AOV Tester

A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company LLC

WECTEC Staffing Services provides customer-focused solutions with offerings ranging from high-volume and low-cost to specialized niche solutions, never compromising on delivering best-in-class customer service to both our clients and our professionals each day.

AOV Tester

Essential Function of this position may include but is not limited to:

• Responsible for functional and post maintenance diagnostic testing, corrective and preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of air operated valves.
• Positioning, stroke and thrust outputs such that the air operated valve performance meets prescribed design and vendor specifications for seating, seating force, stroke length and position control.

Job Details/ Essential Job Functions:

• Review work orders for technical correctness and address any discrepancies.
• Identify clearance requirements and implement the clearance process per procedure.
• Perform work tasks as required by work orders and document the steps performed.
• Review documentation to ensure work order entries are correct and complete.
• Perform diagnostic testing as dictated by customer requirements.
• Ensuring employees and co-workers personal safety as well as ensuring no damage to plant equipment.
• Being able to perform troubleshooting and build repair plans based on that troubleshooting.
• Implementing First Time Quality.
• Conducting the above listed functions within the procedural parameters set forth by the customer/contractor.
• Successful completion of site/contractor general training requirements
• Documentation of daily field work activity in the work order/log
• Adhering to work hour requirements
• Performing work IAW Quality, Radiological, Human Performance and other programmatic norms for nuclear workers.

Assist with other job functions within your capability as requested by your supervision.

Qualifications/ Education/ Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude.
• 5 years' experience in diagnostic testing as well as Air Operated Valve (AOV) and actuator/valve maintenance. Diagnostic testing support includes those duties of an AOV Jr. Tester.
• Completion of at least two outages as a diagnostic tester
• Navy Nuclear background with maintenance or equivalent experience and training in Reactor Operations or Maintenance a plus.
• Pass and maintain Fitness for Duty requirements.
• Satisfactory performance rating for previous work (based on client and contractor feedback).
• Ability to pass a practical and written examination as determined by contractor or client which displays mastery of the platform used for diagnostic testing.
• Ability to use basic hand tools, electrical instruments, diagnostic tools and conduct maintenance IAW OSHA or client requirements for electrical and mechanical safety.
• Individual demonstrating proficiency in the operation and use of current industry standard diagnostic equipment.

Successful candidate must possess the willingness and ability to complete and pass all pre-employment and employment screening requirements which may include but are not limited to; practical and written skills assessments, computer-based-training, medical, psychological, background and substance abuse screening(s).

EOE of Minorities / Females / Vets / Disability.