What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Technician position at Alaska Village Electric Cooperative?
Are you ready to be a vital part of electrifying Alaska's future? At Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, we're on a mission to light up the Last Frontier. We're in search of a Maintenance Technician II who is ready to embark on a remarkable journey and is dependable, knowledgeable, self-motivated, resourceful and likes to travel.
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) stands as a unique electric generation and distribution cooperative, serving 59 communities across Alaska. Our operation spans 46 small, isolated grids relying on a mix of diesel, wind, and solar generation to power 11,513 meters and maintain 515 miles of distribution line.
As a Maintenance Technician II at AVEC you'll play a pivotal role in the member-driven service we provide. The work of a Maintenance Technician involves organizing, directing, and performing construction tasks necessary to supply electrical energy to these remote villages via diesel generation and distribution systems. Each day will present new challenges and opportunities, allowing you to engage in diverse tasks such as major overhauls, repairs, preventive maintenance, and improvising temporary replacements. While traveling to our different communities, Maintenance Technicians instruct Power Plant Operators in equipment use, safe practices, and maintenance during field operations. As part of the traveling field staff, you are the ones that our Members see so there is much value to maintaining good relations with the member-owners and village councils and building their understanding and confidence in AVEC's value, mission and goals.
The Maintenance Technician II position will travel approximately 80% of the year. While traveling with AVEC, you will get to enjoy world class fishing and hunting during the hours that you aren't working and will get to see parts of Alaska that most Alaskans don't even get to see.
Qualifications:
- Technical proficiency in construction, electrical systems, and maintenance.
- Experience in diesel generation systems or similar technical fields.
- Ability to adapt to changing tasks and environments in remote locations.
- Self-motivation and a responsible work ethic for field operations.
Rewards:
- Autonomy in field operations
- Opportunities to travel to unique and remote Alaskan communities
- Pay starts at $35.71 and is dependent upon experience
- Medical and RX (2 plans available), dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account
- Basic life, AD&D, and spouse life insurance paid for by AVEC - Supplemental life offered at cost to employee
- 401K with employer match
- Defined benefit plan (Employer paid pension)
- Leave starting at 21 days per year
- 8 paid Holidays, 2 Floating Holidays, and 1 Birthday Holiday
- Short term and long term disability paid by employer
Ready to Power Alaska's Future?
The next step is to complete our online application. Don't worry, the application is pretty easy, it simply asks for your resume and to answer some questions to help us get to know you and your experience better. We should warn you though, if you are selected to move further in our hiring process, you will be asked to complete a second stage of the application. This is good news though because it will most likely earn you a chance to speak with our very talented Manager of Operations.
AVEC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can shine as brightly as the Northern Lights.
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