Pump Specialist - Maintenance Mechanic

Working Title- Pump Specialist

Classification- Maintenance Mechanic 3

Number of Vacancies- Two (2) Positions

Job Status- Full-Time/Permanent

WDFW Program- Capital and Asset Management Program (CAMP) – Lacey Construction Shop

Duty Station- Lacey, Washington – Thurston County

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Photo Caption – Water pump – Photo Credit: WDFW

In these dynamic roles, these positions will modify, install, and remove vertical turbines, submersibles, centrifugal pumps, and related rotating equipment at our hatchery facilities.

You are excited to perform journey-level work, specializing in complex hatchery production pumps and motors, filtration systems and water systems.

We are seeking candidates to be our next senior-level pump specialists, supporting the sustainability of recreational and commercial fishing opportunities at over 80 hatcheries across the state.

Among the varied range of responsibilities held within these roles, these positions:

• Assessment, troubleshooting, maintaining, repairing, and replacement of fish hatchery production pumps up to 100 horsepower, as well as performs these tasks on domestic submersible, end suction, centrifugal pumps, valves, manifolds, and flow meters.
• Troubleshoots and develops solutions to mechanical pumping problems; and develops methods for maintenance and/or repair tasks to be followed by others.
• Break down pumps to component level, assess wear, purchase parts or machine parts on lathe and milling machines.
• Applies lockout/tagout occupational safety procedures when disconnecting power supplies to remove and install pump motors.
• Identifies and make recommendations for long-term pump needs and improvements.

• Develops cost estimates and budgets for new installations, repairs, or replacements.
• Tracks detailed monthly expenditures including travel, vehicle mileage, purchases, and hours by composing Excel based reports for submission.
• Composes monthly credit card transaction records.
• Monitor incoming work orders pertaining to pump related needs to determine and implement the pump crew work schedule and budget.

• Analyzes prints, records, and engineering notes to develop pump technical specifications to include the curve, measurements and materials to be advertised for acceptable bids.
• Purchases replacement parts for pump repair including shaft, bearings, impellers, column, lube lines, valves (both check and discharge), bolts, gaskets, and coatings.
• Composes and maintains active inventory of pumps at each facility, whether for production or domestic water use.

• Keeps a daily log of tasks.
• Assist with electrical support tasks, such as pulling electrical wire, installing pump starters and controllers, transfer switches, generators and transformers.

Work setting:
Duties are performed at construction sites on hatchery and wildlife areas and on occasion in a fabrication shop. Hazards include working on rough terrain, riverbanks, slippery slopes, and other surfaces, confined and difficult to reach spaces, and working and driving in all types of weather conditions, including extreme heat, rain, or snow. Bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, pushing, pulling, and lifting of 50 pounds repetitively when loading and unloading trucks or moving materials around project sites.

Operate motor vehicles in hazardous weather conditions such as snow and ice while on mountain passes, highways, and roads (both paved and unpaved). This position may involve working in or near water, including tasks that require navigating, negotiating, and performing duties related to water environments. Some tasks will involve working on a computer.

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