Power Plant Apprentice-Gustavus

Power Plant Operator Apprentice

We have a full time opening for a Power Plant Operator Apprentice in our Skagway location. Our successful candidate will be a self-starter, highly motivated, flexible, detail and safety oriented, willing to follow directions and willing to travel. They will possess excellent team and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work with minimum supervision.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Must live or be willing to live within 15 minutes of Skagway
• Willingness to learn and the ability to enter and complete a 4-year apprenticeship position
• Must be able to participate in an on-call rotation to respond to power-related emergencies
• Willingness to work with electrical circuits
• Ability to use computers and navigate programs such as: Microsoft Excel, SCADA, and answer email
• Ability to travel to various locations in Alaska to perform required duties
• A United States passport is required for occasional travel
• Alaska driver's license and have the ability to obtain an AK CDL
• First Aid and CPR card

Desired Qualifications

• Some welding experience preferred
• Some electrical and mechanical background preferred

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to safely lift up to 70lbs on a regular basis
• Must be able to work overhead and in a crouching manner
• Must be able to move 55-gallon drums of oil
• Job requires frequent walking, standing, sitting, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, crawling, speaking, hearing, seeing, depth perception, color vision, stooping, kneeling, crouching, balancing, and reaching/working overhead.
• This position requires work inside and outside in conditions inherent to an industrial environment.
• The position requires wearing PPE and must refrain from wearing loose clothing.

AP&T offers a generous

benefit package including (but not limited to) medical, dental, vision, 401K, (plus more) a

$5000.00 annual medical travel reimbursement, up to $125 annual medivac insurance reimbursement and employee stock ownership options. $150.00 in company logowear. Recognition of our employees is important to AP&T's values. We like to continuously show appreciation and recognition within our teams. AP&T is a small non-union, employee owned utility serving over 40 Alaskan communities and villages.

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