• Other duties will be assigned to this position as needed.

Required experience includes:

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• A High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• A valid (U.S issued) Driver's License is required.
• A North Slope Training Cooperative (NSTC) safety training certification is required.
• The ability to work 80.5 hours a week on a 3x3 rotation is required.
• At least four (4) years of experience in mechanical piping, rigging, and general piping as a Maintenance Technician specifically in the Petrochemical or Oil and Gas industry, on the North Slope, and/or in other Arctic environment is required.

Preferred experience includes:

• An Asbestos 40-hr certification is preferred.