Utility Worker WRF

The Utility Worker performs routine outage and non-outage tasks as assigned as well as other maintenance support work activities at Palo Verde. Completes all work by complying with company and departmental policies, procedures and guidelines.

High school diploma/GED.

Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications:

Basic knowledge of maintenance, temporary pumps, tools and equipment.

Ability to document all work performed in accordance with applicable procedures.

Basic mechanical skills.

Prepare metals, fiberglass and other types surfaces to perform coating applications.

Nuclear requirement:

Any PVNGS employee may be called upon to serve as a member of the Emergency Response Organization (ERO) and will be expected to fulfill their obligation as an ERO member.

Any PVNGS employee may be called upon to support a refueling or short-notice outage.

This includes line roles and responsibilities as necessary to execute outage activities.

These are conditions of employment at PVNGS.

1) Support maintenance with priority, scheduled and outage activities. Cleaning, preparing and monitoring vessels and associated equipment for inspection and repair.

2) Support chemical handling and clean-up as required for Operations activities.

3) Assist maintenance and engineering which may include layout, grade work, form, pour and coat degraded support columns, floors, sump walls, sludge drying beds, clarifiers, thickeners and tops of silos.

4) May assist as assigned with breakdown of equipment. May provide inventory and transfer material including vehicle/forklift operations as needed between units and Water Resources.

5) Performs specialized tasks in support of Unit outages as required which may include: hazardous material cleanup activities, maintenance and operations support, sump inventory control, evaporation pond liquid transfer.

6) May maintain industrial grounds-keeping activities which entails removal and disposal of trash and surplus materials, and maintaining the Units and Water Resources yard areas free of obstruction and safety hazards as required.

7) Performs general industrial housekeeping and minor maintenance activities. This can include small machinery repair. Enters and retrieves data in station computer systems.

8) Requires off-site maintenance activities at Water Resources owned facility at 91st Ave. Water Treatment Plant and along the tertiary pipeline. This includes confined space entry work at pipeline manholes and pipeline facilities.

9) Performs other duties as assigned which may include but is not limited to: Sludge drying beds cleaning and repairing for unit cooling tower sludge: domestic service water leaks/repairs; condenser tube plugging/draining/close out inspection; onsite used oil processing; derocking activities on systems in the security owner controlled area where liquids turned to solids; pigeon abatement activities; chemical vessel and silo cleaning in support of engineering inspection and maintenance; temporary sump pump installation/removal when installed plant pumps are degraded; floor drain maintenance/cleaning; sump cleanouts; general housekeeping; cooling tower maintenance including nozzles and adjustments of weir plates; diesel generator surveillance; chemical delivery for operations; ice box stocking; VPP area inspections; FME inventory.

10) Attends and passes all required training and qualifications: clearance and tagging: fork lift, piping- fittings- auxiliaries (mech qual utilities uses), heat exchanger qualification, OJT/TPE, first responder hazardous waste/mixed waste, basic print reading, fall protection, material storage inspector, respirator/SCBA qualified, Foreign Material Exclusion, confined space, Hazardous chemical handling, SWMS qualified, surveillance testing qualified, VPP Area Inspections.

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ('Pinnacle West') maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law.

For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to EEO is the Law poster. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of every person hired to work in the United States, refer to E-Verify poster. View the employee rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

In compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, the Company is committed to a work environment that is free from the effects of alcohol and controlled substances, and free from the abuse or inappropriate use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications. The Company requires employees to be subject to drug and alcohol testing that is job-related and consistent with business necessity, regulatory requirements and applicable laws.