Utility Mechanic

Utility Mechanic

US-PA-Douglassville

Job :

Type: Regular Full-Time

Category: Maintenance - Structures Division

H&K does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Pre-employment drug testing required.

H&K Group is looking for an experienced utility mechanic to repair, maintain, and install infrastructure for essential services such as water, gas and electricity.

• Reviews job order and observes and listens to equipment/infrastructure in operation to determine malfunction and to plan work procedures.
• Identify parts for repairs or replacement for all systems on equipment when needed.
• Examines protective guards, loose bolts, and specified safety devices on equipment, and makes adjustments.
• Dismantles machine or equipment to examine parts for defect or to remove defective part.
• Replaces defective part with new part or repairs or reproduces part from various kinds of metal.
• Assembles and test operates machine to verify correction of malfunction and to confirm that it meets manufactures specifications.
• Performs diagnostics thru the use of computers.
• Utility maintenance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem solving.
• Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed.
• Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job).

• One year of relevant utility construction experience (equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered).
• Experienced in underground utilities such as storm sewer, sanitary sewer, water main, and structures.
• Three years of related experience and/or training.
• OSHA or other relevant safety certifications.

• Regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms.
• Regularly talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Vision abilities include distance, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• Regularly exposed to outside weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Noise level is usually moderate.