Instrument & Control Technician II (Senior Tech)

Job Description

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Instrument & Control Technician II (Senior Technician) Reports To: Operations & Maintenance Manager

THE CHALLENGE

This position performs instrument, control and electrical maintenance functions to ensure safe, environmentally compliant operation of a combined-cycle power plant. Employees provide technical and analytical services essential to the control systems and associated equipment (electronic, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic) and electrical maintenance (LV/MV/HV) and associated equipment. These systems include digital control system, control circuits, power circuits, electrical and control devices on plant equipment. Employees will participate in the plant maintenance program as a system owner and document plant maintenance records in a computer-based work management, system including the Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS).

THE RESPONSIBILITIES

Monitoring, troubleshooting, maintaining and repairing the plant’s electrical, controls and instrumentation systems as assigned including specification and initiation of purchase requisitions on assigned systems/equipment including ability to safely apply loc out tag-out process on owned equipment/systems or other equipment and/or systems when performing maintenance. Responsible for electrical maintenance on equipment less than 600 volts and a backup responsibility for greater than 600 volts. Conduct job safety briefings (JSB) at turnover and perform quality JSB’s for each job. Shall be capable of verifying absence of voltage on all systems (DC through 125V and AC through 230kV) utilizing appropriate meters or non-contact detectors. Ability to wire and unwire motors and other components as needed during outage and other maintenance related activities. Capable of troubleshooting of various electrical circuits (contactors, motor starters, ability to recognize single phasing on motors lighting circuits, etc.) and communicate the cause of protective relay trips and repair initiating problems where applicable in accordance with NERC standards. Partnering on a System Ownership team with other IC&E Technicians, Operations Technicians, Management and Engineering. This includes support and input into the following: PLC/DCS/Controls programming and troubleshooting, calibrate, prioritize / monitor review system health indicators, optimize system performance, maintenance strategy for each system, budget, spare parts, outa planning, purchase requisitions, training of systems, labeling, system procedure development/improvement, updating system documentation in plant records and in the computer based work management system, present system health presentation to management annually and project management of system improvements as needed. For Preventive (PM) or Corrective Maintenance (CM) work, it is expected that the boundaries of system ownership are removed and the work duties are shared and completed in a collaborative team manner, not onl