OMT - Control Room Operator

talenenergy; Waterford (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Waterford Power, LLC seeks a skilled Control Room Operator for combined cycle power plant operations in Ohio. You will monitor turbines, HRSGs, pumps and auxiliaries, ensuring safe startup, operation and shutdown while adhering to environmental and safety regulations.

The role emphasizes process data analysis, instrument calibration, and coordination with maintenance teams to keep plant reliability high and compliance intact.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or relevant equivalent experience required.
• Knowledge of operating and maintenance instructions and procedures.
• Understanding plant safety, start-up, operation and shutdown of boilers/HRSGs and auxiliaries.
• Ability to analyze and calibrate plant instruments and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and operate plant equipment from control room ensuring safe, compliant operation.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on turbines, pumps, valves and actuators.
• Analyze process data, trends and alarms; document issues and actions taken.
• Follow procedures to isolate equipment and obtain proper clearances before work.
• Maintain water treatment and chemical analysis within regulatory standards.

Skills

Combined Cycle power plant experience

Controls & instrumentation

Safety compliance

Data logging & analysis

Education

Associate's degree or vocational-technical training

Tools

PI (OSIsoft PI)

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Adhere to proper operating practices and procedures designed to prevent injury, illness, and environmental noncompliance.
• Observe governmental and company environmental, safety and health regulations.
• Perform equipment checks to ensure safe and efficient operations during the start-up, operation and shutdown of turbines, generators, condensers, boilers/heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), boiler feed pumps, exciters, transformers, switchyard, and auxiliary equipment.
• Operate valves, pumps, electrical disconnects, breakers and controls, etc., from remote locations as needed.
• Enter and review data in the electronic logbook and electronic rounds log.
• Monitor and respond to alarms and unusual conditions to ensure proper operation of equipment within established standards and report / document irregular and abnormal operating conditions.
• Maintain and monitor basic boiler water chemistry and other plant cycle chemistry by reviewing operational data and collecting and analyzing samples.
• Maintain and operate the water treatment plant.
• Operate and maintain precision laboratory and field analyzers with QA/QC standards. Unload deliveries of chemicals and gases per site procedures.
• Use elementary, schematic, wiring and control diagrams to locate, troubleshoot and repair control systems involving electrical, electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic components.
• Use electrical and instrumentation test equipment to troubleshoot and calibrate plant equipment.
• Perform mechanical maintenance work including, dismantling, rebuilding, adjusting, aligning, packing, and cleaning equipment. Repair valves, actuators, piping, and small pumps such as centrifugal, sump diaphragm, etc.
• Perform predictive and preventive maintenance work by inspecting monitoring, lubricating, troubleshooting, and testing plant equipment to determine conditions such as wear, corrosion, and deposits.
• Perform inspections and corrective maintenance activities on plant equipment and components.
• Use work management systems to initiate, retrieve and update work orders, material requests, PM's, and time entry, etc.
• Use various computer applications and software programs such as PI to extract data, analyze trends, and report status to ensure plant reliability and efficiency.
• Operate, monitor, maintain and calibrate environmental and industrial hygiene equipment such as CEMS, gas detection devices, etc.
• Conduct JSAs, utilize JHAs, SDS's, etc. and follow established facility guidelines in job briefings. Work under general direction of CC Supervisor.
• Isolate plant equipment and remove stored energy in accordance with the Clearance Permit Procedure.
• Obtain clearance permits and ensure that equipment is properly cleared and tagged before work begins in accordance with the Clearance Permit Procedure.
• Obtain hot work and confined space permits in accordance with Waterford Power, LLC policies, to complete work safely.
• Ensure compliance with applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations and Waterford Power, LLC policies, procedures, standards, and specifications.
• Attend and actively participate in environmental, safety and health, technical, business and leadership training and meetings.
• Report and correct any unsafe actions, conditions or near misses.
• Responsible for exercising maximum care and good judgment in preventing accidents and protecting the safety and health of fellow workers.
• Demonstrate a strong work ethic, integrity, and to work and communicate effectively with all employees and contractors.
• Demonstrate strong positive attitude, ethical behavior and show strong leadership in safe and healthy work behaviors and environmental stewardship.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Combined Cycle Control Room Operator experience preferred.
• Prefer +5 years of Combined Cycle power plant experience in operations, maintenance, electrical, instrumentation and controls in gas turbine/HRSG systems. Other experiences will be considered.
• Associate's degree, Vocational Technical School (two-year college) is preferred or relevant equivalent experience.
• Must have a knowledge of applicable operating and maintenance instructions and procedures.
• Must have a knowledge of the principles of operating the plant safely and efficiently during start-up, normal operation, and shutdown of boilers / HRSGs, turbines, generators, condensers, boiler feed pumps, exciters, transformers, etc. and their auxiliaries and accessories.
• Must have the skills and knowledge of plant operations, control room, power block, Water Treatment Plant.
• Must have knowledge and skills needed to analyze, interpret, calibrate, and adjust plant instruments and controls and be capable of detecting and making repairs to simple control systems and understand protective systems.
• Must have knowledge and skills of chemical tests, procedures, reagents, etc. to perform chemical analysis, ind