Plant Watchperson

Alaska Power & Telephone Company; Allakaket (AK); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee assistance program

Employee discount

Job summary

Alaska Power & Telephone Company in Allakaket, Alaska, is hiring a part-time Plant Watchperson to monitor the facility, perform monthly meter reads, fuel dips, and routine engine oil changes. The role includes assisting telecom ops as needed and communicating outages to Tok operations, day or night.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma or GED, 1-2 years of office or customer service experience, and basic computer skills. Travel occasionally for training may be required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 1-2 years of office or customer service experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and 10-key.
• Valid driver's license and insurability by AP&T.
• Willingness to travel occasionally for training or meetings.
• Ability to professionally represent AP&T and promote our services at community events and outreach activities.
• Ability to pass a background check and drug screening. May be subject to random testing without notice.
• Resilience to Alaska's rugged weather and remote conditions.

Responsibilities

• Perform power-related tasks and daily plant monitoring.
• Take meter readings and monitor fuel dips.
• Change engine oil as needed and record data.
• Assist outages and provide local support to power engineering and operations.
• Support technicians traveling into the community.
• Handle telecom-related tasks as applicable.
• Test dial-tone at NID and assist with calling issues.
• Collaborate with telecom engineering to resolve outages in the central office or cabinets.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Customer service

10-key

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Compensation: $28/hour

Expected hours: 10 - 20 per week

Alaska Power & Telephone is hiring for a part-time Plant Watchperson in Allakaket, Alaska. This position will be responsible for daily plant visits to monitor the facility and record information. This includes monthly meter reads and fuel dips, meter reading, and possibly changing oil on the engines. This position will assist the local telecom operations as needed. Candidate will need to be available to advise Tok operations of the outages and assist with outages if requested to do so, day or night.

Benefits

• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount

Duties and Responsibilities

• Power Related Tasks
• Meter reads
• Fuel dips
• Engine oil changes
• Provide local hands to work at direction of power engineering and operations to resolve outages or issues in the powerplant or on distribution.
• Provide local support for technicians traveling into the community
• Telecom Related Tasks (if applicable)
• Use telephone handset to test dial-tone at NID (training to be provided by AP&T technicians;
• Perform testing of calling issue
• Provide local hands to work with telecom engineering and operations to resolve outages or issues in the central office or cabinets
• Provide local support for technicians traveling into the community.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1-2 years of office or customer service experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and 10-key
• Valid driver's license and insurability by AP&T
• Willingness to travel occasionally for training or meetings
• Ability to professionally represent AP&T and promote our services at community events and outreach activities.
• Ability to pass a background check and drug screening. May be subject to random testing without notice.
• Resilience to Alaska's rugged weather and remote conditions

Desired Qualifications

• 1 year mechanical or electrical experience

Physical Requirements of the Job

• At times work will be performed in loud environments requiring hearing protection
• At times work will be performed in non-temperature-controlled environments
• At times work will be performed around rotating equipment
• At times work will be performed while sitting, standing, crouching, squatting and at heights
• At times work will be performed in a standard office environment with regularly scheduled working hours
• Must be capable of: Safely lifting of up to 30 pounds on occasion, main good balance
• Safety and PPE must be worn at all times when performing work in the field
• Occasional travel to Tok may be required

AP&T is a small utility serving over 40 Alaskan communities and villages. For more information about our organization, please visit https://www.aptalaska.com