DOD Skillbridge Internship - Patrol to Power

Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we’re all about propelling the next generation of leaders forward. We are driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future. We deliver innovative solutions that make our customers’ lives easier—helping them power, protect, and intelligently manage their homes and businesses. NRG offers a dynamic work environment and a unified, inclusive culture that fosters a strong sense of belonging, better collaboration, and business performance. Our programs help employees develop skills for success now and in the future. In everything we do, we aim to champion our employees and bring value to our customers, investors, and society.

About the role

Provide electrical maintenance support to maintain equipment in an electrical generating power plant; may perform Head Electrician duties during absence of a Head Electrician (at THW & GBY).

Responsibilities

• Recognizes safety hazards and follows safety guidelines for personal protection, protection of fellow workers, and the public.
• Knowledgeable of environmental rules and regulations, and effectively apply them to all work situations.
• Reads and interprets instruction manuals, blueprints, and control system drawings; applies knowledge to daily tasks.
• Completes written and electronic records (e.g., work orders, calibration sheets, time cards, material requests) required to document work in progress and as completed.
• Repair, test, troubleshoot, inspect, install, remove, and maintain power plant equipment such as generators, transformers, breakers, switchgear, motors, and auxiliary electrical equipment (e.g., freeze protection, overhead cranes, cabling, power feeds).
• Diagnoses and corrects electrical equipment troubles and repairs or recommends major repairs.
• Works with other crafts or contractors.
• Works with Apprentice Electricians and teaches proper, safe use of tools and maintenance procedures.

Working Conditions

• Power plant environment: work both inside and outside in all temperatures and climate conditions in accordance with Heat Stress procedures.
• Around large rotating equipment, energized electrical equipment in high noise areas, and/or in confined places, on elevations in excess of 250 feet, or from platforms at heights of 5 feet or greater.
• Climb stairways, ladders, and work from aerial devices.
• Ability to work in mentally stressful environments: must react to crises where immediate action is required to correct or curtail potentially damaging or hazardous situations.
• Must be prepared to work irregular or rotating shifts and respond to emergency callout 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
• Employee must arrange own transportation to work location and may be reassigned to another location at the Company’s discretion.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• Five years (including apprenticeship) or more of industrial electrical maintenance experience in the repair, inspection, testing, installation, and/or maintenance of related power plant equipment, including inspection and preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and diagnostics.
• Valid Driver’s License required.

Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of electricity, voltage, and current relationships.
• Knowledge of electrical maintenance requirements used to establish and maintain scheduled electrical maintenance programs for plant equipment.
• Ability to discern assorted colors.
• Knowledgeable of power plant electrical systems and able to perform switching to clear circuits for equipment maintenance safely and correctly.
• Ability to produce high-quality work with minimal supervision or direction.
• Ability to follow, interpret, and act on written and verbal job instructions, reports, technical manuals, and data.
• Basic mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to use basic mathematics, including algebra and geometry, to take measurements and perform computations required for installation and calibration of equipment.
• Ability to maintain job site in a safe manner.
• Ability to operate company vehicles and heavy equipment such as overhead and mobile cranes, forklifts, aerial lift devices, and maintain operating licenses and certifications.
• Ability to use hand and power tools to repair plant equipment.
• Ability to Tag Out/Lock Out equipment per NRG’s Tag Out/Lock Out procedure.
• Ability to inspect, repair, and maintain electrical and/or electromechanical operating and control systems, equipment, and fixtures, including instrumentation and heating and cooling systems.
• Ability to inspect, repair, maintain wiring and lighting systems, electric meters, electrical control equipment, outlets, and panels.
• Ability to set up and operate rigging apparatus for installing or removing equipment.
• Ability to repair electrical and electronic instruments.
• Ability to clean, test, and install batteries.
• Ability to perform electrical tests on Cathodic Protection, install cables, and anodes.
• Ability to perform routine and emergency repairs of plant equipment.
• Ability to perform preventive and corrective maintenance on power plant electrical equipment and wiring.
• Ability to apply principles of steam and electric plant operations.
• Ability to operate test equipment such as voltmeters, meggers, amp meters, and high potential test equipment.
• Ability to perform skilled electromechanical repair work on plant equipment and instruments.
• Ability to maintain cranes in safe working order (e.g., motor overhaul, electrical controls, power cords).
• Ability to provide support to other crafts and vendors, including installations of temporary lighting and removal of piping and cables.
• Ability to communicate job status or work issues to management and craft personnel.
• Ability to work successfully in a team environment and support other crafts and vendors.
• Ability to use a personal computer and associated software.

Physical Requirements

• Daily work requires ability to perform tasks by walking, standing, sitting, kneeling, crouching, squatting, twisting, pushing, pulling, shoveling, climbing, and working with hand tools (up to 25 pounds) in positions above and below head, and extended from body to complete repairs.
• Lift, carry, position, and use tools and/or equipment (weighing up to 50 lbs.) in awkward positions, swing various weights of sledgehammers, stoop and bend to reach valves, pull on chain-falls or come-a-longs.
• Ability to twist the body and neck while driving company vehicles or operating company equipment.
• Performance of duties may cause frequent jarring of the body.
• Work with and around hazardous and non-hazardous materials (reference the waste management guidance manual).
• Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as required (e.g., steel-toed boots, respirators, goggles, safety glasses).
• Ability to discern and respond to verbal and auditory signals.