Senior Power Plant Maintenance Technician

Ultipro; Middletown (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Calpine is seeking a journeyman-level technician to perform mechanical and electrical maintenance at its power plant facilities. The role focuses on ensuring optimum efficiency, availability, and appearance of plant equipment, with on-call duties as needed and responsibility for safe handling of hazardous energy and chemicals.

Responsibilities include inspection, repair, replacement, and installation of equipment, planning spare parts, and reporting per management procedures, while maintaining

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, degree from technical/vocational school or equivalent.
• Journey-level; generally 6+ years directly related experience including understanding of health and safety regulations, and previous experience working with and around hazardous energy, chemicals and waste materials including knowledge of safe handling, storage, and transport.
• Requires basic knowledge of physics and applied mathematics to facilitate understanding of cogeneration power plant systems such as turbines, generators, pumps, motors, shaft-to-shaft alignment, seal times, and valves.
• Basic certifications/licensures. Valid state driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Performs mechanical and/or electrical maintenance on plant equipment to support optimum efficiency, availability, and plant appearance.
• Works call-outs as required to maintain plant availability.
• Performs maintenance activities around the repair, replacement, installation and removal of mechanical and/or electrical equipment and associated structures.
• Assists with planning and spare parts inventory including following procedures around requisitioning of parts and supplies.
• Prepares all reports as directed by management and plant procedures.
• Ensures compliance with all local, State and Federal regulations and plant procedures.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Electrical maintenance

Instrumentation and control

Welding

Machine tools

Hazardous energy handling

Education

High School Diploma or technical/vocational diploma

Job description

Calpine is seeking a journeyman-level technician to perform mechanical and electrical maintenance at its power plant facilities. The role focuses on ensuring optimum efficiency, availability, and appearance of plant equipment, with on-call duties as needed and responsibility for safe handling of hazardous energy and chemicals.

Responsibilities include inspection, repair, replacement, and installation of equipment, planning spare parts, and reporting per management procedures, while maintaining