245 4th Avenue / PO Box 44 / Kotzebue, Alaska 99752 / 907-442-3491

Cooperative Mechanic

Essential responsibilities include:

• Competently maintains the facilities / cooperative’s mechanical equipment including all associated auxiliary and support equipment.
• Ensures the plant is maintained in compliance with applicable codes, standards, regulations, KEA policies, and procedures.
• Performs duties while following all Safety and Environmental standards and regulations.
• Performs preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance on all mechanical systems and equipment and coordinates work with other departments and contractors.
• Coordinates work with other departments & contractors
• Ensures adequate supply of spare parts, tooling, and materials are available and ready.
• Incorporates safe behavior into all activities and consistently complies with all established environmental, safety, and health policies and procedures
• Maintains the facilities mechanical equipment including all associated auxiliary and support equipment
• Troubleshoots and monitors plant mechanical equipment and systems
• Supports the computerized maintenance management systems
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in assigned areas and provides training to other plant personnel

The Mechanic Technician typically works the day shift (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM), however will need to be able to work overtime, irregular hours and on short notice, an adjusted work schedule, based on plant requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:  Qualified candidate will have a minimum 3 years’ experience as a Mechanical Technician and 5 years’ in power plant operations

Critical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a team member
• Ability to make safe, well-thought out critical decisions
• Ability to effectively problem solve
• Ability to safely operate equipment

Preferred knowledge, skills and abilities: 

• Experience EMD 710 Series and Caterpillar 3500 and C27 Engines preferred
• Experience with general vehicle, engine, and heavy equipment maintenance preferred
• Beginner level proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Projects, Outlook and OneDrive

Education Required:  High school diploma or equivalent.  Associate degree preferred.

Licenses Required:  Valid driver’s license

Working Conditions and Physical Demands:

• Work outdoors for long periods of time while exposed to various weather conditions
• Walk on uneven surfaces and stack platforms and climb stack ladders hundreds of feet high
• Distinguish colors and accurately read and interpret instruments and gauges
• Hear and understand audible alarms and detect changes in noise levels of rotating equipment and portable radio communication
• Occasionally work in confined spaces
• Occasionally lift and or move objects up to 50 pounds
• Required to be a IBEW local union 1547 member
• Temporary housing provided in KEA owned apartment building.

Compensation:             $54.99 per hour / DOE

For more information about KEA please visit our website: www.kea.coop

Interested applicants should submit a resume to t_atkinson@kea.coop.

About Kotzebue Electric Association, Inc.

Kotzebue Electric Association (KEA) is a non-profit, electric cooperative located in Kotzebue, Alaska Approximately 875 members KEA is governed by a 9-member board of directors Board members are elected by the cooperative membership The KEA Board of Directors establishes the goals and priorities of the cooperative The Board of Directors has been instrumental in KEA’s adoption of renewable energy sources Our Home Kotzebue is the largest of 12 communities in Northwest Alaska Situated along the Chukchi Sea above the Bering Strait, it is home to many of the lnupiaq people Northwest Alaska is about the size of Indiana There are no roads or transmission lines connecting Kotzebue to other communities or the rest of Alaska The Kotzebue Sound is frozen for about 9 months of the year and wind chill can fall to minus 120º Fahrenheit Fuel is delivered annually by barge during the summer months Electricity in Kotzebue Like most remote communities, Kotzebue originally relied exclusively on diesel generation to produce electricity Producing electricity using diesel generation is expensive Electricity in Alaska’s villages often costs more than 4 times the national average In Kotze...bue it now costs only twice the national average Our Mission To provide reliable and affordable electricity to our members KEA is committed to lowering the cost of electricity by developing renewable energy from: Our wind farm Integrating the use of solar energy Initiating energy efficiency programs The use of wind and solar energy helps stabilize and reduce energy costs in our community Wind Energy Kotzebue is a Class 3 wind resource The average annual wind speed at the wind farm is 14.1 miles per hour The flat tundra allows the wind to blow close to its full force, without obstruction by trees or mountains All of these factors make Kotzebue an ideal location for the use of wind energy Solar Energy During the summer months the sun shines 24 hours per day Even in the winter solar energy is feasible as an energy source

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