Mechanical Apprentice

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

General job function: Develop skills necessary to qualify as a skilled Maintenance craftsperson.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Attend all assigned training and satisfactorily complete all assigned course work and lab work. Make satisfactory progress on applicable qualification cards.

• Learn to safely, properly utilize Maintenance hand tools, personal protective equipment, shop equipment and a variety of tools including but not limited to impact wrenches, saws, drills, hydraulic presses, pipe threading machines, ladders, scaffolding, cranes, forklifts, tractors, mobile platforms, cranes, etc.

• Under instruction, perform both routine and complex maintenance functions in the plant. Maintain, install, repair, troubleshoot, modify and rebuild machinery, buildings, and facilities. Make requested repairs to tools and equipment.
• Learn to effectively utilize Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility's (CFFF) Leading2Lean Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and other site proprietary databases required to complete assigned maintenance tasks.

• Adhere to all Columbia facility and Maintenance department requirements and procedures.

Prerequisites:

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Satisfactory performance in present or former positions.
• Must be committed to development of the skills necessary to become a skilled craftsperson
• Must be able to work off scaffolding or at heights.
• Must be able to acquire and maintain respirator qualifications
• Must be physically capable of performing maintenance related task
• 2+ years' experience working in an industrial facility
• Prior Industrial Mechanical Maintenance experience desirable

Skills and Competencies:

* Superior customer service skills and orientation

* Ability to maintain professionalism at all times under stressful situations

* Ability to plan and manage work under time constraints

* Ability to work without direct supervision

* Ability to learn and utilize Westinghouse propriety computer software

* Must satisfactorily meet background checks and fitness-for-duty requirements

* Ability to maintain respirator qualifications

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program

While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.

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