Plant Auxiliary- Hydro (Multiple Locations)

Plant Auxiliary – Alabama Power Hydro (Multiple Locations)

Open positions may be located at any of the following hydro facilities.

Please review the locations carefully and be sure to indicate all locations for which you are willing to be considered when completing the application.

Weiss Dam 2500 County Road 20, Leesburg, AL 35983

Thurlow Dam 249 Outer Drive, Tallassee, AL 36078

Harris Dam 2761 County Road 100, Lineville, AL 36266

Henry Dam 1021 Highway 144, Ohatchee, AL 36271

Jordan Dam 615 Jordan Dam Lane, Wetumpka, AL 36092

Smith Dam 640 Power House Road, Jasper, AL 35504

Logan Martin Dam 299 Logan Martin Dam Road, Vincent, AL 35178

Bouldin Dam 750 Bouldin Dam Road, Wetumpka, AL 36092

Bankhead Dam 19001 Lock 17 Road North, Northport, AL 35475

Lay Dam 626 County Road 794, Clanton, AL 35046

Martin Dam 2287 Martin Dam Road, Tallassee, AL 36078

Holt Dam 12117 Power Plant Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406

Mitchell Dam 2235 County Road 93, Verbena, AL 36091

Yates Dam 554 Yates Dam Road, Tallassee, AL 36078

Note: Candidates may be considered for one or multiple locations based on their selections and business needs.

Please ensure your location preferences are accurately reflected in your application.

Plant Auxiliaries are the lifeblood of our generating plants.

If you are looking for a hands-on opportunity that exposes you to a variety of tasks and duties each day this is the opportunity for you.

This is an entry-level position that offers committed, hard-working employees the opportunity to progress in their career through several specialist tracks.

We have many leaders who began their careers as Plant Auxiliaries.

The homes and businesses in our community rely on the product you will help generate, as such the work you do on a day-to-day basis is fundamentally important to the communities we serve.

If you are interested in working for a respected company that invests in developing, it’s people then we’d love to hear from you.

Read on for more details on the duties you will be expected to perform.

This position accomplishes a wide variety of work, often physically demanding, throughout an entire shift.

You must be able to lift and move heavy-duty electric, hydraulic, or pneumatic tools, equipment and materials while maintaining safe work practices.

Good eye-hand-foot and motor coordination are necessary to climb stairs and ladders, to work at heights of over 100 feet, to reach, handle, grasp, to work foot controls, and to bend, kneel, crawl, stoop and stand for long periods of time.

This position’s primary responsibility is cleaning the plant, office spaces and maintaining the plant grounds.

This position also assists in the operation and maintenance of Alabama Power generating plants.

in a physically demanding work environment and ability to work with all types of tools is desired.

Plant Auxiliaries primarily work 6:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M.

Monday through Friday however they must be available to work rotating shifts, overtime, and call outs as necessary.

or knowledge of mechanics, electricity, shop machinery, welding, and piping work is desired.

2+ years Secondary Education or Technical Degree (Industrial or Technical majors) preferred

1-2 years of manual labor, construction, maintenance, electrical or working on heavy equipment preferred

Required to work in confined spaces

Ability to perform physically demanding activities while working in all types of temperature extremes; Job requires candidates to bend, kneel, crawl, stoop and stand for long periods of time

Operate all equipment and hand tools as needed

Knowledge of mechanics, electricity, shop machinery, welding and piping work is required, but experience is preferred

Must be at least 18 years of age – required

Possess a valid driver's license – required

Successfully pass the written POSS/MASS Test – required

Rotating shifts- required

Must be available for overtime, call outs, weekends and holidays – required

Must live within one hour of the plant or willing to relocate within one hour of the plant due to call out requirements (No relocation assistance available) – required

Alabama Power hires entry-level power plant workers at various plants around Alabama.

Starting pay is approximately $26.78/hour + benefits with the opportunity for two raises yearly based on expected performance.

If you meet the preferred hiring criteria, you will be invited to take the POSS/MASS assessments after completing your application.

You will receive two separate email invitations —one for the POSS and one for the MASS.

Both emails will have the same subject line (please monitor your spam).

Please schedule both tests together at your earliest convenience.

Each test invitation will display a 3 ‐ week expiration window.

Missed testing windows will not be rescheduled.

Practice test:

Please go to the website to access study materials for the Poss and the Mass test: EEI Practice Tests

Practice tests: POSS - Plant Operator & MASS - Power Plant Maintenance

All interviews for this position will be conducted at Mitchell Dam (2235 County Road 93, Verbena, AL 36091), regardless of the location(s) selected on the application.

Candidates interested in any of the hydro facility locations should be prepared to travel to Mitchell Dam for the interview process.

Additional interview details will be provided to selected candidates.