Tool Room Technician

Westinghouse Electric Company; York (SC); On-site; USD 26,174 - 31,684; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical benefits

Wellness Programs

Paid Vacations and Company Holidays

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company is seeking a Tool Room Technician in York, South Carolina. This role involves managing the Tool Room, including inventory oversight, operating forklifts, and maintaining safety protocols. The ideal candidate must possess a High School Diploma and forklift qualifications.

The position offers an hourly wage of $19–23 based on experience and includes comprehensive medical benefits, paid vacations, and wellness programs.

Qualifications

• Must have a minimum education requirement of a High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Must be forklift qualified and maintain qualifications.
• Capable of lifting 50 lbs; heavy lifting is required.
• Possess good oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight for inventory management and distribution in the Tool Room.
• Operate forklift and motorized pallet jack as needed.
• Ensure safety compliance and conduct inspections regularly.
• Support outage work and emergent jobs, including weekends and nights.

Skills

Forklift qualified

Basic Computer Skills

Good oral and written communication skills

Ability to lift 50 lbs

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Motorized pallet jack

Forklift

Gas monitors

Job description

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace. We are committed to transparency and equity in all of our people practices.

About the Role

We are currently looking for a Tool Room Technician to provide oversight for the Tool Room, including inventory management, ordering, restocking, distributing, testing equipment, operating a motorized pallet jack, operating a forklift (stand-up/sit-down), managing chemical inventory, printing SDS labels, and more, located in York, South Carolina.

Qualifications

• Must meet minimum education requirements, High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Must be forklift qualified and maintain qualifications. (Various Forklifts, Stand and Reach, Motorized Pallet Jack)
• Training requirements for unescorted access to the nuclear facility to include Radiation Worker Training (RWT)
• Capable of lifting 50 lbs (heavy lifting required from time to time).
• Basic Computer Skills.
• Proactively support Westinghouse and Duke Energy programs, policies, procedures, strategic plans, and specific goals.
• Possess good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written communications, technical requirements, procedures, and directives associated with working at a nuclear power plant.
• Commitment to personal safety and industrial safety.
• Serve as the on-site technical and administrative subject matter expert for their area of expertise for their group.
• Perform pre-job briefs at the start of the shifts and scheduled work activities. Perform shift turnover duties with assigned personnel.
• Perform and ensure their group performs TAM/2-minute drills in the field prior to performance of work activities.
• Understand and promote a Safety Conscious Work Environment.
• Perform daily leadership and direction to assigned personnel in a positive coaching and mentoring role.
• Provide feedback to personnel through continuous field observations and pre-job briefs. Document performance of observations, both positive and negative. (Outage)
• Codeman access.
• Indysoft access as standard user.
• E-TRAC access for SDS labels.
• Non-Radiological Sentinel access.
• Knowledge of Fusion to ensure procedures are up to date.
• Knowledge in eWE and CAS.
• General knowledge of tools and functions of those tools.
• Issue, Reconcile and Order Filler Material - Enter in Codeman Welding System for inventory control.
• Create labels and vacuum seal new stick rods when cabinets get low in stock.
• Issue, return and stock respirators, cartridges and adapters and send for cleaning by creating Material Delivery Request.
• Print SDS labels for the site and tool room chemical inventory.
• Order Chemicals that are stocked in the tool room chemical inventory.
• Perform Annual and Quarterly Chemical Inspections and document to completion through work order.
• Remove any expired or unapproved chemicals and send to the Hazardous Waste Building and contact EHS personnel.
• Perform monthly housekeeping inspections and document to completion.
• Issue, return and inspect M&TE.
• Perform annual and pre-outage fall protection inspections and remove any damaged from service and document to completion through work order.
• Perform daily walkdowns of tool rooms/storage areas for housekeeping and safety concerns.
• Bump/Calibrate 4 gas monitors for general use and security use.
• Bump/Calibrate sulfur dioxide monitors for general and Chemistry use.
• Bump/Calibrate hydrogen monitors.
• Bump/Calibrate ammonia monitors.
• Send hydrazine monitors for offsite calibration/repair – must have always at least 2 on site.
• Order calibration gas for all types of monitors as needed or when expire.
• Perform annual rigging storage area inspections and document to completion through work order.
• Perform inspections on all rigging and fall protection prior to placing back into inventory.
• Perform daily forklift inspections prior to use.
• Perform daily motorized pallet jack inspections prior to use.
• Move material as needed via stand-up forklift, motorized pallet jack or standard pallet jack.
• Perform quarterly continuity test and inspections on electrically powered tools per the color code chart and document to completion through work order.
• Set up/tear down tables in service railroad bay for events.
• Stock cups, lids, and straws for service building railroad bay water/ice machine.
• Issue and stock WBGT Heat stress meters and ensure not to exceed shelf life.
• Stock and maintain electrical worker first aid kits and reorder items as they expire.
• Help maintain stock for the hot tool room.
• Stock all consumables, PPE, hand tools and power tools for issue from the cabinets and shelves.
• Ensure all high-risk tools are labeled with the appropriate sticker.
• Maintain all silica tools and equipment for issue.
• Remove any wood pallets weekly from supplies coming in for inventory.
• Generate work requests for any damaged tools to be repaired if repairable.
• Enter tools into inventory through Indysoft Tool tracking program in the absence.
• Maintain after hours / weekend tool issue logs for hot and cold side.
• Sign exit paperwork for all Out-Processing individuals.
• Support outage work 24/7 coverage.
• Support emergent work – weekends & nights as needed by a weekly on call/duty list (Monday - Sunday).
• Perform and document field observations in the Observation System weekly (Outage).
• Model expected personnel behaviors and technical skill; set the expectation and standards for assigned personnel and hold assigned personnel accountable to meet established expectations and standards.

The hourly pay for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $19–23 per hour.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical benefits which could include medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions options.
• Wellness Programs designed to support employees in maintaining their health and well-being including Employee Assistance Program providing support for our employees and their household members.
• Paid Vacations and Company Holidays.
• Global Recognition and Service Programs to celebrate employee accomplishments and service.

Code: RT

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Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.