Senior Welder Mechanic (Holcomb)

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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