O&M Technician - Rumford, ME

UNITED STATES • FIELD AREA (corporate or plant) • FULL-TIME

Position Summary

The O&M Tech is accountable for the safe operation, monitoring, and maintenance of plant equipment throughout the facility. The O&M Tech is directly responsible for safe preventive and corrective maintenance of mechanical systems throughout the plant. This includes completing all job assignments in a flexible work environment. He/She takes action to ensure the safe, economical, compliant and reliable operation and maintenance of the equipment. This position serves as a cross-functional role to support both the Maintenance and Operation crews at the plant, and makes appropriate decisions for the care, custody and control of the facility. This includes maintaining the facility based on good judgment and operational data, and covering shifts as required.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide input to the O&M Manager on work plans and directions and ensure on-going appropriate relationships with other positions.
• Demonstrate a high performance, high discipline, safe, accountable, focused, innovative and achievement-oriented, easy to do business with manner of working.
• Diagnose mechanical systems and equipment problems.
• Conducts routine mechanical system and equipment inspections and tests as required to ensure plant is operating within specific parameters.
• Repairs, maintains and installs mechanical systems and equipment and modifies as directed.
• Interact, lead, and direct contractors on jobs at the site. Assist the O&M Manager during all scheduled and un-scheduled outage periods and breakdowns.
• Performs a variety of mechanical and electrical activities including but not limited to machining, welding and pipe fitting functions, equipment and test equipment calibration and alignment, electrical testing, grounding equipment, inspections, testing, troubleshooting, lubrication and painting.
• Operates plant equipment (plow truck, cranes, forklift, lawn maintenance equipment, snow blower, scissor, and aerial lifts).
• Interface with Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) used to complete maintenance activities, inventory tracking, and equipment history. Maintains storeroom inventory, ships and receives parts and materials required to maintain the facility.
• Understands and complies with all applicable Environmental, Health, and Safety policies, operating procedures and NERC Standards while performing job duties.
• Efficiently operate and maintain the facility independently, with minimal guidance or assistance based upon operation data. Be proficient in utilizing the site data historian, PI Process Book, to assist in plant system troubleshooting and plant performance data gathering.
• Qualified and proficient to operate the facility via the turbine and balance of plant controls including plant startup and shutdown conditions.
• Identify and communicate unusual plant conditions to co-workers.
• Effectively complete and document all required permitting functions, including Job Safety Analysis, Work Authorization, LOTO, Hot Work, & Confined Space.
• Provide assistance to colleagues to resolve problems.
• Work regularly scheduled hours as a base schedule, with the flexibility for overtime, irregular hours, and vacation coverage for Plant Operators as needed to support reliable operation of the facility. From time to time, working hours will be determined on short notice based on plant requirements.
• Perform housekeeping duties and continuous improvement of appearance of the facility.
• Ability to prioritize job tasks.
• Completion of any other duties as assigned to help contribute to safe, reliable operation of a power plant.

Education/Experience Required

• Bachelor’s Degree with a focus on Engineering.
• 5-10 years related experience/training in power plant operations.
• State of Maine issued Stationary Steam Engineer’s License.
• Mechanical, Instrumentation, and Electrical knowledge.
• First Aid & CPR Certified.
• Computer Proficiency in data gathering, CMMS, and the Microsoft Suite of programs.