Vistra Corp.

Plant Technician

Vistra Corp.$93K — $99K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-6 years of related experience in plant operations or maintenance
  • High School diploma or GED equivalent required
  • Ability to work a 12-hour rotating shift
  • State license as applicable (e.g., MA, OH)
  • Proficiency with computer-based skills
  • Strong oral and verbal communication skills
  • Independent troubleshooting knowledge

Responsibilities

  • Perform daily maintenance and overhauls of plant equipment
  • Conduct troubleshooting and documentation of equipment issues
  • Make recommendations for repair techniques to supervisors and management
  • Conduct inspections and preventive maintenance of excitation systems
  • Develop and implement plant operating procedures
  • Operate material handling equipment proficiently
  • Ensure compliance with safety and environmental procedures

Benefits

  • Promotion of safe and reliable operations
  • Opportunity to work in a team-oriented environment
  • Potential for growth through training and experience
  • Involvement in developing and implementing procedures
  • Hands-on maintenance work in a dynamic plant environment
Full Job Description
Job Summary This position is responsible for performing operations functions, preventive and corrective maintenance as applicable to job function to ensure proper functioning of plant equipment will work under the direction of site management.
This position is responsible for the proper function and maintenance of equipment at a Gas Plant for the Gas fleet. Responsible for promoting safe, effective, and reliable operation.
This role will pay between $45 to $48 per hour depending upon experience.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

•Proficient in primary skill required of position

•Proficient skills for maintaining equipment at the plant

•Performs troubleshooting and documentation, and assists in the resolution of problems discovered on shift

•Performs daily maintenance, overhauls, calibration, troubleshooting, repair/replacement and removal/installation of plant equipment and systems.

•Makes decisions and recommends appropriate repair techniques for plant equipment to peers, supervisors, plant management.

•Conducts excitation system inspections and preventive maintenance

•Proficient in operating material handling equipment

•Develops and implements plant operating procedures

•Understands relationship of equipment to plant systems

•May provide instruction and teaching to lower level employees

•Ensures strict adherence to safety, health and environmental procedures as they relate to plant operations and maintenance including but not limited to Lockout Tagout, Job Safety Analysis, Confined Space, Hot Work, Electrical Safety and PPE

*Level of position will be determined by applicable skills/experience.

Education, Experience & Skill Requirements

•4 -6 years years related experience

•Minimum of High School diploma or GED equivalent

•Ability to work a 12-hour rotating shift required

•If applicable, candidate will hold the required level of state license as recognized by the governing body of that particular state (MA, OH)

•Demonstrate computer based skills

•Demonstrate effective oral & verbal communications skills

•Independent knowledge of troubleshooting

*All applicants must be a successful candidate on the Plant Operator Selection System/Power Plant Operations and Maintenance (POSS / MASS) program in order to be considered a candidate for this position. POSS / MASS exams are administered on an as-needed basis and all communication concerning the testing is sent to the candidate's email address provided during the application process.

Job Family

Plant Operations

Company

Luminant Power LLC

Locations

Oswego, NY

New York

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
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