Power Plant Technician

Wellhead - Power Plant Technician
 
 Interested in working for an exciting, dynamic privately owned energy company?

We are team of approximately 50, and we a proud to have a diverse and specialist workforce...

Power plant managers and technicians, office administrators, engineers, accountants, analysts, CAD specialists, project developers, IT specialists, power plant managers, battery storage specialists, etc.

Power Plant Technician

Maintains and controls processes for equipment such as Gas Turbines, Air and Gas Compressors, Generators, Motors, pumps, Emissions Monitors, Reverse Osmosis Units, Demineralizers, for the purpose of providing peaking power into the state of California power grid.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Operate, maintain, calibrate, troubleshoot and repair plant instrumentation, control devices and electrical equipment. 

Operate generation units (Gas Turbine Generator), associated auxiliary equipment using plant operating procedures as required in an efficient and safe manner. 

Performs routine maintenance repairs on all equipment including, estimating man-hours for work activities, writing work assignments and recordkeeping of expended materials and labor. 

Repair and tune various types of controllers associated with process instrumentation. 

Repair and calibrate pneumatic and electric actuated control devices.

Troubleshoot equipment failures, analyze process conditions and impacts in order to recommend improvements for reliability issues. 

Adjusts manual controls or overrides automatic controls to bring equipment into recommended or prescribed operating ranges, switch to backup equipment or systems, or to shut down equipment. Opens and closes valves as required for proper system operation and electrical isolation. Opens and closes circuit breakers for proper
 system operation and electrical isolation.

Records operation and maintenance actions taken and initiates purchase orders for spare and replacement parts. 

Reads and understands technical manuals and system piping, electrical and instrumentation diagrams/drawings. Prepares legible and understandable work orders for required preventative and corrective maintenance. 

Reads, understands, and complies with all plant safety and regulatory procedures.

Responsible for carrying out the above duties, an all other reasonable duties as assigned, while complying with the applicable plant environmental, fire, safety, and health programs. Training in these areas will be given to the employee. 

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: 

Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

LANGUAGE SKILLS: 

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: 

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. 

REASONING ABILITY: 

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The
 employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and depth perception. 

The employee must have the physical ability to ascend or descend ladders to the height of the tallest ladder on site. 

The employee may be required to wear a respirator in the
 performance of normal operation, maintenance activity, and in emergency
 response situations. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts, in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, high noise and vibrations.