Fuel and Ash Handler I
Wheelabrator Technologies
- Baltimore, MD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Operates mobile equipment including, but not limited to, industrial forklifts, manlifts, skid steer type loaders, and other mobile equipment.
- Operates and completes all inspections on frontend loader on the Tipping Floor and in Ash House areas
- Qualified to operate refuse crane and front-end loader as required in support and employee relief capacity
- Applies mechanical knowledge and skills sufficient to perform routine tasks such as opening vessels and equipment access doors, placing and removing furnace access equipment, overhead protection and staging, operating power tools and performing minor repairs to plant equipment and structures.
- Maintains and follows all Company environmental compliance, health and safety requirements, policies, procedures and rules.
- Use of 15,000 psi water blaster systems for cleaning, drain clearing and other activates as assigned following competency training.
- Use of mobile water pumps including diesel operated, gasoline powered, pneumatic and hydraulic. MSW Ash dewatering evolutions and compliant ash handling.
- Follows standard safety procedures. Corrects safety and environmental hazards and reports them to supervision immediately
- Work overtime and/or rotating shifts as required
- Shovels loose materials such as sand, gravel, metals, plastics, or chemicals into machine hoppers or into vehicles and containers such as wheelbarrows, scrap truck, or barrels.
- High School diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent work experience
- Mechanical abilities sufficient to perform equipment maintenance, minor repairs, and general preventative maintenance.
- Noise in work environment
- Stand
- Sit for prolonged periods of time
- Walk
- Handle tools, equipment, fine motor skills
- Reach with hands and arms
- Climb and walk on heights often greater than 4 feet
- Stoop, kneel, bend, push, pull, crawl
- Ascend and descend stairs and stationary vertical ladders as part of normal work activity and emergency egress situations
- Lift 50 lbs.
- Move about all areas of the plant, including catwalks, deck grating, and uneven surfaces
- Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, corrected or otherwise
- Operate a 1.5-inch fire hose operating at 125 psi line pressure to the extent required to extinguish fire
- Operate fire extinguishing equipment ranging from handheld extinguishers to 200 lb portable units
- Access confined spaces and pressure vessels through standard 12" by 16" manways
- Negative pressure respirator
- Positive pressure respirator
- Self-contained breathing apparatus (steel or composite bottle)
- Hardhat
- Approved safety shoes
- Eye protection
- Rubber suit and gloves
- Chemical resistant suit
- Heat resistant outerwear
- Flame resistant outerwear
- Approved hearing protection
- Gloves
- Safety harness