About this role
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Conduct all work activities in a professional, environmentally conscious, and safe manner.
- Assures operational efficiency, unit reliability and compliance with safety and environmental standards.
- Directs plant operations while on shift; authorizes work to be performed
- Authorizes safety permits – LOTO, confined space, hotwork
- Supervises employees assigned on shift
- Collecting, recording and assessing all necessary equipment and Instrumentation data; manually and remotely operates valves and other plant equipment.
- Directing response to plant upset events and emergencies.
- Assists in completion of injury/illness reports and adheres to plant policy guidelines
- Maintain, troubleshoot and repair of all plant equipment to include instrumentation, control systems, mechanical, and electrical equipment.
- Performs and supervises predictive, preventative, and corrective maintenance.
- Responsible to ensure that direct reports are properly trained and is accountable for the qualification of direct reports in areas such as safety, proper operating techniques, tagging, etc
- Closely interacts with dispatching to schedule operating unit activities and keeps them informed of the generating units’ capabilities and associated risk; Stays abreast of market conditions and rules
Qualifications and Skills
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in power plant operations and/or maintenance, or a similar related field, as a qualified plant operator and/or maintenance technician
- Demonstrated ability to supervise and direct others; prior supervisory experience is preferred
- High School Diploma or GED required. Associate degree, Vocational Technical School (two-year college) is preferred or relevant equivalent experience.
- Ensures compliance with environmental permits, procedures, and reporting requirements.
- Experience with steam turbine and/or combustion turbine power generation.
- Experience in operations of a distributed control systems (DCS) required; Mark VIe experience preferred
- Demonstrated ability to respond to alarms, troubleshoot abnormal conditions, and take corrective actions to maintain safe and efficient operations
- Willingness to perform work independently and a strong desire for personal ownership and responsibility for their work and employees assigned
- Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency in the Operations and Maintenance of a combustion turbine generating station, including balance of plant equipment.
- Ability to work shift work to include weekends, holidays, and be available for overtime as needed.
- Good computer skills including Microsoft Office and other computer-based productivity tools.
- Must have knowledge and skills of chemical tests, procedures, reagents, etc. to perform chemical analysis, industrial hygiene evaluations and environmental sampling.
- Familiarity with Predictive and Preventative Maintenance programs
- Physical requirements include lifting 50lbs, standing for long periods, walking, bending, climbing ladders, kneeling etc.
- Demonstrated strong work ethic, integrity, and ability to work and communicate effectively with all employees and contractors.
- Must have a valid driver’s license, pass a background check and drug & alcohol test.