Maintenance Technician Electrician - Power Generation Plant

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Arkansas, LLC 

 

At Entergy, we’ve been planning for the future for more than 100 years. We’ve experienced a lot of change, generating power first from sawdust to splitting atoms, harnessing sunlight, and using abundant, clean, and efficient natural gas. We are leading the clean energy transformation for the utility industry and continue to explore alternative technologies.  

 

We are on the verge of a monumental technology convergence, where reality swiftly catches up to possibility. The utility of the future does much more than keep the lights on and the gas flowing. It’s knowledgeable and skillful workforce will solve challenges and fuel a brighter, smarter, cleaner, and more prosperous future for everyone.   

 

Having the lowest retail electricity rates of any utility in the United States drives economic growth within Entergy’s region, a key ingredient to sustained growth for any utility. We also believe a diverse workforce committed to personal and professional growth is critical to our success. We place a high priority on developing talent to meet current and future needs, giving employees opportunities to grow their careers their way. We’ve committed over the next three decades to reduce our carbon emissions from our operations to net-zero by 2050.    

 

Entergy’s Power Generation group operates a fleet of more than 30 owned, leased, or operated natural gas, coal, oil, hydro, solar and petroleum coke plants, with a total engineering capacity exceeding 20,000 megawatts. Entergy continues to build or acquire megawatts from new hydrogen capable natural gas units, solar, wind and other technologies to complement its existing megawatts of nuclear, natural gas, coal, oil, hydroelectric, and solar facilities.  

 

* This posting is intended to fill multiple vacancies. *

* These positions may be filled by a Maintenance Operator (MO) Helper 1, 2, Operator 1, Operator, or Maintenance Technician (MT) based on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidates. *

* Entergy is seeking a Maintenance Operator/Technician with specific electrical  experience *

 

JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE:

Responsible for maintaining equipment on utility Steam Turbines and Generators including continuous monitoring and understanding of the equipment's normal operating parameters & limits. Utilize maintenance skills to perform repairs and overhauls of plant equipment.  Troubleshooting faulty equipment, assisting in job planning and cost evaluation.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for performing maintenance functions on equipment throughout the facility which includes rotating equipment, manual and control valves, understanding power plant systems, starting and stopping of equipment, isolating and restoring equipment for maintenance following a Lock Out/Tag Out (LOTO) procedure and monitoring boiler water chemistry equipment.
• Uses elementary principles of mechanical measuring devices, instruments, controls, and regulating devices as used in generating plants.
• Troubleshoot, identify, and make repairs to the plant equipment including performing preventative maintenance tasks.
• Applies knowledge and experience with principles of operation and function of steam boilers, turbo generators, pumps, heaters, steam traps, piping systems, pressure and level regulators and their controls, and auxiliary systems.
• Comply with all Fossil Safety Processes/Practices, Utility Group Safety Process, Environmental policies/practices, participate in the Monthly Safety Meeting, and open to participation on the Safety Committee or the Awareness Team.
• During unit outages, provide contractor management, quality control, cost management and schedule management.
• Interface / communicate with internal and external organizations/customers (dispatchers, directors, contractors, etc.)

 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum Education:

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent work experience.
• Preferred: 
  • 2-year technical school degree with emphasis on electrical skills or equivalent work experience.

Minimum Experience:

• MO Helper I – MO: 0 – 2 years of experience in Operations or similar field. Entry level with a background in Process Technology/Instrumentation
• MT: 5+ years of experience as a MO or equivalent process operator experience.
• Preferred:
  • At least 5 years of electrical experience.
  • At least 5 years of hands-on experience in turbine generator overhaul, fan maintenance, valve repair, pump overhaul, machining skills and other plant electrical maintenance.

 

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