Maintenance Technician/Plant Operator Trainer

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 41,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid pension plan

401K with employer match

Health insurance

Vision

Dental

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

Per diem while traveling

Job summary

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative is seeking a Maintenance Technician/Plant Operator Trainer to support member villages with diesel generation and distribution systems across Alaska. This role requires travel to AVEC villages to train power plant operators, receive and transfer fuel, perform minor repairs, and operate switch gear.

The position travels about 80% of the year, offering opportunities to explore Alaska and engage with remote communities while delivering reliable energy and building

Qualifications

• Willingness to travel 80% of the year.
• Ability to train operators on diesel generation, fuel handling, repairs, and switch gear operation.

Responsibilities

• Train village power plant operators on maintenance and operation.
• Assist and perform on-site construction work as needed.
• Maintain good relations with member-owners and village councils.

Skills

Travel frequently

Power plant training

Job description

Are you ready to be a vital part of electrifying Alaska's future? At Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, we're in search of a Maintenance Technician/Plant Operator Trainer who is ready to embark on a remarkable journey and is dependable, knowledgeable, self-motivated, resourceful, and likes to travel.

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) stands as a unique electric generation and distribution cooperative, serving 59 communities across Alaska. Our operation spans 46 small, isolated grids relying on a mix of diesel, wind, and solar generation to power 11,513 meters and maintain 515 miles of distribution line.

As a Plant Operator Trainer and Maintenance Technician you will organize, assist, direct and perform construction work on-site required to serve member villages with electrical energy through a diesel generation and distribution system. Your days will often never be the same and you will have the opportunity to do lots of different things. Primarily, you'll travel to AVEC Villages to train the Power Plant Operators on maintaining the power plant, on how to receive and transfer fuel, how to complete minor repairs, and on switch gear operation. As part of the traveling field staff, you are the ones that our Members see so there is much value to maintaining good relations with the member-owners and village councils and building their understanding and confidence in AVEC's value, mission and goals.

The Maintenance Technician/Plant Operator Trainer position will travel approximate 80% of the year. While traveling you will get to enjoy world class fishing and hunting during the hours that you aren't working and will get to see parts of Alaska that most Alaskans don't even get to see.

Rewards

The Maintenance Technician/Plant Operator Trainer starts between $29.48 and $38.44 per hour.

The Cooperative offers an excellent benefit package to include an employer-paid pension plan, 401K with an employer match, generous leave starting at 14 hours per month, two different health insurance plans, vision, dental, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance.

The Maintenance Technicians receive per diem while traveling in the field.

Salary: $32.42

AVEC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can shine as brightly as the Northern Lights.