Control Room Operator

Job Responsibilities

• Remote Monitoring
• Establish protocols for communication between plant staff and center staff.
• Willingness to work rotating shift which includes nights, weekends and holiday coverage.
• Develop, maintain, and use advanced pattern recognition (APR) software models and plant operational data to detect changes in the operating behavior of plant equipment and systems.
• Perform daily monitoring of site critical components that have installed models actively collecting data using advanced analytics software. Respond, evaluate, and prioritize alarms for potential equipment related issues and interact with station personnel and provide recommendations to optimize plant equipment and systems.
• Support and interface with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to assess equipment anomalies.
• Communicate equipment anomalies to plant operations and engineering personnel and plant technical analysts.
• Identify and classify associated risks to the plant, provide recommendations to mitigate risks, and follow up to ensure resolutions are tracked through to completion.
• Maintain safety awareness and comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures to assure a safe working environment.
• Monitor equipment performance and predict component health, alerting corporate SME’s and station personnel of anomalies within those trends which could adversely affect the reliability, availability, maintainability and performance of equipment.
• Support the implementation of thermal performance software models for the generation fleet.
• Work with power plant staff to troubleshoot and resolve operational problems identified by the thermal performance software models.
• Master all aspects of the monitoring and diagnostic center software tools including, but not limited to, APR and thermal performance monitoring.
• Update, retrain, and evaluate the adequacy of existing APR and thermal performance software models.
• Capture and quantify customer benefits to express to ensure delivered value.

Required Skills / Knowledge

• Good understanding of power plant performance (thermal, physical, operational, and environmental) including factors that impact performance.
• Able to recognize off normal conditions and trends in critical equipment parameters.
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills necessary to develop relationships with the customer, other Plant Support personnel, and Plant Operations personnel which promote an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.
• Strong working knowledge of rotating components such as pumps, motors, steam turbines, gas turbines, generators and field instrumentation.
• Familiarity with Condition Based Maintenance programs and technology applications.
• Effective English communication and technical report writing skills are required.
• Must be proficient with various software programs and systems (e.g., MS Outlook , Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as database use.
• Must be able to work independently with little supervision, perform in a team environment, as well as effectively communicate with others.

Experience

• Candidate needs to have six (6) to ten (10) years' experience in drum type, supercritical, and/or CCGT fossil fueled power plants as a Generation/Plant Engineer, Lead Operator, Maintenance Technician or Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) Specialist. Experience and knowledge in all aspects of power plant systems and operations.

Education Requirements

• High School Diploma, Desired-Bachelor of Science in Engineering, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or education. Associates degree of Applied Science from technical/vocational school, military service or equivalent.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in developing, implementing and operating performance monitoring programs is highly desired.
• Experience with Advanced Pattern Recognition and/or diagnostic tools.
• GE, Siemens or other OEM combustion turbine and steam turbine engineering or operating experience.
• Experience with power plant controls and control logic.
• Experience with vibration analysis of rotating equipment.
• Experience with lubrication analysis of rotating equipment.
• Analytical skills to provide decision making support to the plants regarding suggested improvements in equipment and unit operations and for identification of instrumentation issues.
• Working knowledge of Advanced Pattern Recognition (APR) and thermal performance software or other reliability or condition based predictive diagnosis software applications.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to do walking, reaching, climbing, and stooping and lifting (up to 50 pounds).
• Comfortable working rotating shift schedule.

What We Offer

• Supportive company culture that values its employees
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision & 401 K Plan
• Paid Parental Leave, Time Off & Holidays
• Extra money in your paycheck - Employee Referral Bonus
• Personal Development & Career Succession Planning
• Company sponsored Perks & Discount programs

EthosEnergy is an Equal Opportunity Employer