Mechanic III - Construction & Maintenance (Kellogg, Monfort, & Todhunter Ops Centers)

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NOTES:

- Candidates being considered must be 18 and older and must live within 40 air miles of the Ohio/Kentucky service territory

- Positions will be located at the Kellogg, Monfort Heights, or Todhunter Gas Operations Centers

- The expectation is that employees are willing to work extended hours (including nights and weekends), shift work, work in inclement weather, and travel throughout the system in cases of emergencies.

DUTIES:

Under directive supervision performs such duties as:

1.   Making temporary or permanent repairs on mains, services, stations, and other piping.

2.   Making temporary or permanent repairs to other underground structures as directed.

3.   Tapping pressurized piping.

4.   Measuring, cutting, and threading pipe. 

5.   Making up mechanical, threaded, compression, and other types of joints.

6.   Sandblasting joints, pipes, fittings, structures, etc.

7.   Installing and removing gas meters and/or connections, regulators and/or connections for all reasons, as directed, including flood, age changes, fire, explosion, etc.

8.   Performing work in the Measurement Center of the lesser skilled type, such as handling, stripping, disassembling, and cleaning meters and regulators.

9.   Soldering copper joints and fittings with low or high temperature solder.

10.  Installing prefabricated meter and regulator assemblies.

11.  Pressure testing service and house lines. 

12.  Coating and wrapping pipe and fittings. 

13.  Assisting in the detection and analysis of gas leaks.

14.  Assisting in the construction of concrete forms, bridging, barricading, etc.

15.  Cleaning, inspecting, and repairing hand tools.

16.  Rendering first aid, artificial resuscitation, etc.

17.  Driving automotive equipment, such as: crew trucks, dump trucks, etc.

18.  Towing air compressors, traffic controllers, backhoe trailers, tool carts, and other types of trailers.

19.  Installing anodes and other cathodic protection devices. 

20.  Using and maintaining all types of respirators and protective clothing when required.

21.  Operating and maintaining air compressors, pneumatic and hydraulic equipment and tools, portable generators, pumps, heavy duty electric drills, core drill machine, and other such equipment.

22.  Assisting in the installation of shoring and sheathing in excavations.

23.  Utilizing telephone and mobile radio to transmit and receive information.

24.  Assisting in setting up work area protection.

25.  Operating power chain saws.

26.  Reading gauges and changing charts.

27.  Utilizing and reading tape lines, rulers, and other measuring devices.

28.  Utilizing and evaluating results from electronic instruments such as curb box locators, pipe locators, cathodic protection instruments, oxygen indicators, insulphones, and/or meters, etc.

29.  Locating, cleaning, raising, lowering, replacing lid, or other parts of curb box and/or test connection box.

30.  Verifying service stop-cock for accessibility.

31.  Preparing records, such as daily time reports, service stop¬cock accessibility report and vehicle maintenance requests, etc.

32.  Obtaining corrosion control pipe-to-soil potential readings and completing field reports.

33.  Operating lawn type tractors and other power mowing equipment and making minor repairs as required.

34.  Performing work assignments in accordance with departmental instructions, procedures, policies, and standards.

35.  Performing work assignments in a manner which will properly safeguard the public, employees, and property of others and the Company.

36.  Training by performing various operations under the direction of more skilled personnel.

37.  Instructing other employees in this or less skilled classifica