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Description

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is seeking a Junior Maintenance Worker to be part of a unique marine oil spill and marine renewable energy research, testing, and training facility at Ohmsett - The National Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility located in Leonardo, New Jersey. Join our team of passionate, dedicated, and dynamic experts at the largest outdoor saltwater wave/tow tank facility in North America.

ARA’s Ohmsett Team is committed to:

• Providing excellent service to the global oil spill response community and the marine renewable energy industry

• Operating and maintaining a US government state-of-the-art facility

• Developing Ohmsett into an International Center of Excellence for Oil Spill Response and Marine Renewable Energy

As a Junior Maintenance Worker, you will be assisting technicians and engineers in a variety of mechanical and electrical tasks. You will be working around a large water tank, so safety and attention to detail is extremely important. Communication with your immediate supervisor daily is imperative, regarding work schedule, safety issues, repairs, etc. A clean driving record is needed as well as passing a drug and background check. Under immediate supervision, you will work on a variety of straightforward jobs including but not limited to heavy lifting, (moving furniture, equipment, and materials), operating a forklift, building maintenance and upkeep and other outside functions such as pressure washing, weed whacking, and snow plowing. Responsibilities will include driving various work-related vehicles and servicing them; working from portable and stationary ladders; working with various petroleum and chemical products, e.g., transferring liquids to and from storage tanks and assisting with water treatment testing.

Qualifications

• High School graduate plus experience maintaining equipment (completing basic repairs, and working with hand and machine tools)

• 0 - 1 year of experience

• Basic computer proficiency is required

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)