Plant Technician - Power Plant

Duties and Responsibilities

• Understands and adheres to all plant safety guidelines and procedures. Strive to maintain an injury free environment. Provide safety stewardship.
• Controls the plant process and electrical distribution through plant distributive control system (DCS) and other process control devices.
• As required, conducts regular rounds of equipment and corrects operational problems with equipment. Maintain plant housekeeping standards.
• As required, performs preventative maintenance on plant equipment and assists plant maintenance group in repair of plant equipment where necessary.
• As required, performs boiler and cooling tower water quality testing and makes corrections to the process as necessary. Chemical handling is required.
• Identifies problems with plant equipment and clearly communicates the conditions associated with these problems to the plant maintenance group.
• Maintains accurate and legible logs and other records of plant operation.
• Assists in budget planning and control.
• Participates in plant training and qualification program.
• Provides leadership to lesser experienced individuals, and may be required to act in supervisors absence.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Operations Manager or Facility Manager.

Education, Experience and General Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in a power/process environment is preferred.
• The successful candidate must be dependable, trustworthy, punctual, self-motivated, and in excellent physical condition, must possess excellent communication and team skills, and be able to work rotating shifts and overtime as necessary.
• Some of the tasks listed will be done with the aid of a computer, others require physical labor. Periods of prolonged standing, sitting, or walking are required. Frequent bending, stooping, stretching, in addition to lifting up to 40 pounds on a repeated basis is required.
• At least 3 years of experience performing similar work is required.
• The individual will be required to furnish all basic hand tools according to a list provided by the company.
• All individuals must demonstrate a strong aptitude in math, mechanical ability, and production control.