General Plant Operator

Southern Company • Newnan, GA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Plant Yates anticipates the need to seek highly skilled multidiscipline candidates for a General Plant Operator (GPO) positionin Newnan, GA. The duties of a General Plant Operator include operating, monitoring, troubleshooting, and repairing the plant’s electrical, instrumentation and mechanical power plant equipment related to the operation of a combined cycle and/or a combustion turbine power plant. This position helps maintain plant maintenance records in a computer-based work order system, Maximo and performs various other duties that are expected; these include a plant maintenance rotation, system ownership assignment and various other tasks associated with operations and maintenance. This posting is intended to identify an available and qualified pool of candidates who may be considered during the next hiring cycle.

Requirements

• HS Graduate or Equivalent
• Strong mechanical and electric aptitude and a demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and repair electrical and mechanical equipment are required.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills are required.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision and acquire basic computer skills.
• Must be able to work in difficult environments including confined spaces, extreme hot and cold temperatures, indoors and outdoors, around loud noise and locations accessible only via vertical ladders or over uneven spaces, cat walks, climbing high elevations up to 100 feet or working on grated surfaces/platforms.
• Must be able to support a 24/7 shift schedule, including overtime, holiday, and back shift work.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, team player.
• Must be able to handle complex, pressure situations and be adaptable to a changing work environment.
• Must be a self-starter, highly motivated, and able to organize work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to pass the pre-employment testing: GPO3 Test

Nice To Haves

• 2-Year College/Technical Degree or Equivalent Military Training preferred
• Combustion turbine, combined cycle, or fossil steam boiler-turbine, experience is desired.
• Previous operations experience desired.
• Industrial maintenance and troubleshooting required, five or more years desired.
• Experience in industrial electrical/mechanical/I&C or certified training desired.

Responsibilities

• Perform thorough and effective operator rounds, evaluate equipment conditions, heat rate losses, and any potential hazards. Write condition reports for any noted deficiencies.
• Independently operate a combined cycle and/or combustion turbine plant and communicate effectively with plant stakeholders. This includes following procedures and checklists for unit start-up and shutdowns.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Apply principles of logical thinking and deal with situations that are countered.
• Troubleshoot and repair electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Work with other departments for the successful execution of scheduled work and planned outages by supporting planning and scheduling activities. This includes assisting with work scope identification through system walk downs and evaluations.
• Maintain proper documentation for assigned system (inspection reports, outage reports, equipment specifications, etc.)
• Perform duties wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) which may include: safety glasses, hard hats, respirator, dust mask, steel toe shoes, gloves and hearing protection.

Benefits

• Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being.
• This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s).
• A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf
• Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees