Operations and Maintenance Mechanic

Vicinity Energy is North America’s largest provider of district energy solutions, offering low carbon energy to most of the iconic buildings you see in the skylines of Boston, Cambridge, Philadelphia, Baltimore and many other cities in the US. As a member of the communities we serve, all of us at Vicinity understand the critical role we play in reducing the impacts of climate change and being a leader in decarbonization. We are committed to net zero and eliminating our reliance on fossil fuels, but we need the best and the brightest minds on our team to help us reach our goal, not only for us as a company, but for our customers, our communities, and our planet.

Summary

The Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Mechanic is responsible for interfacing with the Operations Manager and O&M Supervisor to receive direction on assignments and coordinate activities between the departments. The O&M Mechanic works under general supervision as a member of the Maintenance Department to affect repairs and perform removal and installation of equipment and components. This is a full-time, non-exempt, union position. This position reports to the O&M Supervisor in Trenton, N.J. The hourly rate is $50.22-55.93 with mandatory annuity deduction of $4.70.

Responsibilities

• Perform corrective maintenance activities to maintain plant equipment in optimal working condition.

• Will assist with plant and district operations and perform required maintenance tasks.
• Operate and maintain equipment in a cogeneration facility and customer boiler facilities.
• Aligns valves and equipment, communicates, and verifies equipment startup/shutdown.
• Assists with plant/district outage activities including securing systems, draining, filling, etc.
• Works daily in Maintenance Department servicing/repairing plant equipment.
• Responsible for maintaining a positive attitude, professional and courteous behavior, motivation, initiative, cooperation, and participation.
• Acts as a team member with all employees of the Vicinity staff.
• Complies with all Vicinity-Energy policies and procedures.

• Responsible for providing shift or non-shift coverage for either Control Room Operator or Auxiliary Operator during times of vacation, call-out, personal days, etc., as may be needed. 

• Normal work hours will be 0700 to 1530 hours Monday through Friday.
• Must be able to work varying shifts, including overtime and “on-call” as may be needed by the Operations and/or Maintenance Departments. Must be able to work 12 hour rotating shift as needed.

Basic Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years of experience.

• Experience in industrial operations and maintenance experience with boilers, chillers, engines, compressor, pumps, cogeneration, waste heat, and Cleaver Brooks boilers.

• NJ Black Seal Stationary license or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• NJ Blue Seal Stationary license

Physical Requirements 

• Must possess a valid driver license in good standing in order to operate a company vehicle. Must have and maintain a driving record meeting the standards of the company.
• This position will require the following: climbing, lifting up to and including 50 lbs., carrying and transporting heavy objects, standing for long duration, work at heights, crawling through portholes, manways and working in confined spaces, working outdoors during summer and winter, and wearing of personal protection equipment as required.

• Can perform physical work in industrial environment and operate forklift.
• Drive to customer locations to check out equipment and/or maintain, as necessary.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

• Personal Leave 
  • FMLA up to 12 weeks based on approval
  • Nonpaid benefit
• Vacation Time
  • 80 hours accrued annually which equals 1.54 hours per pay period
• Sick Time
  • 48 hours annually prorated based on hire date
• Personal Time
  • 16 hours annually prorated based on hire date
• Paid Parental Leave
  • 100% pay up to 160 hours upon birth or adoption of a child; must be used in consecutive weekly increments
• Paid holidays
  • 12 days prorated based on hire date
• 401K plan
  • Including Roth option with matching contributions: 100% of first 1% your contributions and 50% of the next 5% of your contributions.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY STATEMENT Vicinity Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.