IM&E Technician - Industrial Plant Controls

Vicinity Energy; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 63,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal Leave

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Sick Leave

Paid Parental Leave

7 paid holidays

Floating holidays

401K plan with Roth option

Job summary

Vicinity Energy is seeking an IM&E Specialist to maintain instrumentation, controls, meters, electrical machinery, and auxiliaries for cogeneration, steam and chilled water plants in Baltimore, MD. This full-time, non-exempt, union role reports to the Maintenance Manager with compensation of $48.65 per hour plus a 10% bonus target.

The IM&E Specialist will operate boilers and related equipment, perform calibration, programming, documentation, and provide technical support for new installations

Qualifications

• Technical or trade school degree in electronics, computer science, or equivalent industry training and experience.
• Minimum 4 years of progressive experience as a technician in central plant, power generation, or other process plants.
• Ability to write logic using industry-standard languages; such as Ladder Logic, Structured Text, and Function Block Diagrams, for automating equipment operation.
• Must be able to diagnose and resolve issues in existing PLC programs involving control systems, and machinery to minimize downtime.
• Experience creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation; including system schematics, wiring diagrams, and programming logic.

Responsibilities

• Maintain safe working conditions in accordance with established Company policies. Identify, report and/or correct unsafe work environments. Assures compliance with all applicable environmental regulations.
• Operate all hand/power tools in a competent manner.
• Perform periodic cleaning, inspection, testing, repairing, and calibration of electrical, electronic, and pneumatic control systems. Typical equipment serviced includes temperature and pressure instruments, gages, flow transmitters, switches, solenoids, and control valves.
• Perform repairs and modifications to control circuitry with a high degree of precision and understanding of technical data and systems.
• Install and program electronic instruments. Install sensing elements, wiring, tubing, and fittings. Clean and repair electrical power switching equipment.
• Test, analyze, and troubleshoot electrical power supply circuits.
• Remove, install, clean, and repair, motors, circuit breakers, & transformers.
• Create, maintain, and update diagrams, drawings, and plans for plant electrical, electronic, and pneumatic controls and instruments.
• Install, maintain, and calibrate computerized controls and instruments and programmable controllers.
• Completes preventive, corrective maintenance and scheduled maintenance; improves operation of systems, instruments, controls, metering, relaying and electrical equipment, including generator and high voltage switchgear protective relaying, installed in Company plants and in customer facilities.
• Provides technical support to the start-up team on new Company installations especially those which include state-of-the-art controls, internal combustion engines, combustion turbines, heat recovery boilers, high voltage electrical generation, chillers and distribution systems.
• Controls, maintains, and monitors pressure, temperatures, and flow of steam and/or chilled water systems, including boilers, feedwater, and distribution system if assigned to oversee operations of a facility.
• May be asked to operate boilers, chillers, controls, and ancillary equipment.
• Writes work orders for identification and repair of plant equipment.
• Maintains required records of operation and maintenance in a clear and precise manner. This may include maintaining records and files of readings and data taken during preventative maintenance.
• May act as the primary representative for contact with customers and the public requiring accurate logging of complaints and resolution of the problems or passing of the information on to the appropriate supervisor immediately.
• Trouble shoots and analyzes instrument, control, and metering problems and takes appropriate action to correct deficiencies.
• Ensures compliance with environmental regulations, including proper operation of steam plant outfall(s).
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.
• Works mandatory overtime when required.
• Takes rotating, on-call assignments on weekends, back shifts, and holidays as needed.

Skills

Ladder Logic

Structured Text

Function Block Diagrams

PLC programming

Diagnostics & troubleshooting

Documentation

Preventive maintenance

Education

Technical or trade school degree in electronics, computer science, or equivalent

Tools

Multi meters

Dead weight testers

Combustion analyzers

Frequency generators

Meters & counters

Job description

Vicinity Energy is seeking an IM&E Specialist to maintain instrumentation, controls, meters, electrical machinery, and auxiliaries for cogeneration, steam and chilled water plants in Baltimore, MD. This full-time, non-exempt, union role reports to the Maintenance Manager with compensation of $48.65 per hour plus a 10% bonus target.

The IM&E Specialist will operate boilers and related equipment, perform calibration, programming, documentation, and provide technical support for new installations