Get ready to grow with us!

Northwest Pipe Company is the nation’s leading manufacturer of water infrastructure products—and with over 50 years of experience, we’re just getting started! Our business is growing, and we’re looking for great people to grow with us. We’re immediately seeking a Maintenance Mechanic/ Electrical to join our Geneva Pipe and Precast team in SALT LAKE CITY, UT.

WE OFFER:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D Insurance (1st of month after hire)
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• Weekly Paycheck
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
• Bonus Potential
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Safety Footwear and Eyewear Voucher (day 1 of employment)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunities for Career Advancement
• Values-Driven Culture Committed to Diversity, Inclusion, and Safety

OUR VALUES:

• Accountability is evident when we do what we say we are going to do and people accept responsibility for their actions. We do not point fingers and blame others. We own our actions.
• Commitment is not only promising to do something, but actually investing in the necessary effort and actions to make it happen.
• Teamwork is essential for competing in a challenging and constantly changing business environment. Working together across all job functions is critical to achieving our success.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Repairs, maintains, and performs preventive/predictive maintenance on plant equipment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Communicates with operators and observes, tests, and evaluates operation of machinery and equipment to diagnose the cause of malfunction, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem.
• Assemble, install, test, and maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools.
• Replaces or repairs motors, generators, storage batteries, switch gear, controllers, contactors, switches and other fixtures and systems; installs, maintains, tests and repairs electro-mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic components of electrical devices.
• Performs advanced troubleshooting of electrical, security, life safety and related systems and performs scheduled maintenance. Brings any regulatory, specification or procedural infractions into compliance.
• Install conduit (pipes or tubing) inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas, and pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete circuits between boxes.
• Keeps track of electrical parts inventory and prepares purchase requests as necessary to maintain a well-stocked supply room.
• Plan layout and installation of electrical wiring, equipment and fixtures, based on job specifications and local codes.
• Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous.
• Test-runs repaired machinery and equipment to verify proper and safe operation.
• Examines parts for defects, such as breakage or excessive wear.
• Records repairs and maintenance performed.
• Other duties may be assigned.
• Regular, reliable, and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
• The principles, standard practices, methods, tools, and materials of the electrical trade.
• Installation, repair and maintenance techniques and materials used in field and bench service of electrical equipment.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Computer skills needed, use Microsoft Excel for inventory management. Microsoft Word as needed to generate documents as needed.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

Any combination of education and/or experience that has provided the knowledge, skills and abilities for satisfactory job performance. Example combination includes graduation from high school or GED equivalent, trade school or vocational school supplemented by course work in electrical theory and electronics, plus three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in electrical repair work or any equivalent combination of training and experience.

Northwest Pipe is an equal opportunity employer. As such, the Company considers individuals for employment according to their abilities and performance. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, age, religion, color, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law. All employment requirements mandated by local, state, and federal regulations will be observed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be meet by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Project timelines and work volume / deadlines may often require working outside of standard office hours, weekend, or evening work.

Physical Activity

Over 2/3 of the time:

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.)
• Standing/Sit: Remaining upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods.
• Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in using hand tools while fixing machinery
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with fingers and palm to use hand tools while fixing machinery
• Repetitive Motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers such as doing electrical work and fixing/maintaining machinery

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, Stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.)
• Stooping: Positions self to 90 degrees (This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.)
• Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to work on the floor
• Crawling: Moving about to general maintenance tasks, few feet
• Reaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward of outward
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips

Physical Requirements

Medium work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Visual Acuity

The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operating machines (lathes, drill presses, power saws and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach) performing mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature such as ones by carpenters, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc.

Vision Requirements

Less than 1/3

• The worker is required to have distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)
• The worker is required to have close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
• The worker is required to have color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)
• The worker is required to have peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)
• The worker is required to have depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)
• The worker is required to have the ability to adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus

Weather Condition

Over 2/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to both environmental condition: activities occur inside and outside

Up to 2/3 of time:

• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather.
• The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.)
• The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.)
• The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals

Less than 1/3 of the time:

• The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather
• The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity)
• The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions as wind and humidity)
• The worker is subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body
• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: Fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation
• The worker is frequently in close quarters, crawl spaces, shafts, manholes, small enclosed rooms, small sewage and water line pipes, and other areas which could cause claustrophobia.
• The Worker is required to function in narrow aisles or passageways. The worker is exposed to infectious diseases

Noise Levels

Up to 2/3 of the time:

• Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)

Less than 1/3 of the time

• Very quiet conditions (examples: forest trail, isolation booth for hearing test)
• Quiet conditions (examples: metal can manufacturing department, large earth-moving equipment)
• Very loud noise (examples: jack hammer work, front row at rock concert)

Supervision Received

• General Supervision: The incumbent normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work and receives general instructions on new assignments