What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanic B L1-2, STO - Transmission Ops, Underground Transmission (WELDING) position at Con Edison?
Overview
The Transmission Operations department is seeking to hire a Mechanic B (WELDER) to support the department by using knowledge of welding, reading blueprints, and electrical schematics to perform routine welding procedures.
Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities
Required Education/Experience
The Transmission Operations department is seeking to hire a Mechanic B (WELDER) to support the department by using knowledge of welding, reading blueprints, and electrical schematics to perform routine welding procedures.
Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities
- Mechanic B's are responsible for using blueprints, sketches, and electrical schematics to perform welding procedures.
- Mechanic B's are responsible for welding pressure piping and utilizing oxygen/acetylene cutting on steel plates/piping.
- Mechanic B's will perform welding procedures on electrical systems in enclosed spaces.
- Mechanic B's will utilize hand/power tools to perform maintenance as needed.
- Mechanic B's troubleshoot mechanical and electrical equipment.
Required Education/Experience
- High School Diploma/GED and at least 4 years of relevant work experience as a welder with experience reading/understanding welding procedures, reading blueprints, sketches, and electrical schematics
- Experience reading blueprints, sketches, and or electrical schematics.
- Experience working with hand and power tools.
- Qualification in ASME B31.1 and API 1104 codes using shielded metal arc welding and gas tungsten arc welding.
- Demonstrate skill in welding of pressure piping and oxygen/acetylene cutting of steel plates and piping.
- Experience with gas metal arc welding.
- Knowledge of sheeting and shoring, is preferred.
- Experience working in safety-focused work environments, is preferred
- Driver's License Required
- Ability to respond to system emergencies
- Able to work in all weather conditions, i.e. excessive heat and/or cold
- Perform extended driving through heavy traffic and severe off-road conditions
- Perform heavy manual labor, i.e. push, pull, and lift up to 50lbs
- Ability to carry tools and materials when climbing ladders and scaffolds, and entering confined spaces
- Ability to work in inclement weather and adverse conditions (i.e., excessive heat, cold, noise, confined spaces)
- Ability to work with, and in, the vicinity of high voltage and/or other high-energy systems
- Ability to be approved to wear and use either a full or half-face respirator, without facial hair or other conditions that may interfere with the seal, in accordance with OSHA regulations
- Stand, walk, lift, climb, bend, kneel, stoop, and/or reach for the duration of the workday
- Ability to use hand tools and operate heavy machinery, i.e. jackhammers
- Acknowledge that if selected, must pass a Physical Abilites Test (PAT)
- Wear necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), i.e. fire-retardant clothing and safety harnesses
- Work with equipment with a manufacturer weight rating of 350lbs
- Use equipment with a maximum weight rating of 375lbs when wearing and/or carrying 25lbs of clothing and equipment
- The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Selected candidates are required to work in electrically enclosed spaces, excavations, on elevated platforms, bucket trucks with heights up to but not limited to 100ft.
Salary : $31 - $46