Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Job description / Role

Job purpose

Perform mechanical maintenance tasks on safety and non-safety related systems, structures, and components such as pumps, valves, HVAC, chillers, heat exchangers, and emergency diesel generators as prescribed to effectively maintain the plant and ensure high equipment reliability and performance.

Key activities, responsibility & accountability

Activity:

Mechanical maintenance

Responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Perform mechanical maintenance activities to ensure all job tasks are performed in a timely manner and with quality to achieve operational readiness and to operate with the highest level of safety and reliability.
• Perform planned and corrective mechanical maintenance activities and surveillances in accordance with the relevant procedures and processes on mechanical plant systems, structures, and components to ensure appropriate functioning. This includes, amongst others:
  • The Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) mechanical equipment, specifically reactor, steam generators, fuel handling facilities, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), heat exchangers, pumps, emergency diesel generator (EDG), alternating current (AC) diesel generator (DG), cranes and hoists, valves, chillers, hangers and supports, etc.
  • The balance of plant (BOP) equipment, including pumps, valves, intake, rad-waste equipment, chillers, compressors, engines, etc.
• Perform proper and timely preparation and staging of maintenance work activities which includes the submission of procurement requests for equipment spare parts and special tools to ensure mechanical maintenance activities are properly resourced.
• Attend pre- and post-job briefings and oversee maintenance teams performing tasks to ensure alignment with the maintenance standards and procedures.
• Document equipment history reports following maintenance on systems, structures, and components to maintain an accurate history record.
• Conduct periodic and surveillance tests to confirm efficient plant mechanical system performance or identify deficiencies.
• Update the equipment and material master data within the material management system to ensure accuracy of equipment and material specifications in the plant with those in the warehouse.
• Comply with maintenance code of conduct procedures and guidelines to ensure the safety and reliability of the plant.
• Perform troubleshooting processes on the mechanical systems and components to ensure issues are resolved correctly and in a timely manner.

Staff training and qualification

Responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Ensure management expectations on the conduct of maintenance are implemented and adhered to.
• Provide training feedback on program effectiveness through evaluation of performance to ensure a high quality of training and qualification program.

Outage and emergency response organization (ERO) support

Responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Support outage and/or the ERO, as assigned, to ensure safe, reliable, and continued operations; this may require shift work or off-hours support.

Operational planning

Responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Provide input into the development and implementation of work instructions, identifying opportunities for the continuous improvement of practices to increase productivity and operational efficiency.
• Ensure that all relevant reports are prepared timely and accurately, to meet the team's requirements and standards.

The incumbent is expected to perform standard activities as per attachments 4 and 5 in the job description procedure relating to health, safety and environment, security and business continuity, people management, excellence, and quality management.

Professional certifications

Minimum: N/A

Qualifications

• High school diploma
• Two years of relevant experience
• Diploma in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• Three years nuclear power plant operating experience, of which one year is in the mechanical field