Maintenance Operator – Power Generation Plant – Orange, TX

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At Entergy, we’ve been planning for the future for more than 100 years. We’ve experienced a lot of change, generating power first from sawdust to splitting atoms, harnessing sunlight, and using abundant, clean, and efficient natural gas. We are leading the clean energy transformation for the utility industry and continue to explore alternative technologies.

We are on the verge of a monumental technology convergence, where reality swiftly catches up to possibility. The utility of the future does much more than keep the lights on and the gas flowing. It’s knowledgeable and skillful workforce will solve challenges and fuel a brighter, smarter, cleaner, and more prosperous future for everyone.

Having the lowest retail electricity rates of any utility in the United States drives economic growth within Entergy’s region, a key ingredient to sustained growth for any utility. We also believe a diverse workforce committed to personal and professional growth is critical to our success. We place a high priority on developing talent to meet current and future needs, giving employees opportunities to grow their careers their way. We’ve committed over the next three decades to reduce our carbon emissions from our operations to net-zero by 2050.

Entergy’s Power Generation group operates a fleet of more than 30 owned, leased, or operated natural gas, coal, oil, hydro, solar and petroleum coke plants, with a total engineering capacity exceeding 20,000 megawatts. Entergy continues to build or acquire megawatts from new hydrogen capable natural gas units, solar, wind and other technologies to complement its existing megawatts of nuclear, natural gas, coal, oil, hydroelectric, and solar facilities.

*This position may be filled as a Maintenance Operator (MO), MO 1, 2, 3, 4, Journeyman Maintenance Operator (JMO), or MO Tech based on the qualifications and experience of the selected candidate.*

Job Qualifications

Under general and/or directive supervision, with a working latitude for planning or laying out of working details, must be able to perform simple mechanical work involved in the inspection, repair, installation, test, adjustment and calibration of meters and instruments, and of automatic combustion control equipment and regulating devices in generating stations, must be able to perform simple electrical work involved in the inspection, repair or installation of electrical equipment in generating stations and electrical substations and related equipment in shop or in place, must be able to perform simple mechanical work involved in the inspection, repair and installation of mechanical equipment in generating stations, must be able to assume responsibility for operation of the equipment included in a central controlled turbo-generator-boiler system with its associated fuel handling facilities, auxiliaries and functions during a specific shift. Depending upon the employee’s second primary skill he/she would be required to perform complex duties of either mechanical, electrical or instrumentation and control skills and perform simple duties for balance of skills as required and be qualified to do the following and related work as assigned

Place in service, or remove for service and operate in a safe manner, turbogenerator and boiler systems and related auxiliary equipment such as fuel facilities, valves, traps, regulators, desuperheaters, heaters, cooling towers, heat exchangers and related piping systems containing water, steam, air, and other fluids or gases, station service electric circuits, oil circuit breakers, air circuit breaker, disconnecting switches, transformers, storage batteries, motor generator sets, indicating and recording instruments, etc., install and maintain simple or complex mechanical measuring devices and control equipment such as pressure gauges, thermometers, thermocouples, instrument piping, and simple regulating and control devices install and maintain simple electric circuits in conduit or open wiring, lighting fixtures, motors and other electrical auxiliaries, install and maintain simple or complex mechanical equipment, such as small piping layouts, valves, fuel pumps, small centrifugal pumps, steam traps, heat exchange apparatus, building fixtures, tanks, air removal equipment, ejectors, etc.

Check functioning of governors and controls. Perform simple or complex operations in connection with general test work on boilers, turbines, pumps, condensers, heat exchange equipment, cooling towers, piping, draft equipment, instruments and controls and other related mechanical equipment clean and inspect motors including check of clearances and insulation resistance, and change of oil as required, perform simple or complex operations in connection with general maintenance work on boilers, turbines, pumps, condensers, heat exchange equipment, cooling towers, piping, draft equipment, buildings and other related mechanical equipment

Check bearing temperatures and equipment for proper operation, perform simple operations requiring some precision with hand, bench and power tools, test electrical circuits and equipment for insulation resistance, perform simple operations requiring some precision, with machine tools such as drill presses, pipe and bolt threading machines, band saws, punch or shears, etc.

Check and adjust running clearances on main turbine, analyze flue gas samples and perform general tests on instruments and controls, renew lamps, fuses, sockets, etc., perform simple tasks such as packing valves and pumps, replace gauge glasses, cut gaskets, reseat valves, form simple tools, fabricate metal parts, etc.

Change over fuels, diagnose and correct minor electric trouble of secondary equipment involving continuity of service, diagnose and correct general mechanical trouble of equipment involving continuity of service

Maintain proper combustion, assist in laboratory work as directed, make routine test and inspections of storage batteries, inspect and maintain firefighting apparatus

Operate the control room under routine and emergency conditions with general supervision

Prepare records and reports

Perform necessary housekeeping

Auto req ID

421742BR

Minimum Education Required

High School/GED

Job_Category

Operations

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

MO: No experience required

JMO – MO Tech: Must have worked at least 3 years and be qualified as maintenance operator or have had equivalent experience in power plant operation and maintenance

Be familiar with elementary principles of mechanical measuring devices instruments, controls, and regulating devices as used in generating plants, the elementary principles of electricity, magnetism and electric circuits

Gain proficiency in the use of and nomenclature of tools and equipment ordinarily used

Have ability to understand and perform operations of average complex and variety where standard methods of procedure are available

Have working knowledge of the principle of operation, function and construction of steam boilers, turbo-generators, pumps, heaters, steam traps, piping systems, pressure and level regulators, their controls and auxiliary equipment

Have a complete mental picture and be able to sketch from memory a flow diagram of main piping systems

Have working knowledge of the operation and function of rotating electrical equipment, switches, transformers, instruments, control and accessory equipment, etc.

Know the Company’s safety rules and be able to administer all approved methods of resuscitation, and be able to render practical first aid

Know the location of, and be able to operate all fire-fighting equipment

Physical Qualifications

MO: Age – 18 minimum

JMO – MO Tech: Age 21 – 22 minimum

Must have full use of mental and physical faculties

Have strength and endurance adequate for arduous labor as circumstances may require

Personal Qualifications

Be particularly alert in observing hazards and avoiding accidents

Be willing to attend and take part in safety meetings

Be willing to work under unusual surroundings, as well as the normal working conditions pertaining to this job

Be willing to work irregular or extra hours as required

Be able to receive and transmit orders and instructions in such a manner as to inspire respect and confidence of both supervisors and subordinates

Be capable of assuming supervisory responsibilities

Be especially neat, clean and orderly in work and person

Understand the importance of always rendering and maintaining first class, courteous service to all customers

Any Certificates, Licenses, Etc.

Successful completion of the EEI POSS/MASS test

Candidates selected to take the POSS/MASS Test will be invited via e-mail. ***MONITOR YOUR SPAM/JUNK EMAIL FOLDER.

City*

Orange

State*

Texas

Job Code

Operator Operator

Affiliate Sponsor

Entergy