Maintenance Shop

Site: Twentymile Mine

Peabody is the leading global pure-play coal company, serving power and steel customers in more than 25 countries on six continents. The company offers significant scale, high-quality assets, and diversity in geography and products. Peabody is guided by seven core values: safety, customer focus, leadership, people, excellence, integrity and sustainability.

 

 

About the role: 

We are currently seeking a Shop Mechanic to join our Information Maintenance Shop at our Twentymile Mine location. The Hourly Pay Range for this position is between $34.87 and $39.30 depending on experience.

Reporting to the Lead Supervisor-Shop. The scope of your role will be to perform maintenance work in surface shop as well as underground.  This role offers a great opportunity for growth and to expand knowledge and skills.

 

Duties will include:

• General repair and preventative maintenance of diesel-powered equipment and light duty vehicles.  Maintenance and upkeep of surface buildings and compressor room
• Visibly Support and champion Peabody’s Mission and Values
• Act in accordance with and adhere to Safety as a Way of Life Management System
• Ensure activities comply with safety, environmental and statutory requirements

Other duties as assigned.

 

The lifestyle:

This position is a full-time role, working from Twentymile Mine location in Oak Creek, Co. Peabody offers Benefits including:   Paid Time Off, 401K, Quarterly Safety Incentives, Annual Incentive based on Performance and Safety, Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, and Life & Accident Insurance.

 

About you:

• Basic knowledge of hydraulics, mechanics, and electricity
• Basic knowledge of cutting and welding
• General knowledge of mining equipment
• Diesel experience helpful
• Self-motivated
• Attention to detail, good housekeeping
• Teamwork, cooperation
• Learning new tasks or assignments
• Energy, effort and initiative
• Must possess a high school diploma or GED
• Colorado L/MH electrical certification preferred. 
• Certifications (Gas Card, Mine Foreman, EMT, Electrical) Preferred.

 

Physical requirements:

• Must have the ability to stand for prolonged periods of time on uneven, rocky surfaces for up to the entire length of the shift
• Must have the ability to be seated for up to 4 hours to operate equipment or vehicles
• Must have the ability to walk for up to 4 hours at a time.  Will be required to walk through different sections of the mine with varying degrees of clearance and headroom
• Must have the ability to wear required protective footwear, hearing and eye protection, and other personal protective equipment as required by Company and MSHA
• Must have the ability to bend or stoop for a full work period as a result of mine height
• Must have the ability to climb up and down stairs/steps and climb on/off equipment and ladders
• Must have the ability to perform repetitive hand and wrist motions (push, pull, twist, handle), and have rapid reflex movements of the arms/legs and good hand to eye coordination
• Must have the ability to lift 25 – 50 lbs. on a frequent basis and the ability to occasionally lift items weighing up to 80 lbs.
• Must have the ability to work in extreme conditions, including but not limited to changing weather conditions, dust, mud, varying levels of noise from low to high decibels, varying degrees of light/dark, in and around artificial light, and in a confined work area
• Must have the ability to wear required protective footwear, hearing  and eye protection, and other personal protective equipment as required by Company and MSHA
• Must have the ability to work various shifts (required shifts include days, evening and nights, with rotating schedules, weekends and holidays)

• NOTE:  This is a “safety sensitive role”.  Individuals in safety sensitive roles cannot have:
  • an uncontrolled condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or ability to control a motor vehicle or other large machinery;
  • an uncontrolled respiratory or cardiac dysfunction likely to interfere with the ability to operate a motor vehicle or other large machinery;
  • a current clinical diagnosis of high blood pressure likely to interfere with ability to operate a motor vehicle or other large machinery;
  • a current or unregulated mental or psychiatric disorder likely to interfere with ability to drive a motor vehicle or other large machinery;
  • impaired hearing (with or without hearing aids) that would prevent the person from hearing crucial safety information or alarms;
  • impaired vi