OMT - Control Room Operator

Responsibilities

• Adhere to proper operating practices and procedures designed to prevent injury, illness, and environmental noncompliance.
• Observe governmental and company environmental, safety and health regulations.
• Perform equipment checks to ensure safe and efficient operations during the start-up, operation and shutdown of turbines, generators, condensers, boilers/heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), boiler feed pumps, exciters, transformers, switchyard, and auxiliary equipment.
• Operate valves, pumps, electrical disconnects, breakers and controls, etc., from remote locations as needed.
• Enter and review data in the electronic logbook and electronic rounds log.
• Monitor and respond to alarms and unusual conditions to ensure proper operation of equipment within established standards and report / document irregular and abnormal operating conditions.
• Maintain and monitor basic boiler water chemistry and other plant cycle chemistry by reviewing operational data and collecting and analyzing samples.
• Maintain and operate the water treatment plant.
• Operate and maintain precision laboratory and field analyzers with QA/QC standards.
• Unload deliveries of chemicals and gases per site procedures.
• Use elementary, schematic, wiring and control diagrams to locate, troubleshoot and repair control systems involving electrical, electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic components.
• Use electrical and instrumentation test equipment to troubleshoot and calibrate plant equipment.
• Perform mechanical maintenance work including, dismantling, rebuilding, adjusting, aligning, packing, and cleaning equipment. Repair valves, actuators, piping, and small pumps such as centrifugal, sump diaphragm, etc.
• Perform predictive and preventive maintenance work by inspecting monitoring, lubricating, troubleshooting, and testing plant equipment to determine conditions such as wear, corrosion, and deposits.
• Perform inspections and corrective maintenance activities on plant equipment and components.
• Use work management systems to initiate, retrieve and update work orders, material requests, PM’s, and time entry, etc.
• Use various computer applications and software programs such as PI to extract data, analyze trends, and report status to ensure plant reliability and efficiency.
• Operate, monitor, maintain and calibrate environmental and industrial hygiene equipment such as CEMS, gas detection devices, etc.
• Conduct JSAs, utilize JHAs, SDS’s, etc. and follow established facility guidelines in job briefings.
• Work under general direction of CC Supervisor.
• Isolate plant equipment and remove stored energy in accordance with the Clearance Permit Procedure.
• Obtain clearance