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Responsibilities: Service Technician (ST) is our multi-skilled maintenance technician at the BATO Aiken ORR facility. •When problems arise with our manufacturing equipment, the Service Technician on shift will troubleshoot and repair the system as quickly as possible to maximize production up-time. •The Service Technician group will also perform periodic scheduled preventive maintenance and calibration on all manufacturing equipment. •We utilize the Japanese concept of Kaizen (continuous improvement) to modify our equipment to maximize efficiency/minimize breakdowns. Service technicians work directly with engineering to implement these improvements. We expect all of our Service Technicians to perform all of the three aforementioned facets as a member of our maintenance team. Bridgestone/Firestone recognizes the significance of the contributions that our Service Technicians can make and therefore does not limit them in what they can do. At times, Service Technicians will be called upon to complete tasks normally performed by engineering.

Operate, maintain, and repair (organizational and intermediate level) ship propulsion machinery, auxiliary equipment, and outside machinery such as: steering engine, hoisting machinery, food preparation equipment, refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, windlasses, elevators, and laundry equipment. Operate and maintain (organizational and intermediate level) marine boilers, pumps, forced draft blowers, and heat exchangers; perform tests; transfers, and inventory of lubricating oils, fuels, and water. Maintain records and reports, and may perform duties ingeneration and stowage of industrial gases. Able to perform the duties required for MM2; approves repair quality assurance forms; cleans components of Forced Draft Blowers (FDB); conducts preliminary boiler closeout inspections, Main Reduction Gear (MRG) closeout and bearing inspections, and structural inspection of boilers; controls boiler operations in remote manual; coordinate preparations for boiler flexibility tests, full power andeconomy trials, and for propulsion plant start-up and operations; equalizes boiler loads; estimates fuel, lube oil and water requirements; inspects boiler firesides, watersides, and components of Forced Draft Blowers (FDB); maintains boiler internal fittings, safety valves, sliding feet and sprayer plates; operates and maintains O2N2 systems; prepares continuous treatment solutions, fuel, oil and water reports; presents boiler for inspection appraisal; removes, repairs, and replaces components of Forced Draft Blowers (FDB); reviews and validatesEngineering Operational Sequencing System (EOSS) manuals and HAZMAT inventories; tests boiler safety valves; troubleshoots operation of Forced Draft Blowers (FDB) and Ships Service Turbine Generators (SSTG); and updates equipment calibration schedules and repair quality assurance forms.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Nuclear Engineering Technology/Technician

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