Renewable and Combustion Turbine Tech - Elk Mound, EITrainee

Are you ready to join an organization where we focus on People First, have fun at work, and make a difference in what we do? Dairyland is proud of our People First culture centered around appreciation, celebrating wins, and collaboration. We’ve worked hard to ensure alignment between our culture and our processes and systems, learning and development, and rewards and recognition programs. As a team, we work together to leverage diverse perspectives, ideas, and experiences to deliver nothing less than the best.

About the role

Provide operating, maintenance, and monitoring services for Dairyland's remotely located hydro and combustion turbine generators (if applicable), including auxiliary equipment.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor combustion turbines and hydro turbine generators (if applicable), including auxiliary equipment.
• Assist in writing and updating department job, operating, maintenance, safety, and site emergency procedures.
• Provide feedback to the department manager on department activities, training requirements, and other issues of concern.
• Facilitate and support other DPC department activities.
• Ensure all involved are kept informed on issues of their concerns.
• Comply with all state and federal reporting and permit requirements.
• Support and enhance the plant preventative/predictive maintenance effort with ideas and suggestions for improved maintenance practice or operating procedure.
• Recommend and implement modifications that will enhance plant efficiency, reliability, or safety.
• Monitor, compile, and complete daily activity and monthly reports including safety, environmental, performance, and generation.
• Ensure all department maintenance manuals, operating manuals, equipment files, and drawings are maintained and updated.
• Authorize parts and material withdrawal from stock for daily and long-term work assignments.
• Coordinate site activities with purchasing and stores ensuring proper stocking and ordering of necessary parts and equipment.
• Purchase parts and materials locally with credit card and reconcile charges at the end of the month.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain all generation equipment, including: controls, electronics, electrical, mechanical, pollution, and safety equipment.
• Lead and assist contractor work for maintenance and capital improvement work.
• Communicate extensively with System Dispatch concerning operating capabilities and requirements.
• Train other workers in operation, maintenance, and safety of site equipment.
• Develop, maintain, and qualify other employees on qualification cards.
• Operate electrical equipment for substation, generators, and site auxiliaries.
• Safely work on energized equipment when necessary.
• Schedule all daily and weekly department activities, as a backup to the Foreperson.
• Perform lockout, tagout, and switching safety duties.
• Provide facility tours as needed.
• Work primarily at assigned cost center locations and will occasionally be temporarily transferred to other locations in conjunction with contractual provisions.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in a directly related field (such as electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, or applicable power plant operations) required for external candidates; preferred for internal candidates.
• Experience in hydro and/or combustion turbine stations preferred.
• Specific requirements (e.g., Instrument, Electrical, or Mechanical experience) will be based on the total composition of team skills required to operate and maintain generation units.
• Demonstrated ability to use software similar to DPC’s including CMMS, email, word processing, and spreadsheet programs.
• Ability to interpret and use equipment drawings, design specifications, system descriptions, control instrumentation, safety procedures, and emergency response procedures.
• Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve independently and with others.
• Ability to work with metric tools, equipment, and drawings.

Physical Demands

• Variable work hours and schedules established by operational needs.
• Sitting, standing, kneeling, crouching, crawling, twisting upper body, walking, bending, reaching, stretching, writing, hearing, speaking, seeing, fingering, grasping, climbing (including stairs, ladders, and use of mechanical lifting devices).
• Entry into confined spaces required.
• Occasionally working in areas of extreme noise with hearing protection.
• Pushing, pulling, lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to wear protective equipment such as safety glasses, respirators, SCBA, etc.
• Use of personal/laptop computer, electronic control equipment, and general office equipment.

Other Job Characteristics

• Reside within an approximate 30-minute radius of the designated site (15-minute radius for Flambeau).
• Cellular telephone or other telecommunications devices will be made available for response to operating needs.
• Works independently (often alone) and with others in a team environment.
• Requires periodic offsite maintenance/operations training.
• Position currently anticipated to require ability to adapt to schedule changes with starting times established by operational needs.
• Requires overtime response to unscheduled unit runs and problems.
• For Flambeau: The selected candidate must be able to access turbine entrance through a 23 ¼ inch, 4 feet long pipe with rung steps.

Benefits

• Health & disability benefits (medical, dental, vision, short & long-term disability).
• Life insurance.
• Generous 401(k) and Pension Plans.
• Paid Time Off.
• Robust Wellness Program.
• New Flexible Work Program.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• And much more!