Operations and Maintenance Technician

Operations and Maintenance Technician - 6-Month Contract

Hays, KS

 

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At WECTEC Staffing Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

 

Your Day-To-Day:

Operations and Maintenance Technician

 

GENERAL SUMMARY
 

Support operation and maintenance of complex functions of reciprocating natural gas fueled internal combustion engines, diesel engines and gas turbine. Responsible for the safe operation and monitoring of engines, generators and associated balance of plant equipment to include the startup and shut down of plant equipment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB

• Develops and conducts the plant’s predictive maintenance program, administering and maintaining plant maintenance and inventory control; conducts plant performance evaluations and collects associated data.
• Performs tests, calibrations, and repairs to instrumentation, including all equipment associated with environmental protection and monitoring in accordance with the standards and protocols of the plant.
• Participates in the Plant safety tagging and record maintenance, helps to ensure that plant operations follow regulatory and environmental requirements. Records maintenance actions taken on appropriate logs.
• Operates generators and auxiliaries to include start-up and shutdown. Observes and records readings of required indicators and/or instruments for safe operation within prescribed limits.
• Makes recommendations for improvement of plant performance and operation safety relevant to assigned area of responsibility.
• Prepares plant statistical reports, assists with the preparation of O&M capital budgets, maintenance of plant configuration drawings, databases, operation, and maintenance procedures as needed.
• Assists with the development and administration of specified packages for the initial and continual training of other plant’s O&M Technicians upon request.
• Handles related electrical maintenance duties to include the wiring and disconnection of motors, replacement of thermocouples and fuses.
• Responsible for the inspection, testing, troubleshooting, service and repair, calibration, and installation of pneumatic and/or electric control instruments. Installs, maintains, and troubleshoots all mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, micro- processors, and electronic (solid state) sensing transmitting, indicating, integrating, recording, and regulating apparatus, equipment and circuitry associated with the plant.
• Installs, tests, removes, and replaces motors, generators, rotating equipment, rectifiers, batteries, transformers, regulators, reactors, circuit breakers, disconnecting switches, instruments, control relays, communication equipment, lightning arrestors, and other auxiliary equipment with control apparatus in the generating station and associated substation.
• Performs mechanical maintenance installation and repair on plant equipment, structures, and buildings – including incidental welding, brazing, flame, and arc cutting which are not restricted by safety, or structural code requirements, as well as the more complex tasks involving compliance with codes and regulations.
• Safely operates plant equipment needed to perform essential job duties, e.g., vehicles, cranes, hoists, welding and cutting equipment, etc. Uses appropriate safety equipment and techniques in the daily performance of all work activities.
• Reads and interprets complex blueprints, wiring and schematic diagrams, and performs both internal and external switching and tagging for mechanical and electrical systems.
• Updates station logs, e.g., maintenance repairs and outage logs, time reports, material requisitions, etc. in accordance with the protocols of the plant. Completes appropriate plant documents to requisition necessary plant parts, e.g., purchase order request, work order, etc.
• May arrange for the transfer and/or receipt of fuel for plant operation.
• Reads, understands, and complies with all regulatory procedures and facility safety protocols.
• Work shift hours, overtime, or irregular hours as needed to support reliable operation of the facility.
• Maintains high standards of safety and housekeeping of the assigned maintenance areas.
• Cooperates and participates as a team member to accomplish plant goals and objectives.
• Ensures adequate turnover of information between shifts, or between projects.

 

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
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