Plant Watchperson

Job Description

Job Description

Plant Watchperson- Healy Lake

Alaska Power & Telephone is hiring for a part-time Plant Watchperson in Healy Lake, Alaska. This position will be responsible for daily plant visits to monitor the facility and record information. This includes monthly meter reads and fuel dips, meter reading, and possibly changing oil on the engines. This position will assist the local telecom operations as needed. Candidate will need to be available to advise Tok operations of the outages and assist with outages if requested to do so, day or night.

• Power Related Tasks
  • Meter reads
  • Fuel dips
  • Engine oil changes
  • Provide local hands to work at direction of power engineering and operations to resolve outages or issues in the powerplant or on distribution.
  • Provide local support for technicians traveling into the community
• Telecom Related Tasks (if applicable)
  • Use telephone handset to test dial-tone at NID (training to be provided by AP&T technicians;
  • Perform testing of calling issue
  • Provide local hands to work with telecom engineering and operations to resolve outages or issues in the central office or cabinets
  • Provide local support for technicians traveling into the community.

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Ability to self-motivate and communicate with other team members
• Ability to safely identify hazards and work around electrical and mechanical
• Mental flexibility, willingness to learn unfamiliar parts of the job and a positive attitude
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test and background May be subject to random drug testing at any time.

• 1 year mechanical or electrical experience

• At times work will be performed in loud environments requiring hearing protection
• At times work will be performed in non-temperature-controlled environments
• At times work will be performed around rotating equipment
• At times work will be performed while sitting, standing, crouching, squatting and at heights
• At times work will be performed in a standard office environment with regularly scheduled working hours
• Must be capable of: Safely lifting of up to 30 pounds on occasion, main good balance
• Safety and PPE must be worn at all times when performing work in the field
• Occasional travel to Tok may be required

The pay for this position is $28.00 per hour.

AP&T is a small utility serving over 40 Alaskan communities and villages.

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AP&T is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including Veterans and
individuals with disabilities. We are a Drug & Alcohol-Free Workplace.