Plant Technician

Ameren Missouri has been providing electric and gas service for more than 100 years, and our electric rates are among the lowest in the nation. Our mission is to power the quality of life for our 1.2 million electric and 132,000 natural gas customers in central and eastern Missouri. Our service area covers 64 counties and more than 500 communities including the greater St. Louis area.

Responsibilities

• Performs tasks associated with operating, maintaining, and repairing gas turbine engines, generators, low and medium voltage electrical components, and various auxiliary equipment for power production.
• Performs periodic inspections, completes maintenance and operational reports, and administrative tasks related to systems readiness and regulatory compliance including quality testing of water and lubricants.
• Works with blueprints, drawings, schematics, charts, and various equipment documentation; records and compiles operational data by completing and maintaining forms, logs, or reports.
• Assures operational efficiency, unit reliability, and compliance with company and other regulatory requirements including safety and environmental standards through performance monitoring of power plant equipment and indicators and data reviews.
• Regulates equipment operations and conditions such as opening and closing valves and switches, starting and stopping equipment, cleaning, lubricating, or maintaining equipment, such as generators, turbines, pumps, and motor control centers.
• Interfaces with various work groups, both internal and external, to meet all production, testing, regulatory requirements, operations, and maintenance schedules.
• Subject to trouble callouts, working overtime, and weekends as required to support plant operations, maintenance activities, or emergencies.

Requirements

• Relevant industrial journey-level or specialized military training or technology degree/certification.
• Three or more years of experience in power or propulsion plant operations and maintenance.
• Experience with simple cycle or aero-derivative combustion turbine platforms is strongly preferred.
• Must pass the General Power Plant Battery (GPPB) Assessment as well as a written Plant Technician Assessment.
• Must possess experience and related skills in all three of the following disciplines:
  • Electrical Maintenance: Experience in troubleshooting and maintaining low and medium voltage electrical equipment, including switchgear, motors, breakers, motor control, generators, and plant wiring. Familiarity with the proper use of various electronic and precision test instruments to identify and correct issues.
  • Mechanical Maintenance: Experience in troubleshooting and maintaining mechanical systems including pumps, compressors, valves, and various rotating equipment. Knowledgeable in alignment, rigging, and lifting. Able to read and interpret piping and instrumentation diagrams, structural drawings, and layouts. Combustion turbine experience preferred.
  • Instrument & Control: Experienced in troubleshooting, calibrating, repairing, tuning, and replacing instrumentation and control equipment. General familiarity with control systems interfaces or PLC-based controls and electronic instrumentation is preferred. Must be able to read and interpret electrical and instrumentation schematics and diagrams.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Using relevant information to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Using computers and computer systems to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Compiling, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
• Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes. Operating, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts or passenger vehicles.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Ability to work in extreme environments to complete work as assigned and is subject to trouble call response.
• Willingness to relocate to meet domicile requirements and a 40-mile domicile requirement per I.B.E.W. Local 2 contract.

Pay

• Hourly Pay: Grade Step FA 041 Step 1 of 1 (Top Step) - 56.93 USD
• Eligible for annual incentive payments based on company performance and subject to sole management discretion.

Benefits

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