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Department:

1121 GRU - Kelly Plant Operations

Salary Range Minimum:

$19.90

Salary Range Maximum:

$46.60

Closing Date:

06/24/2025

Job Details:

Gainesville Regional Utilities' Energy Supply Department is currently looking for the ideal candidate for a Production Technician opening.

A typical workday may include but not limited to, starting, shutting down and monitoring online operation of power generation equipment. The Production Technician performs minor maintenance at journeyman level of instrument, controls or electrical (ICE) maintenance. The Production Technician also performs mechanical maintenance.

Production tasks include monitoring, observing, and analyzing equipment and systems' characteristics and generating written work requests and project requests based on observations; taking actions required to anticipate, correct or change a condition, as needed; completing work requests based on observation or determine the need; and operating and performing preventive and predictive maintenance of and minor repairs to plant equipment and systems. At the completion of the training program candidate will be fully functioning as production operator.

To qualify for this position, candidate must have a high school diploma or possession of an acceptable equivalent diploma; must have journey level knowledge and skill in electrical or instrumentation or control and at least apprentice level knowledge and skill in plant operations, and three (3) years of operational and maintenance experience at a central utility plan, oil refinery, chemical plant, fossil or nuclear power plant, fossil or nuclear ship propulsion, pulp or paper mill or other similar process plant.

The work schedule is rotating shift work and may work at any of the GRU Energy Supply generating sites.

NOTE:
- This position may require random drug testing
- This position requires pre-employment testing
- Production Technician Progression-Through-Training Program participants must meet the minimum requirements established and progress in the Production Technician Progression-Through-Training Program.

May Underfill
May fill multiple positions
May establish an eligibility list for future hiring
May require additional assessments to fill the position

Job Description:

SUMMARY

This is multi-skilled mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control maintenance, operations and administrative work in a process plant, such as a power generating facility or central utility plant.

Depending on area of assignment, positions allocated to this classification report to a designated supervisor or manager and work as a self-directed team or under limited supervision.  Work in this class is distinguished from other classes by its, performance of advanced, multi-skilled technical and operational functions and the requirement to train and instruct personnel.

EXAMPLES OF WORK**

**This section of the job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities of the position.  The omission of a specific job function does not absolve an employee from being required to perform additional tasks incidental to or inherent in the job.  Performance of lower level duties may be required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Depending on the area of assignment:

Works with all plant employees and represents the facility in a professional manner to employees from other departments, as well as to contractors, vendors, customers and the public.

Works using safe work practices and has safe behaviors and attitudes.  Must be able to address safety deficiencies in conditions and in others in the work environment.

This position requires making safety sensitive decisions that affect the safety of the employee as well as other employees or contractors working with and around this employee or cause catastrophic failure of major equipment.

Monitors, observes, and analyzes equipment and systems’ characteristics and generates written work requests and project requests based on observations.  Takes or directs actions required to anticipate, correct or change a