Operations & Maintenance Technician

NAES•New Church, VA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

As an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Technician, you will be part of a dedicated team responsible for operating and maintaining the facility, performing tasks with minimal supervision across various skill areas. Your duties will include preventive maintenance, calibration, installation, and troubleshooting of critical plant equipment, such as turbines, generators, and control systems. You will also be expected to safely operate machinery, interpret complex schematics, and actively contribute to the site's safety and environmental management plans.

Requirements

Ability to comprehend procedures and instructions relevant to the assigned area, typically obtained through four years of high school.
Proficient knowledge of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, or control systems is essential for success in this role.
Strong oral and written communication skills, along with familiarity with computer-based productivity tools such as Microsoft software, work order databases (CMMS), maintenance logs, and procurement systems, are necessary.
Must possess and maintain a valid Drivers License at all times.

Nice To Haves

A two-year degree/diploma plus three years of related work experience is preferred.
Experience with electric generating equipment and operations, including the repair and maintenance of turbine generators, is desired.
Five years of progressively responsible work experience as a technician in a related industry may be substituted for this requirement.
Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of combustion turbine operations, industrial safety, hazardous waste management, and plant parameter inspection/recording is highly desirable.
Experience with industrial chillers and aero-derivative turbines is a plus.
The ability to work well with others, be self-directed, and apply creative solutions to unique instrumentation, electrical, and mechanical challenges is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Perform instrument/electrical preventive maintenance including calibration, testing, installation, troubleshooting, and repair of plant equipment, such as process control devices, motors, generators, batteries, transformers, regulators, valves, circuit breakers, disconnecting switches, analog/digital instrumentation, control relays, communication systems, lighting, and auxiliary equipment within the generating station and associated substations.
Perform mechanical preventive maintenance including calibration, testing, installation, troubleshooting, and repair of equipment such as aero-derivative turbines, generators, clutches, motors, pumps, compressors, and auxiliary systems. Additional tasks include vibration analysis, laser alignment, and oil analysis.
Perform instrumentation and controls preventive maintenance including calibration, testing, installation, troubleshooting, and repair of plant hardware and software systems, including the turbine control system (MicroNet), balance of plant control system (Emerson DeltaV), telemetry/SCADA (GE Harris, OSIsoft Pi), plant servers, networking, updates, and security systems.
Safely operate equipment necessary for job duties, including vehicles, forklifts, man lifts, cranes, hoists, and welding/cutting tools.
Utilize appropriate safety equipment and techniques in daily tasks.
Read and interpret complex blueprints, wiring, and schematic diagrams, and perform both internal and external switching and tagging for mechanical and electrical systems.
Efficiently use the computerized maintenance management system (Maximo) to generate tasks, work orders, requisitions, and manage spare parts inventory.
Maintain accurate logs, records, and pass-down information.
Actively participate in the site's Safety Management, Environmental, EHS Contingency, and Maintenance Plans, ensuring compliance with safety protocols and regulatory agencies.
With the appropriate training, perform safe filling, shutdown, unloading, and inspection of diesel fuel handling, storage, and distribution systems.
Maintain high standards of safety and housekeeping in assigned maintenance areas.
Collaborate as a team member to achieve plant goals and objectives.
Ensure thorough information turnover between shifts or during project handoffs.
Develop procedures, reports, log sheets, and checklists.