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Maintenance Operator II - Mechanical Technician

Entergy · Willis, TX

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Level
Technician
Team
Reliability
Travel
25%
Degree
Required
Experience asked
3+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
7 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level reliability role at Entergy (industrial) in Willis, TX. Troubleshoot, identify, maintain, and make repairs to power plant equipment.

They ask for
3+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Welding
Day to day
about 25% travel

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How this role compares

Against 119 other live reliability postings in Texas.

Experience asked
Less than usual (3+ vs 4+)

Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Team leadership 61%
  • PLC 37%
  • ✓ Welding 34%
  • Root cause 26%
  • EHS / safety 23%

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Stands out: this posting asks for Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 3+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone on the team first.

At a glance

Lifts up to 100 lbs

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How to get in at this plant

Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.

  1. 1

    Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Entergy

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  2. 2

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  3. 3

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    Questions worth asking about this team:

    • What does a normal week look like on your team?
    • The posting says about 25% travel. Between which sites?
    • How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
  4. 4

    Apply with someone vouching for you

    If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.

  5. 5

    Bring proof to the interview

    One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.

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responsibilities

include, but are not limited to, performing mechanical PM’s, welding on plate and pipe, perform alignments, troubleshooting equipment, ability to read prints, perform mechanical maintenance on pumps, piping, and equipment. Perform the use of hand tools, power tools, drill press, lathe, grinder, and threader. Also, the ability to use an overhead crane, rigging, and performance tools.

Job duties/responsibilities

1. Troubleshoot, identify, maintain, and make repairs to power plant equipment. Perform Lockout/Tag out of equipment for maintenance work following the Fossil Tagging Procedure.

2. Specific knowledge and use of mechanical measuring devices, hand tools, shop machines, welding, laser alignment tools, and overhead cranes.

3. Be familiar with principles of operation and function of steam boilers, turbo generators, pumps, heaters, steam traps, piping systems, and valves of all types.

4. Comply with all Fossil Safety Procedures and Policies.

5. Step-up to Temporary Supervisor.

6. Be available to work overtime as needed. Be willing to work under unusual as well as normal working conditions pertaining to a power plant environment.

Minimum education required of the position

  • ✓High school diploma or GED
  • ✓Desired:
  • ✓Associate’s degree in Welding, Machinist, or Mechanics

Minimum experience required of the position

  • ✓Maintenance Operator III: 1-3 years of experience in an industrial Mechanical Role or similar field
  • ✓Maintenance Operator: 3 years’ experience in an Industrial Mechanical Role or similar field
  • ✓Maintenance Technician: 5 years power plant experience or equivalent experience in a plant similar to a power plant working in Mechanical Maintenance
  • ✓Desired:
  • ✓5 years of experience in Industrial Mechanical Maintenance

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position

  • ✓Knowledge and demonstrated capabilities in the diagnoses and repairs pumps, valves, piping, bearings, rigging, overhead lifting, and ability to weld.
  • ✓Proficient running drill press, lathes, hand tools, power tools, and precision measuring tools.
  • ✓Knowledge and demonstrated capabilities welding, alignments, rigging, operating overhead and mobile cranes.
  • ✓Ability to read Prints and Troubleshoot and Maintain Plant Mechanical Equipment
  • ✓The ability to lift 100lbs. The ability to lift and carry 50lbs.
  • ✓The ability to climb scaffolds, stairs, and ladders.
  • ✓Must be Team Oriented and Self-Motivated. Must possess the initiative to perform task independently, provide timely and concise feedback upon request. Possess a winning attitude to achieve Departmental, Plant and Corporate Goals.
  • ✓Should possess basic computer knowledge to obtain the required skills needed to use the Entergy Fossil Applications Time and Labor (Electronic Timesheet Application) and AIMM (Maintenance Management System) and Maximo.

Any certifications, licenses, etc.

  • ✓Successful completion of the EEI POSS/MASS test
  • ✓Rigging
  • ✓Crane Operator
  • ✓Welding - GTAW & SMAW

Primary Location: Texas-Willis Texas : Orange

Job Function : Field & Skilled Trade

FLSA Status : Nonexempt

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Date: Oct 16, 2026

Location

Willis, Texas, United States

Company

Entergy

Job Title: Maintenance Operator II - Mechanical Technician

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Texas, Inc.-GTX

Job purpose/summary

Under general supervision, the incumbent will be responsible to Understand and Maintain a Good Working Knowledge of the various Power Plant Technical Systems. Specific

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Union description/code : GTX-Fossil

Number of Openings : 1

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