Calpine

IC&E Technician II

Calpine$79K — $99K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or technical/vocational degree.
  • 2-5 years of experience in instrument/electrical and control systems applications.
  • Preferred experience with Mark VI and Emerson Ovation Control Systems.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude, advanced understanding of chemistry, physics, electricity, and math.
  • Ability to work 12-hour rotating shifts.
  • Experience with DCS programming and configuration.
  • Advanced certifications/licensures and a valid state driver's license.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and repair electrical equipment and instrumentation.
  • Monitor and maintain the Distributed Control System (DCS).
  • Troubleshoot gas turbine and steam turbine control systems, generators, transformers, and switchgear.
  • Calibrate and repair plant electrical, instrumentation, and control systems.
  • Optimize the preventative maintenance program per OEM and regulatory standards.
  • Maintain logs, manuals, and operating procedures professionally.
  • Provide written reports on control system conditions as needed.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive training and development opportunities.
  • Access to advanced technical resources and tools.
  • Supportive work environment with opportunities for career advancement.
  • Strong emphasis on safety and adherence to health policies.
Full Job Description
Job Summary (including but not limited to the following; other duties may be assigned)

Maintains and repairs electrical equipment and instrumentation. Monitors, maintains, and repairs plant Distributed Control System (DCS). Monitors, maintain, and repairs gas turbine, steam turbine control systems, generators, transformers, and switchgear. Maintain, calibrate and repair plant electrical, instrumentation, and control systems. Perform routine trouble shooting activities. Use Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to effectively accomplish required maintenance in and efficient and organized manner. Optimize plant preventative maintenance program to meet OEM recommendations, regulatory requirements, and corporate maintenance philosophy. Responsible for maintaining logs, manuals, records, blueprints and operating procedures in a neat and professional manner. Provide written reports on control system conditions when required. Incorporates safe behavior into all activities and consistently complies with all established safety and health policies and procedures, helps to identify and eliminate or actively manage risks in all work activities.

Job Responsibilities
• Journey-level; specialized technical knowledge with function.
• Performs a variety of technical service/support duties that are semi-routine in nature.
• Routine and non-routine decisions with some latitude, but still subject to approval.
• With limited guidance, prioritizes and executes responsibilities effectively for a single trade, group of related tasks or functional area.
• Work periodically reviewed by others; work reflects solid performance of duties.
• Errors have small and possibly incremental impact on department or facility and discovered in succeeding operations where work is verified or checked.
• Completes tasks and resolves problems that require an ability to recognize deviation from accepted practices.
• Resolves most questions and problems and refers only the most complex issues to higher levels.
• Works under general supervision.
• Prioritizes daily activities to complete tasks/projects assigned by others.
• May assist with orienting and training employees in moderately complex to complex areas.

Job Requirements
• High School Diploma, degree from technical/vocational school or equivalent.
• Journey-level; 2-5 years' experience in instrument/electrical and control system applications.
• Preferred experience with Mark VI Control System and Emerson Ovation Control System.
• Strong mechanical aptitude with an advanced understanding of chemistry, physics, electricity, and mathematics.
• Ability to work 12-hour rotating shift.
• Experience with DCS programming and configuration
• Advanced certifications/licensures. Valid state driver's license.

Salary Information
• Hourly Rate Range - $38.3178 to $47.8971 /hour

About Calpine

Calpine Corporation is a power generation company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Calpine's fleet of natural gas-fired and geothermal power plants has a combined generating capacity of approximately 26,000 megawatts. Calpine sells wholesale power and other energy-related services to utilities, independent electric system operators, industrial and commercial customers, and retail power providers. The company was founded in 1984 and went public in 1996. In 2018, Calpine was acquired by Energy Capital Partners and a consortium of investors.
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