Job Title
Mechanical Mechanic 'B' (Machinist)

District Name
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA

Job Description Job Summary:
Entry level machinist: Installs, maintains, tests, inspects, and repairs mechanical equipment throughout the District. Work involves assignments of increasing scope and complexity as the employee gains familiarity with the work environment.

Essential Functions:

• Repairs electrical motors, automatic lubricators, fans, blowers, pumps, shafts, seals, impellers and bearings.
• Performs routine preventative maintenance to ensure that equipment continues to run smoothly.
• Works with various types of pumps and compressors, reciprocating and centrifugal, for air vacuum, water and steam.
• Maintains safety standards.
• Oversees the work of trainees in the trade.
• May estimate, order and transport material and equipment to complete work order(s) at assigned location.
  

Other Functions:
Performs incidental work as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Considerable knowledge of the standard practices, methods, and materials of the trades.
• Considerable knowledge of the use of the tools of the trades.
• Thorough knowledge of the occupational hazards of and safety precautions utilized in the trades.
• Skill in the care and use of the tools, materials, equipment and power machinery utilized in the trades.
• Ability to interpret and work from blueprints, sketches, drawings and specifications.
• Ability to keep records and prepare reports of completed work assignments.
• Ability to accurately follow written and verbal directions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and superiors.

Certificates/Licenses:
Possession of a proper class license valid to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to appointment and during tenure of appointment.

Minimum Requirements:

• Education equivalent to the completion of the twelfth school grade.  
  

*IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION, YOU MUST ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR DIPLOMA OR GED CERTIFICATE TO YOUR APPLICATION

• Three years of experience in the appropriate trades area.
  

*IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION, YOU MUST PROVIDE DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE ON YOUR APPLICATION.      

Disclaimer
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
 
Additional Information
Reference ADA, 42 U.S.C.S., Section 12113 (d)- Person in job must not have nor contract any disease listed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Such person may be removed from their job pursuant to the American with Disabilities Act and appropriate due process.

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