Calpine

IC&E Technician II

Calpine$134K — $135K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or equivalent, plus technical/vocational degree preferred.
  • 2-5 years of experience in instrument/electrical and control system fields.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude with knowledge of chemistry, physics, and mathematics.
  • Experience in DCS programming and configuration is essential.
  • Advanced certifications or licensures required.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and repair electrical equipment and instrumentation.
  • Monitor and coordinate maintenance of Distributed Control Systems (DCS).
  • Perform routine troubleshooting on gas and steam turbine control systems and generators.
  • Optimize preventive maintenance programs according to regulations and standards.
  • Maintain accurate documentation including logs, manuals, and operating procedures.

Benefits

  • Training and orientation support for employees.
  • Opportunities to lead project start-up verification and troubleshooting.
  • Involvement in the design and review of instruments and controls.
  • Potential to influence new processes and techniques.
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.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude with an advanced understanding of chemistry, physics, electricity, and mathematics.
  • Experience with DCS programming and configuration
  • Advanced certifications/licensures. Valid state driver's license.


Preferred Job Requirements:

Job Scope & Technical Excellence

  • Assist with the design and review of engineered instruments, controls and electrical installations including P&ID development.
  • Responsible for development of comprehensive commissioning plans.
  • Will lead project startup controls verification and troubleshooting.
  • Support with schedule and implementation of various programs
  • Ability to understand and modify P&ID's, Electrical Schematics and One-Line drawings


Decision Making & Impact

  • Makes recommendations on moderately complex issues regarding project components and tasks.
  • Makes recommendations on new processes, tools and services; supports and contributes to development of new products, services or techniques.


Work Complexity

  • Uses independent judgment requiring in-depth analysis of variable factors. Collaborates with senior professionals in selection of methods, techniques, and analytical approach


Self-Management & Leadership

  • Regularly provides on-the-job skills training to others in complex technical areas.
  • Knowledge of NEC and NFPA codes


Salary Information

  • Hourly Rate Range - $64.3119 to $65.2746 /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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