Maintenance Worker

Job Title

The primary duties of this position are:

• Performs a variety of intermediate up to advanced skill level maintenance duties for industrial facilities and equipment associated with dams, hydroelectric power plants, and related facilities.
• Maintains and repairs equipment and facilities in an industrial environment requiring an intermediate skill level in a variety of trades, including masonry, concrete, carpentry, welding, plumbing, painting, and mechanical.
• Performs work independently, as a member of a work team consisting of different trades, and/or by providing technical direction to co-workers or helpers.

Examples of work include:

• Makes structural repairs, additions and modifications; constructs and erects scaffolds, including suspended scaffolds; maintains and repairs valves, gates, metal work, sewage and water systems, pumps, fans, motors, compressors, etc.; mixes, places, and finishes concrete; threads, solders, cuts, and assembles water and sewage pipes; performs minor welding repairs using air/gas and electric arc processes; and performs and/or assists in the disassembly, repair, and assembly of machinery and equipment.
• Operates and uses a variety of equipment, machinery, and tools, such as cranes, welders, farm tractors, motorboats, forklifts, motorized man-lifts, light trucks, front-end loaders, road grader, tractor-trailer rig, large trucks with snowplows, impact wrenches, grinders, etc.