Requisition ID # 161387 

Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Operations - Other

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Shaver Lake

Department Overview

PG&E’s Power Generation Department manages and operates the largest privately-owned hydroelectric system in the nation. These renewable electric generation resources, located mostly at high elevation in California mountain ranges including the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade mountains include 68 powerhouses, 184 miles of canals, 41 miles of flumes, 135 miles of tunnels, 19 miles of penstocks, 99 reservoirs, and 142,000 acres of watershed lands all covered by 26 operating licenses issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Position Summary

This is an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245 represented classification, which has over 100 years of experience representing employees at PG&E.  This job is subject to collective bargaining.

**Offers for this position will be contingent upon review and approval by the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC) and completing a welding assessment**

This position is located at a major hydro-electric facility at the Helms Pumped Storage Powerhouse located about two hours northeast of Fresno in a very remote area of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 

This position is responsible for welding, machine work, and electrical work at hydro-electric facilities and for hydro maintenance, including repair or replacement of poor-performing pumps, governors, generators and other powerhouse components.  Electrical Machinists will use work orders, blueprints, schematics and manuals, as necessary, to troubleshoot mechanical and electrical problems on hydro-electric equipment.

Travel required up to 20% of the time.  Individuals may work at heights, confined spaces and in and around helicopters.

PG&E is providing the hourly rate that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This position is subject to collectively bargained hourly wage rates and increases. The starting wage rate for this position is $68.55 per hour.  This wage rate is specific to the locality of the job. The wage rate is based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity. 

Responsibilities 

-Utilize work management system.

-Perform tasks assigned with safety as the foremost consideration.

-Perform welding and machine work on various equipment

-Perform varied prep work, hook-up of wenches, and obtaining clearances. Use pipe wrenches to secure pipe, and uses chain wrench to unscrew pipe

-Use air grinders, wire welders, saws, drills, and other pneumatic equipment to fabricate and repair worn or broken equipment and components, and to apply hard facing materials, to reduce wear from abrasion. Types of welding include SMAW, GMAW, and MIG. Work with blank stock steel to cut, punch, bend and shape and assemble brackets and replacement parts.

-Operate crane to remove deck plates; operate forklift or scissors lift to unload supplies and equipment; operate boom truck or truck crane to position equipment or machinery.

-Document accounting information by logging in, typing, and retrieving maintenance history on equipment and tools. Record daily diary and update maintenance log.

-Using phone or radio, communicate with vendors to order parts, supplies, and materials. Contact warehouse personnel for orders and delivery of stocked items.

-Maintain work areas in a clean and safe condition; pick up scrap metal, worn parts, welding materials, and dispose as necessary. Clean off equipment and work area, using air hose, broom, shop vac and steam cleaner; clean truck as needed. Load equipment, parts, supplies and tools. Stock incoming equipment.

-Request replacement parts and supplies; research part identifications and available locations; contact vendors and suppliers, as needed.

-Occasionally drive one-ton utility bed truck with 4-wheel drive to various jobs. Transport tools, equipment, and materials in truck bins.

-May be required to perform grounding of electrical poser systems.

-Drive safely on narrow mountain roads in all types of weather

Qualifications

 Minimum Qualifications:

-Must be at least 18 years of age

-Must possess a High School diploma, GED or equivalent work experience

-Must possess a valid California Driver's License

-Ability to work in all types of weather extremes

-Ability to drive safely in all weather and road conditions

-Ability to work extended hours, nights, weekends and holidays

-Must be able to wear company provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

-Must be able to lift 100 pounds a minimum of one time a day

-Must be able to work with and/or around helicopters 

-Must be able to work in a confined space and in elevated areas

-Must be able to perform work tasks from ladders, platforms, metal grating, scaffolds and/or ropes

-Ability to reside at PG&E-owned housing close to or on remotely-located job site

-Ability to work a schedule of ten consecutive workdays with four consecutive days off

-Ability to apply welding and maintenance theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques - for example material selection, corrosion, metallurgy, pipe work, protection - as needed to perform at the job level

-Ability to create and use a system of ropes, cables, or chain to complete applicable work activities

Desired Qualifications:

-Journey level millwright experience

-Knowledge of emergency planning, preparedness, disaster recovery, and business continuity theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques as needed to perform at the job level

-Demonstrated experience to perform precision work with all types of machine tools

-Demonstrated experience with welding and rigging

-Demonstrated experience with electrical wiring

-Demonstrated understanding of electrical and/or mechanical theory

-Demonstrated ability to operate fork lift, man lift, and/or crane

-Demonstrated ability to repair, install, and maintain all types of mechanical and electrical equipment in an industrial or commercial type of facility.

-Relevant Hiring Hall experience

-Relevant PG&E Experience

-Possess electrical field experience in the military

Pre-Employment Testing:

• Physical Test Battery

PG&E Employees: You must have qualified on all prerequisite tests prior to submitting an application; and all secondary tests prior to interviewing. For more information on prerequisite and secondary exams, including study guides, please visit the Pre-employment testing program website.

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