CEMS Technician Senior

OG&E; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 82,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

OG&E is seeking a CEMS Technician Senior to maintain, calibrate and troubleshoot power plant emission monitoring systems, supporting compliant generation under varying conditions. The role requires leadership in coordinating contractors, mentoring junior technicians and providing technical guidance across I&C teams.

The position involves travel to generation facilities, working non-standard schedules and ensuring regulatory adherence to 40 CFR parts 60, 63 and 75.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in a technical discipline with 6 years instrumentation experience; or
• Bachelor's Degree in any field with 4 years instrumentation/controls experience; or
• 4 years journey level experience in a craft technical role; or
• 8 years relevant military experience at journey level or with DD214.

Responsibilities

• Directs activities of emission monitoring contractors and vendors.
• Mentor and train entry level technicians.
• Perform complex maintenance, configuration and calibration of emission monitoring systems.
• Provide technical support to lead I&C/ICE technicians in emission control schemes.
• Schedule daily activities and negotiate conflicts with peers.
• Lead complex assignments and project tasks.
• Troubleshoot and enhance hardware/software with vendors.
• Act as technical resource to operations and junior staff.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Troubleshooting

Project coordination

Education

Associate's Degree in a Technical discipline

Bachelor's Degree in any field

4 years journey level experience in a craft technical/mechanical role

8 years relevant military experience

Tools

SAP

DAHS

iPort

iNet

PLC

Job description

JOB INFORMATION

- Job Title: CEMS Technician Senior

- Grade: Technical 42

- Job Code: 127988

JOB SUMMARY

Maintains, calibrates and troubleshoots power plant emission monitoring systems in support of efficient generation and compliance of power under varying conditions.

LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY

- Complex responsibilities related to primary focus of job area. Uses best practices and in-depth business knowledge to solve complex problems and improve products or services. May adapt procedures, processes and techniques to meet the more complex requirements of position.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

- Directs activities of emission monitoring contractors and vendors.

- Serves as a mentor and assists with training entry level technicians.

- Performs complex maintenance, configuration and calibration of emission monitoring systems utilized in the compliance demonstration in electrical generation.

- Provides technical support to lead I&C/ICE technicians in emission control schemes.

- Schedules and coordinates daily activities with peer operations personnel and is able to negotiate scheduling conflicts.

- Direct, plan and conduct assignments of a complex nature serving in a lead role.

- Provide detailed troubleshooting and programming enhancements to hardware and software vendors.

- Serves as a technical resource to operations personnel and lower technician positions.

- Troubleshoots and maintains all AC/DC control circuits and components.

- Serves as a technical resource for capital projects in the area of emission monitoring.

- May serve as the interface between testing contractors, plant operations, and/or regulatory agencies assuring test plans and methods are adhered to during compliance testing.

- Strong regulatory knowledge for air emission monitoring requirements (40 CFR parts 60, 63 and 75).

- All other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

- Associate's Degree in a Technical discipline (i.e. Electronics, Engineering Technology, Power Plant Operations, etc.) And 6 years maintaining instrumentation and controls or testing equipment or industrial controls; Or

- Bachelor's Degree in any field And 4 years experience maintaining instrumentation and controls or testing equipment or industrial controls; Or

- 4 years journey level experience in a craft technical/mechanical role; Or

- 8 years relevant military experience at the journey level or one enlistment completed with DD Form 214 – Discharge Papers and Separation Documents.

WORKING CONDITIONS

- Required to travel frequently to all generation facilities in the OG&E system with the majority of time spent at power plants (typically gas fired EGUs).

- Travel for work and/or training both in and out of state and may require overnight stays.

- Works independently.

- Required to climb ladders up to 250 feet and work at high elevations for extended periods.

- Required to travel to all generation facilities in the OG&E system.

- Required to work non-standard work schedules (i.e. outside typical Monday through Friday) to include overtime, weekends, holidays, and call-outs, as needed.

- Required to work in all ambient conditions (i.e. extreme wind, heat and cold).

- Required to wear PPE such as hard hat, safety glasses, flame retardant clothing, steel toed boots, hearing protection, fall protection harness and respirator.

- Obtain and maintain certifications (e.g., NICET level I or ISA level I), as required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS - LIFTING AND OTHER WEIGHT REQMTS

General Requirements

- Occasionally:Standing

- Occasionally:Walking

- Occasionally:Pushing

- Occasionally:Pulling

- Occasionally:Climbing

- Frequently:Stooping

- Occasionally:Kneeling

- Occasionally:Crouching

- Occasionally:Reaching

- Occasionally:Grasping

- Occasionally:Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination

- Occasionally:Repetitive Motions

- Frequently:SittingLifting & Other Weight Requirements

- Occasionally:Lifting up to 50 lbs

- Occasionally:Carrying up to 50 lbs

SPECIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

- Member is required to drive in order to perform their job duties. Member is assigned a company vehicle and/or member must drive a company and/or personal vehicle to complete company business at least 50% of time.

- The handling, packaging, processing, storage, disposal or transport of hazardous materials;

- The operation of equipment, machinery or power tools;

- Repairing, maintaining or monitoring the performance or operation of any equipment, machinery or manufacturing process, the malfunction or disruption of which could result in injury or property damage;

- The extraction, compression, processing, manufacturing, handling, packaging, storage, disposal, treatment or transport of potentially volatile, flammable, combustible materials, elements, chemicals or any other highly regulated component;

- The operation, maintenance or oversight of critical services and infrastructure including but not limited to, electric utilities, power generation or distribution;

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAS)

- Demonstrated leadership in Incident and Injury Free (IIF) culture.

- Advanced knowledge of fundamental instrumentation and control concepts.

- Advanced knowledge of maintenance and quality assurance practices of emission monitoring hardware.

- Strong knowledge of emission monitoring systems and components.

- Strong ability to communicate with individuals at various levels throughout the organization.

- Advanced computer skills using MS Office, SAP, DAHS and remote access software to the analyzers, dataloggers and plc (i.e. iPort and iNet).

- Advanced knowledge of analyzer, dataloggers, PLC and DAHS communication protocols.

- Ability to read and interpret advanced Instrumentation and control drawings.

- Demonstrated mechanical aptitude in the use of hand tools.

- Demonstrated ability to take on additional responsibility.

- Advanced knowledge of AC/DC control circuits and components.

- Strong knowledge of OG&E's Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) and the demonstrated ability to follow the procedures within the plan.

- Strong knowledge of the measurement technologies utilized in the monitoring of emissions (i.e. ultrasonic, laser, infrared, chemiluminenscence etc.).

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

- Required Certifications/Licensures:(Primary authorized employee (PAE) certification for required systems)

HEALTH AND SAFETY (MEDICAL/DOT REQUIREMENTS)

- Pre-Employment Drug Screen

- Pre-Employment Physical

- Audiogram Baseline

- Job Specific Physical Assessment

- This position is classified as a Safety-Sensitive Job under state law. Individuals in this position are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in OGE Energy Corp.’s Drug Testing Plan.

SALARY RANGE

$82,035 - $102.606