Power Plant Technician A

Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Inc; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Vicinity Energy in Cambridge, Massachusetts is seeking a Power Plant Technician A to operate, monitor and maintain plant equipment ensuring safe, reliable energy generation. This full-time hourly role reports to the Operations Manager and requires Kendall UWUA Local 369 Union membership.

The hourly rate range is $56.07–$67.42. Responsibilities include taking readings, maintaining logs, recording maintenance actions, performing water chemistry analysis, and ensuring proper chemical control with

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Massachusetts Third Class Engineers License required.

Responsibilities

• Operates, monitors, and responds to normal and abnormal operating conditions of power plant equipment and auxiliaries.
• Takes readings and maintains records and logs.
• Records equipment problems on work notifications/requests and documents maintenance actions taken.
• Perform water chemistry analysis and make feeds and adjustments to maintain proper chemical control.
• Operate and regenerate water treatment equipment.
• This position works a rotating shift schedule.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Massachusetts Third Class Engineers License

Job description

Compnay:
Vicinity Energy is North America’s largest provider of district energy solutions, offering low carbon energy to most of the iconic buildings you see in the skylines of Boston, Cambridge, Philadelphia, Baltimore and many other cities in the US. As a member of the communities we serve, all of us at Vicinity understand the critical role we play in reducing the impacts of climate change and being a leader in decarbonization. We are committed to net zero and eliminating our reliance on fossil fuels, but we need the best and the brightest minds on our team to help us reach our goal, not only for us as a company, but for our customers, our communities, and our planet.

Summary:
The Power Plant Technician A operates, monitors, and maintains plant equipment to ensure reliable, safe and efficient operation of the plant systems. This is a full-time hourly position located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This position requires Kendall UWUA Local 369 Union membership and reports to the Operations Manager. The hourly rate range for this position is $56.07-$67.42.

Responsibilities:
Operates, monitors, and responds to normal and abnormal operating conditions of power plant equipment and auxiliaries.
Takes readings and maintains records and logs.
Records equipment problems on work notifications/requests and documents maintenance actions taken.
Perform water chemistry analysis and make feeds and adjustments to maintain proper chemical control. Work with water treatment vendor to properly monitor overall chemistry program.
Operate and regenerate water treatment equipment.
This position works a rotating shift schedule.

Basic Qualifications:
High School Diploma or GED required.
Holds and maintains a Massachusetts Third Class Engineers License
Minimum 5 years’ experience operating gas turbines, high pressure boilers, steam turbines, and Heat Recover Steam Generators.

Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrates knowledge of the relationship between plant operations and energy markets.
Basic computer literacy.
Ability to read and interpret P& ID’s
Have a good safety record.

Physical Qualifications:
Must submit to company provided pre-employment physical exam and drug screening.
Ability to perform moderately heavy physical work outdoors/indoors in all seasons and at times for extended periods.
Standing, sitting, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, walking on uneven surfaces, and grating, working from elevated platforms, scaffolding or ladders, required to lift up to and including 50 pounds and maneuver up to and including 100 pounds.
Must qualify to wear a respirator.
Ability to tolerate confined spaces, including manholes and varying temperatures and weather conditions.
Exposed to temperature extremes, high noise level areas, high pressure steam lines, rotating equipment, and dusty/dirty environment.
Required to wear PPE such as hard hat, safety glasses, safety shoes, hearing protection.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY STATEMENT
Vicinity Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.