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RESPONSIBILITY OUTLINE
Job Title Senior Welder Mechanic
Department Generation Maintenance Pay Status Hourly
Reports To Mechanical Supervisor FLSA Category Nonexempt
Location Holcomb
SUMMARY
Maintain all generation related mechanical components and equipment to
ensure the
highest availability and efficiency of operation.
Essential Responsibilities
Welding
Welding (pipe and structural using stick, mig, tig etc.) showing
proficiency in shielded
metal arc welding (SMAW), gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW,) gas metal arc
welding
(GMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), or gas welding equipment; welding
processes; and welding materials to repair equipment. Repair equipment
by
dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts as
associated with the
welding task process.
Mechanical Maintenance
Perform preventive, and corrective mechanical maintenance, as needed, at
all
generation facilities. Troubleshoot and diagnose failure and
disassemble, repair,
replace, reassemble, install, or test equipment in an effort to restore
equipment to full
operating condition.
Methods and Technology
Perform precision maintenance techniques while taking advantage of
predictive
methods and technologies such as vibration detection and analysis,
ultrasonics,
thermography, and oil analysis. Use, as applicable, in new equipment
installation and
repair, piping installation of various material specifications, and in
routine and highly
technologically complicated work.
Equipment and Tools
Use saws, benders, grinders, and specialty tools in the proper manner.
Assume
responsibility for the proper and safe use of all machine related,
powered and non-
powered, hydraulic, pneumatic, gas, and electrical tools and specialty
tooling needed to
perform semi-to-skilled industrial maintenance.
Document Interpretation
Read, develop, and design blueprints for structural and pipe layout,
field measurement,
sketching, and plan layouts. Produce fabrication from sketches and
blueprints.
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Safety
Sunflower employees are expected to approach their personal safety and
their coworker\'s safety with a positive attitude and commitment.
Sunflower employees
will maintain the highest level of responsibility and accountability in
compliance with all
safety policies, practices and procedures to ensure a safe working
environment. This
includes properly maintaining and caring for applicable safety gear and
equipment;
identifying, correcting or assisting in resolving safety concerns,
including communicating
all hazardous conditions; reporting all injuries and near misses
immediately to
appropriate personnel; and understanding and complying with the
Clearance Procedure
as applicable.
Culture
Demonstrate personal responsibility and a commitment to Sunflowers
culture and core
values of technical competency, respect and dignity, accountability,
integrity,
trustworthiness, and servant leadership to empower or otherwise enable
others to
optimally perform their job responsibilities. Demonstrate and promote
ethics and
behaviors consistent with Sunflower\'s culture, Board policies, and
business practices.
Understand and fulfill the role and responsibility for all internal
policies and procedures
of the company to comply with laws, rules, and regulationsand fulfill
the role and
responsibility for all compliance programs within the company.
Other Responsibilities
Perform other tasks as assigned or required to support Sunflowers
mission and
operations.
Qualifications
Certifications and Licenses
Able to weld, qualify, and certify under Sunflowers R-stamp program
within 90 days.Education and Experience
High school diploma and four years heavy industrial mechanical
maintenance
experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Vocational degree, certificate, or college course work in a related
industrial field is
preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Good troubleshooting skills using sound mechanical logic, practices,
methods, and
procedures.
Able to understand and interpret prints, sketches, drawings, blueprints,
schematics, and
general piping and instrumentation diagram (P & ID) information.
Knowledge of proper welding techniques on high pressure and other
vessels,
metallurgy, cutting, brazing, tacking, and welding with different @types
of metals and
materials.
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Able to communicate effectively by means of telephone, radio, and paging
systems.
Written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills at the level
required to
successfully perform the essential responsibilities of the position.
Able to operate computers and associated programs at the level required
to
successfully perform the essential responsibilities of the position.
