Machinery Maintenance Mechanic

Black Warrior – Tombigbee Waterway Project (Tuscaloosa, AL)

R&D Maintenance Services, Inc. provides operations and maintenance services on U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects throughout the southeast - since 1980. We are the Operations and Maintenance Contractor for the Black Warrior – Tombigbee Waterway Project providing machinery and facility maintenance and repair on several hundred miles of waterway and 9 locks / dams / spillways on the system. Position is based in Tuscaloosa. R&D is an EEO Employer.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION :

The Machinery Maintenance Mechanic maintains structural, hydraulic, and mechanical systems on USACE waterway facilities (locks, dams, spillways, buildings etc.) Duties are to maintain, test, diagnose, repair, dismantle, adjust, and assemble machinery and supporting equipment in accordance with drawings, diagrams, sketches, operational manual, specifications, and related documentation.

ILLUSTRATIVE TASKS :

• Repair or replace hydraulic control valves, cylinders, relief / by-pass valves.
• Repair or replace complete lock valve assemblies (tainter valve).
• Repair or replace spillway gate lifting components.
• Maintains dewatering pumps.
• Maintains, repairs, or replaces air compressors, hydraulic pumps, and associated systems.
• Maintains, repairs, or replaces lubrication systems.
• Repairs gravity flow gates and structures.
• Dismantles mechanical equipment and performs repairs.

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