Deweyville, Texas, United States · Maintenance · NR042114TI DESCRIPTION Technician Instrument & Controls Location Deweyville, TX Category: Maintenance Type: Full Time Hourly # Openings: 1 Details About this Career Opportunity: Overview: Company Profile: We deliver cleaner and smarter energy choices for our customers, backed by the nation's largest independent power generation portfolio of fossil fuel, nuclear, solar and wind facilities. A Fortune 500 company is challenging the U.S. energy industry by becoming the largest developer of solar power, building the first privately-funded electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and providing customers with the most advanced smart energy solutions to better manage their energy use. In addition to 47,000 megawatts of generation capacity, enough to supply nearly 40 million homes, our retail electricity providers serve more than two million customers. GENERAL SUMMARY The Instrumentation Controls and Electrical Technician (IC&E) is responsible for the maintenance and repair of all instruments, control systems and electrical equipment in the power plant and the associated facilities. The IC&E Technician performs work of high skill in the inspection repair, testing, adjustment, installation and removal of all electronic and electrical power plant equipment and systems. PRIMARY FUNCTIONS - Safely perform preventive and corrective maintenance on all plant equipment, systems, and emergency backup systems. - Maintain complete equipment files, logs, and drawings for all designated equipment. - Assist in maintaining and controlling spare parts inventory to maintain plant reliability. Assist in physical inventories. - Participate in the administrative maintenance of the plant operating manuals, technical references, prints and diagrams and preventive/predictive maintenance records. - Inspect repair, install and remove all types of motors, generators, transformers, switches, control equipment, wiring, electrical signal and communication systems, and storage batteries, and work with electrical systems up to and including 4160 volts. - Conduct trouble shooting and analysis on DCS, PLC and GE Mark VI turbine control equipment. - Maintain all plant instrumentation and electrical test equipment. - Fully support and participate in NAES Safety and Regulatory Compliance Programs. - Complete other tasks as assigned by the Maintenance Manager or the Plant Manager. SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY The IC&E Technician operates from established and well-known procedures under minimum supervision, performing duties independently with only general direction given. Decisions are made within prescribed operating and casualty procedures and guidelines. The ICE Technician encounters recurring work situations of high complexity, with occasional variations from the norm. The IC&E Technician must perform work in a safe manner resulting in no accidents, in compliance with all environmental permits at all times. The ICE Technician must effectively communicate information to supervision and fellow plant personnel, relative to the condition of the plant equipment and performance, and provide suggestions for plant improvements. The ICE Technician must perform duties in such a way to result in an optimum cost-benefit ratio. The IC&E Technician may also be assigned the additional responsibility of Maintenance Coordinator/Planner for the site. This is a collateral assignment given to a selected maintenance department technician to assist the Operations and Maintenance Manager with the routine planning and coordination of the site equipment maintenance. The duties include: - The planning and review of the preventative, predictive and pro-active type maintenance. - A more in-depth knowledge and ability to use the CMMS system to provide the necessary review and planning to support the O&M Manager in weekly work routines. - Ability to provide the cognitive coordinated efforts necessary to ensure that weekly routines and preventative maintenance are scheduled and documented as complete when the respective maintenance technician indicates that the work has been performed. - Provide the coordination efforts necessary in support of allowing the O&M Manager to provide the necessary supervision and direction of the maintenance technicians. All employees have the responsibility to both the customer and their co-workers to do the job right the first time and to ensure the customers' needs are being met.