Assistant Mechanic

Par Pacific; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 1,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Par Pacific as an Assistant Mechanic in Tacoma, where you'll play a crucial role in maintaining equipment at a leading energy company. This role offers a competitive salary, opportunities for career advancement, and a robust benefits package in a unique and beautiful work setting.

Benefits

Strong comprehensive benefits package

401(k) with company match

Educational reimbursement

Qualifications

• Three years’ experience in rotating equipment maintenance.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings.
• Willingness to work in confined spaces and rotating shifts.

Responsibilities

• Repair rotating equipment throughout the refinery.
• Assist multi-craft mechanics in routine maintenance.
• Perform maintenance work in an industrial field setting.

Skills

Rotating equipment maintenance

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Technical school credentials

Job description

The Opportunity

• Assistant Mechanic at a growth-oriented energy company
• Union-represented (USW)
• Ability to progress through the different higher permanent classifications with the Maintenance Department, up to including, B Mechanic and A Mechanic.

Key activities include:

• Repair rotating equipment throughout the refinery
• Repair or assist other multi-craft mechanics in routine maintenance of other refinery equipment

Note: This description is intended to give you a general overview of the position, additional responsibilities and opportunities may be identified based on current business needs.

Qualifications

To meet the basic qualifications for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. To comply with the regulations at this work location, successful applicants must be eligible to obtain a TWIC card (Transportation Worker Identification Credential). Please review eligibility criteria athttps://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic .

Additional qualifications include:

• Three (3) years’ experience and journeyman skill level in rotating equipment maintenance and repair, machinist, or millwright craft.
• Demonstrated basic understanding of taking clearance measurements and recording information.
• Demonstrated basic understanding of obtaining manufacturer’s specification data and comparing to taken measurements.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, plans, pump drawings and seal drawings.
• Demonstrated aptitude for performing rotating equipment work.
• Demonstrated ability to follow instructions and written procedures.
• Interest in performing maintenance work in an industrial field setting.
• Potential to achieve a journeyman skill level in a second craft area before being promoted to a B Mechanic and a third craft area before promotion to A Mechanic.
• High School diploma or equivalent required. Technical school credentials are highly desirable.
• Ability and willingness to do outside work in all-weather with considerable climbing. Occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds is required.
• Ability and willingness to do work in confined spaces when required.
• Willingness to do rotating shift work including some nights and weekends.
• Willingness to work overtime as required.
• Willingness to do marine vessel mooring activities including deployment of boom, mooring lines and connect/disconnect of loading hoses.

About Us

At Par Pacific, we own and operate market-leading energy and infrastructure businesses in logistically-complex markets. We have built a team of oil and gas industry veterans and subject matter experts to lead our organization with an entrepreneurial spirit and a collaborative, problem solving approach. We bring our diverse strengths and motivation to complex markets where we seek out diamonds in the rough. As a nimble, growing organization, we actively pursue new opportunities with corporate financing know-how, respond to local market demands, and adapt to changing external environments.

More Good Reasons to work for Par Pacific

Unique Culture

There is nothing ordinary about Par Pacific -- a niche player in the energy space. Andthere'scertainly nothing ordinary about Par Pacific people. We are driven, hardworking, entrepreneurial-minded professionals that love to win. If that describes you,you'llfit right in.

Location, Location, Location

Because Par Pacific is located in some of the most beautiful places throughout the country, our employees get to make these places their home and enrich their lives. The refinery is in the Tideflats of Tacoma, Washington nestled against Commencement Bay and the South Puget Sound with sweeping views of Mt. Rainier. Located between two of America’s trendiest cities: Portland and Seattle, Tacoma offers plenty of indoor and outdoor activities.

Opportunistic growth strategy
At Par Pacific, we look for operations with strong fundamentals and great employees who can move a business forward. Our management team has deep experience in the energy industry, as well as in leading mergers, acquisitions, and integrations of newly acquired companies.

Focused on the future
We are an energy company that has recognized the imperative and embraced the opportunity to begin the transition from fossil fuels. We are developing products that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Excellent compensation and benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a strong comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision insurance, a robust allotment of paid time off, a 401(k) with company match, retirement savings plans, educational reimbursement, and more. Full-time employees (and their families) are offered medical (with prescription coverage), dental, vision, voluntary critical illness, accident, life/AD&D insurance, Flexible Spending Account and Employee Assistance Program. Employees can purchase company stock at discounted prices through the Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Starting Pay Rate:

$47.52 per hour

Our Headquarters
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, owns, manages and maintains interests in energy and infrastructure businesses. We are a growing energy company focused on renewable and conventional fuels in the Western United States. Par Pacific also owns 46% of Laramie Energy, LLC, a natural gas production company with operations and assets concentrated in Western Colorado. Our common stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the trading symbol "PARR".

Our Refineries and Logistics Operations
We own and operate refineries in Hawaii, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming, with total operating throughput capacity of over 21 9 Mbpd. Par Pacific owns and operates one of the largest energy networks in Hawaii with 94,000 bpd of operating refining capacity, a logistics system supplying the major islands of the state and 90 retail locations. In the Pacific Northwest and the Rockies, Par Pacific owns and operates 124,000 bpd of combined refining capacity and related multimodal logistics systems .

Our Retail Operations
We own and operate over 90 retail locations in Hawaii under the Hele and 76 brands and over 30 retail locations in Washington and Idaho under the nomnom brand.

Par Pacific is an equal opportunity employer
Par Pacific prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law.

Note: Par Pacific will not accept calls or unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters. All candidates are required to apply through this web posting.