Operating Engineer-Cogeneration

Job Description

Position: Operating Engineer Cogeneration

Department: Physical Plant

Hourly Rate: $22.52 Hourly

Job Type: Classified, Full-time       

Location: Ruston, LA

Closing Date: January 20, 2025

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Louisiana Tech University is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce by ensuring all our students, faculty, and staff work in an environment of openness and acceptance. We strive to foster a culture where people of all backgrounds, identities, and perspectives can feel secure and welcome.

Louisiana Tech offers outstanding perks and benefits to eligible employees that include a variety of health insurance plans and retirement options, paid time off for vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, substantially reduced-rate tuition for employees and their dependents, discounted memberships at the university’s sports and wellness center, professional development training, and promotional opportunities. In addition, market adjustment salary increases are awarded annually (pending funding availability) for eligible classified employees.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

Civil Service test score is not required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any of the following will qualify:
 
1. Two years of experience in the operation or maintenance of a high voltage power generation facility, or
 
2. Three years of experience in the operation, repair and/or maintenance of chemical, pulp and paper, or oil or gas processing facilities, or
 
3. Four years of experience or training in the operation or maintenance of large stationary engines or mechanical equipment.

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To regulate, monitor, service, and maintain a combined heat and power generation facility that includes gas turbine and/or steam turbine generator(s) with a three-phase generation capacity of two megawatts or more at 13,800 volts, high-voltage power distribution switchgear, power boilers and/or heat recovery steam generators of 50,000 lbs/hr or more steam capacity, natural gas distribution system of 200 psig or more and a centralized computer based distributed control system.

LEVEL OF WORK:
Advanced.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
General from a higher-level Operating Engineer or agency official.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
None.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from the Operating Engineer Master by the presence of responsibility for regulating, monitoring, servicing, and maintenance of a combined heat and power generation facility.

Differs from the Operating Engineer Foreman by the absence of responsibility for providing direct-line supervision over at least two operating engineer positions.

Differs from the Operating Engineer Foreman Cogeneration by the absence of responsibility for providing direct-line supervision over one Operating Engineer Cogeneration position.

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Serves as Operating Engineer in a combined heat and power generation facility that includes gas turbine and/or steam turbine generator(s) with a three-phase generation capacity of two megawatts or more at 13,800 volts, high-voltage power distribution switchgear, power boilers and/or heat recovery steam generators of 50,000 lbs/hr or more steam capacity, natural gas distribution system of 200 psig or more, and a centralized computer based distributed control system.

Keeps operating log sheets.

Operates process equipment to shut down gas and steam turbine generators, heat recovery steam generators, and power boilers.

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