Operations & Maintenance Plant Technician Associate

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate ethical behavior and show strong leadership in safe and healthy work behaviors and environmental stewardship.
• Adhere to proper operating practices and procedures designed to prevent injury, illness, and environmental noncompliance.
• Observe and comply with governmental and company environmental, safety and health regulations.
• Maintain and ensure safe working conditions (including housekeeping activities), use of proper tools and equipment, and protective clothing & devices.
• Assist in performing equipment checks to ensure proper safe and efficient operations during the start-up, operation and shutdown of turbines, generators, boilers, pumps, exciters, transformers, switchyard, and auxiliary equipment.
• Operate valves, pumps, electrical disconnects, breakers and controls, etc. from remote locations as directed.
• Report all abnormal plant equipment conditions and alarms to lead O&M Technician or supervision.
• Maintain awareness of plant operations in order to optimize unit economics.
• Record and track discrepancies or errors and coordinate with others.
• Take immediate necessary actions in case of emergency.
• As directed, assist in monitoring, inspecting, installing, removing, testing, adjusting, calibrating, troubleshooting, and repairing electrical, electronic, instrumentation and plant controls systems and components.
• Assist and perform simple control system monitoring using a computer interface terminal as directed.
• Assist in using 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 as directed.
• Operate hoists, fork-lift truck, small tractors, aerial lifts, scissor lifts, mobile cranes, and automotive equipment.
• Inspect scaffold and rigging after completion of training and in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Assist in performing basic mechanical maintenance work including, dismantling, rebuilding, adjusting, aligning, packing, and cleaning equipment.
• Operate welding machine and gas torch to cut, heat, braze and make tack and temporary welds, etc. after completion of training and as directed.