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This position is responsible for following approved procedures, for the start-up, shutdown, normal operations, monitoring, servicing, and maintenance of all equipment systems at the Combustion Turbine facility.  Must be familiar with emergency procedures to follow during periods of abnormal operation.  Accountabe for knowing and adhering to all location safety procedures including red tagging and personal protective equipment.  Performs maintenance of plant equipment; troubleshoots, repairs, and calibrates equipment.  Monitors equipment performance through test, analysis, and report variances.  Performs inventory duties.  Must be capable of handling required responsibilities with minimum supervision.  

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for operations, maintenance and balance of plant functions required at the Combustion Turbine facility.

• Perform operation, planned and unplanned maintenance on substation equipment at the Combustion Turbine facility.

• Perform and follow Lock-Out-Tag-Out procedures on equipment such as HRSGs, steam turbines, gas turbines, pumps valves, chillers and high voltage equipment

• Performs record keeping duties concerning Environmental, Health & Safety records, spreadsheets and documents.

• Able to make repairs to steam turbine auxiliary, prime movers and balance of plant equipment at a Combustion Turbine facility

• Ability to read and understand technical OEM manuals, recommendations, and warranty agreements

• Support and follow safety guidelines, policies and procedures.

• Ability to operate, troubleshoot and maintain water treatment facilities such as reverse osmosis, demineralizers; and perform chemical treatment for equipment such as chillers, cooling towers and HRSGs

• Perform and monitor combustion turbine plant equipment through normal operations, testing and emergency type events

• Must have general mechanical and electrical skills and knowledge to troubleshoot, maintain and operate a combustion turbine site

• Perform inventory duties, generating spare parts lists, min/max levels and revising inventory lists as required

• Ability to read and understand technical mechanical, civil, electrical drawings

• General knowledge and ability to perform high voltage switching

Basic Qualifications:

• Two-year college degree or technical school certificate; or 2 plus years of related experience or combustion turbine industry training or equivalent combination of training and experience

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Must be proficient with computers, software applications and plant work management software and tools such as Microsoft packages that include word, excel, power point.  In addition, experience with maintenance management systems such as Maximo, Passport or equivalent.

• Must have the ability to work within a team oriented environment and demonstrated team interface skills.

• Additional years of experience with combustion turbine technology is preferred and will be given preference over other power industry experience.

• Experience with large heavy  gas turbine and steam turbine supplier technologies

• High voltage and substation maintenance and troubleshooting experience.

• Experience with mechanical and electronic field testing equipment

• Experience with digital control systems, programmable logic controllers, and multi-fueled technologies

• Experience with heavy equipment rigging and a combustion turbine site with heavy equipment.

• Knowledge of heavy lifting cranes and rigging requirements.

Working Conditions

• Frequent overtime including weekend work and holidays.

• Able to work/respond on short notice to support planned/unplanned/emergency site events.

• Work schedule could vary between 5x8's, 4x10's and may require shift work. This position will be 12 hour rotating shift schedule<